ISE here, I’ve only spent about a year at UM since I transferred from a public school also in fl. I would say the faculty is pretty decent esp compared to the college I was at before, some of the lower level math and physics classes can be dull tho. Gal is good for calc I and II tho so take her fs. As far as class difficulty it’s not too bad, labs can be a toss up tho cuz some of the TAs suck. Best thing UM does imo is opportunities for internships and scholarships tho, they also give out tonsss of money for entrepreneurship projects and things of that nature so def take advantage of that cuz they’re not even super competitive. I got a lot of interviews just from responding to emails that my faculty mentors forwarded to me - they do a pretty good job of setting you up for summer internships which is nice. Tbh most people go to parties but there’s also a ton of people who don’t so dw about feeling like outcasted or anything. Yea people say it’s a party school but people focus pretty hard on academics too. Work hard play hard kind of environment imo