I’m a current high school junior and one of the reservations I have about going to UF is my family situation. My sibling already attends UF and I think I have a pretty good shot at getting in. I definitely love them but I always envisioned college as an experience I can enjoy and shape for myself. I don’t want to go through college known as “that person’s sibling”. I kind of want to identify and focus myself. So my question is, If we are both in UF is the social scene big enough so that we can have separate lives and still communicate occasionally?
Only 50,000 students.
Might not be big enough.
I’d say it depends on the situation. I think you’ll find it tough to do your own thing if you live in the same apartment as your sibling, or join the same clubs as your sibling, or rely on your sibling’s friends to make friends of your own. But other than that you should be fine. Assuming the stuff I just said isn’t true, you will probably never run into your sibling unless it’s by choice.
I went to UF together with somewhere between 50 and 75 of my high school classmates, and I almost never ran into any of them, even just in passing. Unless you purposelly seek out your sibiling, you might never even see him or her.
Thanks data and lenny2 that’s extremely encouraging! Hope that doesn’t sound like I’m an asshole
I don’t think the Earth is large enough for the kind of separation you’re looking for
I’ve known siblings who share an apartment and they still don’t run into each other…