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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm trying to decide between Florida State (ranked 53) v. University of Central Florida (ranked 125).  Florida State is offering more money, but University of Central Florida offers better opportunities for the program my kid is interested in.  Other things are that the dorms at UCF are better than FSU - but you are more likely to get on-campus housing beyond freshman year than at UCF.  [/quote]

I would go where there are better opportunities for the program your kid is interested in. I grew up in FL and went to UF. Both FSU and UCF have a good reputation in FL. Tallahassee is far from everything else in Florida. The state government is there, but not much else. It’s a decent college town (and I remember it had a good college radio station). Kids are more likely to take weekend trips to New Orleans and places like that than elsewhere in FL. Orlando is a sprawling city where there are probably more internship opportunities depending on what your kid wants to do. Given its position in the middle of the state, and being on I-4 and the Florida turnpike, it’s easy to get to Tampa and South Florida. I don’t think I’d worry much about dorms past freshman year. Unless things have drastically changed, people usually live off campus in apartments after the first year at all of these schools, which I assume is because they are large schools + Florida sprawl. [/quote]

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