I’ve been accepted to University of Florida (UF) and University of Central Florida (UCF).
Both offer free-ride (full cost of attendance) due to National Merit Scholarship. So, same zero cost for both.
I am absolutely torn between these great options. Please help!!! Any suggestion/info/pointer is greatly appreciated.
I am planning of majoring in biology (premed track). As far as I can tell I like medicine, but Idk much about it. So, it is possible that I may change my major. Nevertheless, at this time, I am pursing premed.
University of Florida is Florida’s flagship college, with USNWR of 42. It has a Honors Program, but it essentially boils down to living in Hume Hall and pre-registering up to 10 credit hours for the first two years. At UF, I have to take the weed-out classes (except Chemistry 2) in the regular section, with 100s of people.
UCF is a regional university (with USNWR ranking of 171) but it is considered up and coming. UCF’s Burnett College is a full-fledged Honors College. Almost all premed prerequisites/general education classes are offered in the Honors College, and they are capped around 25 students. Burnett has much better advising and a lot of activities arranged for NMFs.
Most importanly, I am Burnett Medical Scholar, which means I will automatically be accepted to UCF College of Medicine upon graduation if I can get 3.75 GPA and 512 MCAT score.
In summary,
Solid education, reputable school, so-so honors program at UF
VERSUS
Not so-reputable school, a lot of transfer students, but great Honors College, capped weed-out classes in the honors section, guaranteed seat at the medical school, full support for NMFs at UCF.
Which one would you choose and why?