<p>Do not pay any attention to the so called rankings (party school etc). They are completely non representative of the school as a whole (for example, less than 1% of UF was surveyed for the rankings).</p>
<p>A general feel of which school is better can be gained by looking at the freshman profile (middle 50% sat, average gpa, etc), but really as with any big school, it’s all what you make of it. You -could- go to any of the schools and completely slack off, take easy classes and party away. On the other hand you could also apply yourself, get in with a good bunch of people and really make good use of your 4 years at any of these schools. To a degree it is not what school you go to that makes you great, it’s what you do when you get there. That’s just my take on things.</p>