UF Regular vs. FSU Honors

Gator88NE
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:49:41 +0000

Going to UF doesn’t increases your chances at getting into UF’s med school (not enough to matter, anyway). However, UF does produce far more med school applicants.

https://www.aamc.org/download/321458/data/2012factstable2-7.pdf

In 2012, UF had 713 applicants while FSU produced 259 (while both schools have about the same number of undergrads…around 32K).

However, if you’re one of the 259, it doesn’t matter if another school produced more applicants. But, it does shows that UF is able to produce more students that are in a position to apply to med school.

Going to UF and not being in honors will not hurt your chances, as compared to FSU + Honors. Only let honor’s play a role in your choice, because you would love taking honor’s classes, and doing the extra effort required.

Finally, it is possible to apply to UF honors, if you haven’t been offered the program by UF. They require 2 essays, and a completed form.

Good Luck!