<p>I recently graduated from UF and will be starting at UCF Summer 2011. Contrary to popular belief, no school is “better” than the other in my opinion. They both have programs/areas of studies that may be more established than the other but you’ll find that to be true when comparing any two universities. No one school is perfect in every aspect, so you should evaluate based on what you want to do academically and what you are looking for overall. In the end it is all personal preferences and what is best for the individual. Although athletics (this coming from a HUGE Gator athletic fan) and dorms are important aspects of the college experience, there is so much more than that when it comes to the college experience, most importantly EDUCATION. I would advise people to do a more holistic assessment when making a decision and not one based on impulses and meaningless comparisons. Overall I enjoyed my time at UF and I have no regrets. However I am ready for a change and at the same time excited to see what experiences UCF will offer which is why I decided to further my education at UCF and not UF.</p>
<p>Does anyone know which is harder to get into between the Burnett Honors College and UF?</p>
<p>Not to be a super big b itch but I hope the person who spelled school skool didn’t get in…</p>
<p>@ Haha Mav that wasn’t necessary . I’ve noticed some errors in your posts too girl.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not a spelling nazi, but I don’t spell school, skool</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted to FSU and USF, however UCF is my top choice, mainly due to its location in Orlando. The school is growing rapidly, and I believe it shall someday make a name for itself like UF and FSU. UCF is an extremely young school by university standards, considering that FSU was founded in the 1850’s, UF around that time, while UCF wasn’t even named UCF until 1978 (founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University.)</p>
<p>Other than for certain majors where UCF offers the better program, I don’t see why anyone would choose UCF over UF. UF simply has more prestige and is a bigger name with, for the most part, more opprutunities.</p>
<pre><code>Yes, UCF is an “up-and-coming school”, but that can be said for many schools that are growing. Just because it is “up-and-coming” doesn’t mean it will ever surpass UF or even be equivalent. I look at it this way: There are many “up-and-coming” and talented athletes at the high school or college level, some of which MAY one day be great. But I will still always prefer an already established professional athlete on my team.
This is the same case for already revered UF and it’s on the rise counter-part. Why go to a school that MAY offer you what another school already can?
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<p>I think UCF is a great school. It’s new and fresh, all the buildings are nice, and the city that surrounds you is full of opportunities job-wise.
It has a lot more to do than in Gainesville (I’ve talked to friends in both schools, and people in UF tend to be more bored sometimes than people at UCF), and its programs are uprising. They now have a great, newly built Medicine college, and the Rosen college is #2 in hospitality management in the country.</p>
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<p>College is about expanding your knowledge and growing as a person, academically and socially. The point in picking a school is finding one that you feel has the best environment for growth. For some of us, that’s UCF. I always wondered if I would be disappointed with my choice, but now I’m grateful every day that I chose to come here instead of UF. The things and people I’ve gotten involved with here are so important to me. And for myself, I think there are actually more opportunities here than at UF–like I said, it’s an individual thing. Go where you feel like you’ll be happy.</p>
<p>I have a question on the medical area. I am thinking of being a Physician’s Assistant. Will I have to live in the medical area in terms of dorms?</p>
<p>Continuing off of kerri’s post, which school presents a better graduate to employment ratio in the Physician Assistant field? Or at least a better school to reach the aforementioned position?</p>
<p>Because UCF is what I want, and has what I want. They’ve got great Video Game and Engineering programs. The only reason I’d be forced to go to UF or FSU is because UCF admissions is taking so long.</p>
<p>Of course it’s more ‘prestigious’ to go to somewhere that’s been around for OVER 100 years longer, but prestige isn’t what I’m after, I’m after a good education, that suits me, that gets me what I want, and that gets me what I need. I’m not exactly sure where prestige fits in to that. It’s great that UF has had two nobel prize winners, but infinite monkeys on a typewriter have chances for infinite results.</p>
<p>It took UF twice as long as UCF has even been CREATED to have their first prize winner, so I don’t think that’s a decent comparison point. UF has very little on UCF that time won’t fix. UCF is growing at a much faster rate than UF. If you were to place their timelines side-by-side, with their start dates at the same time, you’d see that UF didn’t accomplish much in it’s first 47 years. They didn’t even give their first Masters degree for 52 years. UCF has a TON to pursue, and has grown immensely in the past 47 years, becoming an incredible school for the arts and sciences.</p>
<p>UF is great for some people, and there are plenty of reasons to like it, but prestige isn’t one of them, and is, in fact one of the worst reasons. UCF is a prodigy compared to UF, and I’m much more impressed with the growth there. Think of it this way: Your grampa managed to be the CEO of his own business by age 52, and hit Forbes top 100 by age 80. Awesome, but my dad’s business was booming by age 10, and he’s been climbing that list rapidly. In reference to an earlier post, sure, he hasn’t yet reached the point of your grampa, but he sure is heading there a lot faster. When he’s accomplished so much at such a young age, there’s no way he isn’t going to be great, not that it matters.</p>
<p>What really SHOULD matter in why you choose UF or UCF are the academics! You’re paying a lot for your future, ‘prestige’ should be irrelevant. Especially in our constantly evolving world of technology, where a degree begins to matter MUCH less than a portfolio. [At least with the people I know who own businesses. More than one of them have tried to convince me not to go to college at all.]</p>
<p>It’s suddenly -actually- becoming about what you know, not who you know or where you’ve been, and at UCF I can learn what I need to know.</p>
<p>And sure, there are plenty of other reasons that UCF is my first choice, but that’s the main one. UCF is what will help me succeed.</p>
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<p>Mayday, you’re like mah best friend here. :D</p>
<p>I chose UCF primarily for its location (closest proximity to home,) and also for its Computer Science & Engineering department.</p>
<p>well said Arifriekinel 
I’m curious are you going to major in Engineering or Digital Media Game Design Track?</p>
<p>@ Ari, yayy ! I agree ! (:</p>
<p>@Ari ----> Winning!! (Charlie Sheen voice)</p>
<p>I’m not totally sure yet, Kathee. I actually applied as a Computer Science major, because most of the best things on my application involved the programming of autonomous robots, rather than the building of them, so I figured I’d show some stability in the CS region. I’m thinking of trying to take a heavy load and do a double major in Computer Engineering and CS for a while, but if not, I’ll probably jump to Engineering, because I already know a ton about programming, and pursue my masters at FIEA.</p>
<p>Double majoring in Computer Engineering and Computer Science shouldn’t be too bad – since you said you’re looking for a heavy load! The two majors have a number of courses in common, and being a programmer already will definitely help out.</p>