UF or ASU for Journalism

nisaayral
Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:14:41 +0000

I acted like the May 1st decision deadline wasn’t a thing until like literally yesterday, so now I’m freaking out about where I’m going to go. I’ve narrowed it down to Barrett the honors college at ASU and UF. I flew from Seattle to tour UF, and I loved it, but I feel like I really didn’t get to see that much. We didn’t go in many buildings, I didn’t get to see a dorm, etc. Also, I’m scared about being in a small town. I love going to concerts and having things to do in a big city so Gainesville kind of scares me, but part of me wants the college-y feel that it would give me. I would be in downtown Phoenix at ASU. (I’m a mess I know). I really need someone to give me the good/bad points of both and tell me why I should choose one over the other. I plan to study journalism, and both UF and ASU have great journalism programs. If you know a lot about the journalism programs at each that would be awesome. I know I probably shouldn’t think this way, but I feel like I should go to UF just because it’s ranked better nationally and it has a lower acceptance rate. On the other hand, the honors college at ASU is really great even though ASU is looked at as an “easy school.” Basically, I’d appreciate anything you can tell me that you think will help with my decision making process/sell me on one of the schools.