Miami Admissions vs. UF

surferbeach
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:29 +0000

UM and UF have almost identical admissions data. It depends on what atmosphere you want: urban, worldly, diverse (in the true sense of the word), living by the beach in a real city. If money is not an issue, Miami is great. The biggest difference is size, UF is huge, UM is medium sized. btw, Businessweek ranked Miami’s undergraduate business as 50 in the U.S. and UF was not ranked, probably because they have too many online classes. At UM, you hardly ever get stuck with a TA. I had two over my four years there: one for a gen ed music class of 200 students and one for President Shalala’s healthcare class since she is very busy running the school. Those were my only two classes with over 60 students over all four years. UM undergraduate business classes have around 30 students at most, but advisors will open up spaces to around 35 so you are NEVER locked out of a class you need to graduate on time. The academic advisors in the School of Business are personable and as helpful to me as the son of the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia who had his appointment right before mine.

It also depends on the type of atmosphere and students you are looking for:

UM = Hispanic culture, international students, NY, LA, Chicago, and Florida, more fashion-conscious, clubbing, the beach, shopping, students who may take internships during the school year b/c they are in a major world city with great sports teams, small Greek Life, urban/suburban.

UF = collegetown, Floridians, the best football team in the nation, house parties, big greek life, larger variety of courses b/c 5 largest college in US, suburban surrounded by rural.