Why U Miami when got accepted in UF ??

rankinr
Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:42:56 +0000

My thoughts:

Please help me & our son in making a case either for U Miami or U Florida.


In state student
Got in UF and also in UM Business School without any Scholarship.
Have 100% Fl Bright Futures
Have Fl Prepaid covering 4 yrs of Fl state school Tuition & 1 yr Dorm.
Keen Sports enthusiast, do not any loyalties to Hurricanes or Gators at this Point.
Middle to High class family financially. Have 529 saved up for a Private 4yrs College.
Want to eventually do Law, but not sure yet


So some facts & some gathered assumptions are-


University of Miami


$ 50k a year x 4 = $ 200k definitely a consideration. that’s a lot of money.
Smaller classes & some personal attention my favorite part about UM
Geographically diverse & multilingual student body
He will have to take loans for Law school as by then all saved up money will be spent.
He is not sure but the hearsay is "Some are rich & stuck up kids & "Nothing but Designer Clothes ". you see what you look for
I am not sure about this also, but it seems like the peers will be a tad less academically prepared than UF as some of my school friends got into Miami but not into UF. and I have lots of friends who got in to UF but not UM
A good percentage of the pre professional students go to Professional Schools.
I know this year’s higher US News ranking than UF.
Hurricane Games at times are not sold out, school spirit ? 9500 students, student section fits 7500 people… we did sell out for students once last year, and that means we had nearly 80% of students in attendance. Of course, most games aren’t like that. on the other hand, all of our sporting events are free… whereas, at UF you have to hope you can get a season pass for $300

— University of Florida -

Already paid up 4yrs tuition & 1 yr Dorm & I understand all left over Fl Bright Futures money will be deposited in student’s bank. again, very important thing to consider. $200k is a LOT of money
Keep the saved up money for Law School & come out a debt free attorney.
Like many large state schools - Large classes, some are taking online classes, teach yourself with the help of Teaching Assistants while in lower classes. definitely another consideration. I have friends at UF who have classes with 800+ people. at the same time, once you get in to the upper level classes, they do trim down substantially
The peers are 90% from Fl, mostly 4.0 GPA, economically diverse and down to earth.
Every Gator game is sold out.
Till last year had the leading US news rank in Florida schools.

We will appreciate any & all opinions

Don’t forget to take a tour of both schools and get a feel for campus life!