u/Alarmed_Designer5539

*PLEASE READ*: I’m already in college, and I’m only hoping to hear responses from STEM majors who already attend a university in Florida. Also I’m hoping to hear criticisms about FSU-FAMU’s joint engineering college that involve specific issues like employment or curriculum, and not South Floridians saying “I heard it’s pretty bad” to crap on FSU having a small joint college with an HBCU.

Context: M20, I live at home, entering sophomore year of college, currently going to a state/community college in North FL, and I listed E.E. as my intended major.

So, I’m currently finishing an AA program to transfer to university. And after that, I’ll have passed all the gen-ed’s (English comp. 1 and 2, foreign language req, American history, public speaking, philosophy, you name it) required for most universities’ engineering paths in Florida. And I’ll be at 63 credits, so that’s probably not exceeding any transfer requirements.

For this fall I plan on retaking Calc 2, college physics 2 with lab, and another humanities credit like Ethics or Intro to Logic for an associates’ degree requirement at my college. I plan to work and study physics and calculus concepts for these weed-out courses this summer.

Now, for the bulk of my question I’m considering between a couple of engineering schools to complete an engineering degree:

1. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
   \- Closest college to me
   \- I’m already acquainted with FSU’s culture

2. FL Polytech
   \- Offered me the provost (5k/yr) scholarship last year, which I feel a bit stupid for stepping up to acquire (although a friend who also allegedly received the offer told me it’s not worth it due to rent costs)
   \- In between Tampa and Orlando

3. UCF
   \- It’s Orlando, for better or worse
   \- A large number of companies recruit UCF students for entry-level jobs

(I applied to all of these colleges in highschool, and I was deferred from FSU-FAMU and UCF until I have an associates’, and I was previously accepted by FL Poly)

My current decision will most likely be transferring to FAMU-FSU’s college of engineering, unless I can get FL Poly to give me another chance to redeem that Provost scholarship, or I end up transferring to UCF for better rent costs (which sounds unlikely) and job opportunities.

All of the Florida ABET-credited engineering colleges seem to have roughly the same requisites for their electrical programs, so maybe it’s not that huge of a difference in the long run. However, could anyone tell me what advantages other colleges’ engineering programs would have? Or, why they may not be helpful in my situation?

IDK fully where to go (university-wise) for my engineering career

Context: M20, I live at home, entering sophomore year of college, currently going to a state/community college in North FL, and I listed E.E. as my intended major.

So, I’m currently finishing an AA program to transfer to university. And after that, I’ll have passed all the gen-ed’s (English comp. 1 and 2, foreign language req, American history, public speaking, philosophy, you name it) required for most universities’ engineering paths in Florida. And I’ll be at 63 credits, so that’s probably not exceeding any transfer requirements.

For this fall I plan on retaking Calc 2, college physics 2 with lab, and another humanities credit like Ethics or Intro to Logic for an associates’ degree requirement at my college. I plan to work and study physics and calculus concepts for these weed-out courses this summer.

Now, for the bulk of my question I’m considering between a couple of engineering schools to complete an engineering degree:

1. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
   \- Closest college to me
   \- I’m already acquainted with FSU’s culture

2. FL Polytech
   \- Offered me the provost (5k/yr) scholarship last year, which I feel a bit stupid for stepping up to acquire (although a friend who also allegedly received the offer told me it’s not worth it due to rent costs)
   \- In between Tampa and Orlando

3. UCF
   \- It’s Orlando, for better or worse
   \- A large number of companies recruit UCF students for entry-level jobs

(I applied to all of these colleges in highschool, and I was deferred from FSU-FAMU and UCF until I have an associates’, and I was previously accepted by FL Poly)

My current decision will most likely be transferring to FAMU-FSU’s college of engineering, unless I can get FL Poly to give me another chance to redeem that Provost scholarship, or I end up transferring to UCF for better rent costs (which sounds unlikely) and job opportunities.

All of the Florida ABET-credited engineering colleges seem to have roughly the same requisites for for their electrical programs, so maybe it’s not that huge of a difference in the long run. However, could anyone tell me what advantages UCF’s engineering programs would have over my other options? Or, why it may not be helpful in my situation?

Context: M20, I live at home, entering sophomore year of college, currently going to a state/community college in North FL, and I listed E.E. as my intended major.

So, I’m currently finishing an AA program to transfer to university. And after that, I’ll have passed all the gen-ed’s (English comp. 1 and 2, foreign language req, American history, public speaking, philosophy, you name it) required for most universities’ engineering paths in Florida. And I’ll be at 63 credits, so that’s probably not exceeding any transfer requirements.

For this fall I plan on retaking Calc 2, college physics 2 with lab, and another humanities credit like Ethics or Intro to Logic for an associates’ degree requirement at my college. I plan to work and study physics and calculus concepts for these weed-out courses this summer.

Now, for the bulk of my question I’m considering between a couple of engineering schools to complete an engineering degree:

1. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
   - Closest college to me
   - I’m already acquainted with FSU’s culture

2. FL Polytech
   - Offered me the provost (5k/yr) scholarship last year, which I feel a bit stupid for stepping up to acquire (although a friend who also allegedly received the offer told me it’s not worth it due to rent costs)
   - In between Tampa and Orlando

3. UCF
   - It’s Orlando, for better or worse
   - A large number of companies recruit UCF students for entry-level jobs

(I applied to all of these colleges in highschool, and I was deferred from FSU-FAMU and UCF until I have an associates’, and I was previously accepted by FL Poly)

My current decision will most likely be transferring to FAMU-FSU’s college of engineering, unless I can get FL Poly to give me another chance to redeem that Provost scholarship, or I end up transferring to UCF for better rent costs (which sounds unlikely) and job opportunities.

All of the Florida ABET-credited engineering colleges seem to have roughly the same requisites for for their electrical programs, so maybe it’s not that huge of a difference in the long run. However, could anyone tell me what advantages UCF’s engineering programs would have over my other options? Or, why it may not be helpful in my situation?