<p>As far as engineering, both FSU and USF do have excellent programs (including biomedical engineering concentration.) UF’s engineering college is more established and widely recognized, but UF isn’t an option if you’re denied admission. Both USF’s and FSU’s engineering schools are fully ready to offer incoming freshmen a challenging workout. If I were beginning engineering studies at either school, I wouldn’t be so concerned about the schools’ rankings as much as I would be concerned about getting through the first semester of really hard coursework–including calculus, chemistry and all the other related courses that will weed out many hopeful engineering students.</p>
<p>In my opinion, USF has a nice campus–so does FSU. USF’s new student union is much nicer than FSU’s. Some of USF’s dorms are nicer than some of FSU’s. FSU has a football stadium on campus, USF uses an NFL stadium off campus. Both campuses are safe and have their own police depts.–however one could wander off campus a few blocks at night at either FSU or USF and get into trouble if not careful.</p>
<p>About 5200 USF students live on campus, about 15,000 USF students live in private apartments and housing by the campus–the balance of USF students commute.</p>
<p>Sohini, If you haven’t already, try to visit each campus to help in your decision making–you can’t go wrong with either school.</p>
<p>(just for the record, Miami-Dade College with about 170,000 students–about the same # as the whole population of Tallahassee–has to be the largest community college in Florida, not Tallahassee Community College.)</p>