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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whether or not liberals are coming into Florida, more people ARE applying to Florida schools.  UF and FSU have been more difficult then ever to get into this year with out of state acceptance rates being 10% and 23% respectively (despite the political climate and professors allegedly leave these schools).  The schools are amazing.  For example, UF is ranked 28 nationally by Usnews and #1 Public University by Wall Street Journal.  Also, these schools offer excellent value where even the OOS cost is comparable to the in-state cost of attending UVA and William and Mary.   So people of all political backgrounds are applying to Florida schools for the excellent education and value they provide.  I have only seen data that shows that admissions to the top Florida schools are harder than ever.     [/quote]

What programs are strong/highly ranked at FSU and UF? Outside of the USNWR ranking, you really don't hear much about specific strengths of either of these schools. [/quote]

Just from the top of my head (so the list is nowhere near comprehensive):

FSU: criminology, political science, film & animation program (difficult to get into; and must apply when applying to the college via separate application), pre-law, education, psychology, kinesiology (I think) and I know there are some others. While I heard the engineering program is okay, the one negative is that they have to share the engineering with with another university (FAMU).

UF: finance (they actually have a combined undergraduate and masters science program which is known as one of the best in the world - despite some complaints about many business classes being online - but there is more to it and not bad as it seems), engineering, comp sci, accounting, hospitality, digital arts, animal science, pre-med.

And while you didn't ask, I'm going to put UCF (University of Central Florida) in the mix as well because UF and FSU are becoming impossible for many OOS applicants to get into these days and many people are starting to pick UCF over UF or FSU for their excellent merit, honors college, engineering program (especially Aerospace), comp sci, hospitality, and animation programs.  I think they have a good nursing program too and they recently built a brand new nursing school building.  Also, because UCF is located in Orlando, it is much easier for student to obtain internships during the school year (and for students/family to travel in and out of).  Among all 3, they offer the best quality on-campus housing, but unfortunately, most students are forced to get off-campus housing after freshman year due to housing shortage issues.  Still, there is a shuttle that makes off-campus housing doable.  [/quote]

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