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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just imagine how much better your kids life would be if you gave them that extra 240k for a downpayment instead of wasting it on a school that’s ranked almost the same.

We aren’t talking about UVA vs Princeton, these are two almost identical schools. Similar “preppy southern” vibes at both too [/quote]

Exactly!  1000% go to Florida!  Honestly, I think a lot of people in the north is finally realizing and/or admitting that UF is a specular school- great education, great price ( for in state and out of state - though definitely cheap for in state), and very prestigious.   Every year, the school gets more competitive. Also, if you got into Honor's even better.  But even without Honors, it is definitely worth it [/quote]

I disagree, its reputation has started to decline since Sasse was named president.[/quote]

I know that there are posters here who are overly hostile toward Red State schools, but the problem with Florida is that Florida is really at war with its state universities. Faculty members posting on message boards sound really angry and demoralized.

I’d want to tour UF and talk to faculty members in private about what they think before I chose it over UVa.

And maybe I’d rather go to an even more conservative, lower-ranked school that was at peace with its state.[/quote]

This plus 1000
No way I would let my child go to UF if it was free.  Many red states I would sit on my hands and leave it up to my child or money would come into the discussion.  Not FL.[/quote]

If politics are that much a part of your personal calculus, then sure, don’t consider anything in a red state, I guess.

Seems weird to base your decisions on factors mostly or entirely unrelated to your student’s academic area of interest, but I understand that politics are a daily obsession for many people.[/quote]

I’m going to start by saying my own kid goes to a private college in North Carolina, and I generally have no issue with my kids applying to schools outside the so-called liberal bubble.  The difference with Florida is that DeSantis and the Republican legislature has been actively inserting themselves into day to day public college administration issues.[/quote]

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