The great benefit of starting in a community college like Valencia, is that they offer direct connect to the great University of Central Florida (UCF), without taking exams or the admission process. Thanks to this amazing opportunity the UCF has become one of the best universities in Florida. Here are some interesting fact that I found about this university. If we look at the cost of the credits hours it is $281 for an in-state student that add to $4,526 per two semester, with a total of $18,100 per year including books and supplies. Due to the huge amount of students, a total of 53,401, the university provide dorms (shared bedrooms) with the cost of $967 per month and for an apartment of two bedroom is $2481 per month. The University of Central Florida campus was ranked the 20th most beautiful in the country by the Newsweek because of his concentric …show more content…
Founded in 1853, the UF is one of the oldest universities in Florida with a staff of 5,106 and a total of students of 49, 042. In terms of cost, $201 per credits hours, $4,373 per two semesters and with a total of $16,183 per year for in-state students (cheaper that the UCF), but in the UF the dorms are more expensive: for a triple bedroom is $981 and for a shared is &1080. The UF is located in Gainesville, Florida, two hours from my house here in Kissimmee. The campus is home of to many notable structures, such as Century Tower tall carillon tower in the center of the historic district (in memory of World War 1 and 2). Other important facilities include the Health Science Center, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Reitz Student Union, Smathers Library, Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Harn Museum, University Auditorium, O'Connell Center, and The Hub.
In Sports the University of Florida don’t stay behind, with their historical team called “Florida Gators” have won a total of thirty-five national team championships, thirty of which are NCAA championships. An interesting fact is that Florida gators athletes have also one 267 NCAA championships in individual sports events. They also won multiples championships in the two most popular sport in the NCAA, football (1996, 2006, and 2008) and basketball (2006,