How big are the class sizes in both schools? How's the enviroment? Do the teachers interact with students, or they give their lectures and are gone?
I'M Undecided if I should major as a Chemical Engineer or Civil Engineer. Which is school is better for those majors?
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Both schools are huge. UF at 52,000 students on one campus is the second largest in the U.S. while UCF at 48,000 is sixth largest. Expect to have class sizes of 200 to 300 or more in one classroom during your first two years at UF until you get into your major. But even then the majority of my classes had over 80 to over 100 students in one classroom.
Most of my professors never interacted with students and had only one to two hours of office hours a week. Usually, they will just refer you to the TA's in the class which are just undergrad students that have just taken the course a semester or two before and got A's in the class.
From what I have seen is that the professors will only interact with you if they like you and you are making A's in their class. And usually that is only a handful of students.
As for your major, if you are good at chemistry and math then I would go with Chemical Engineering. If you enjoy the idea of crunching the numbers to build roadways, buildings, infrastructure then go with Civil Engineering.
Just a word of warning though. It is easy to find a job in Civil Engineering but they are also the lowest paid type of engineers out there.
Each school offers an Introduction to Chemical Engineering and Intro to Civil Engineering to Freshmen and Sophomores so they can get an idea of what each major is like.
UCF doesn't have a Chemical Engineering program. I would say UF has the better Civil Engineering program but UCF isn't bad either. I would say they are the second or third ranked Civil Engineering program in the state.
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