Current students?? Is UF too big?

glasswright
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:04:40 +0000

but you guys are forgeting about those online classes that have literally 1000 to 2000, and you never even get to be in the same room as the professor. and I have never actually seen or heard of a prof who didn’t hold only two office hours a week. for my micro class, I try to go to his office hours to make the class a little more personal, but the number of people who also go there is so large, considering the class has over 2000, that now he holds his office hours in a large classroom, and I might as well not go at all. I’ve never even seen my stats prof.

yes the classes do get to that smaller 30 to 40 range, but only in maybe your junior year. After a year going through a medley of classes, my smallest typical “freshman” class had atleast 60 people. But the language classes do get pretty small, russian 2 is only 10 per class, and I know in spanish, the some classes are about 15.

but about what the op was concerned with, I think no matter where you go, unless it is a cc, then your classes the first 2 years are going to be pretty big. I know some of my friends at FAU are taking the same classes as me, and while they may not be online, they still have like 200 people or more. classes may be a tiny little bit smaller at some of the lesser known/popular schools, like UWF or UNF. but it is not so bad that it cannot be overcome, there are a lot of study resources, like the TA’s, tutoring lab in broward, and smokin notes or Tutoringzone if you are really struggling with it.

to rlynch93, I think it is great you went on a tour, but remember that on the tours, whether at UF or anywhere else, you have to take everything with a grain of salt. Those tour guides are in essence trying to sell a product (a UF education) so just like any salesman, they are going to fudge the facts a little bit, and emphasize the good while ignoring the bad.