Current students?? Is UF too big?

rlynch93
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:48:33 +0000

I actually went on a tour of UF this weekend and they answered most of these questions! There is something like 1:25 faculty to student ratio, so while there may be some large classes, there are plenty of professors to go around. Also, the professors at the school are required to have a certain amount of office hours based on how many hours/students they teach (more hours/students teaching = more offices hours). During these office hours students are free to come and ask for additional assistance in the class or really any question they wish. The tour guides were saying this benefit is under-utilized and many times the kids don’t know about it, so the professors just sit in there office doing crosswords lol.

With this being said though, I don’t think the large population of the school would be a problem. As UMcane stated above many of the classes aren’t too big, and that paired with professor’s office hours should provide plenty of attention to you should you need help in a class.