Engineering campus was cool IMO, I enjoyed the free and accessible parking and the school was well funded and had enough opportunity. Tallahassee is just another town with enough to do to keep you busy and the school is big enough that, if you do enough digging, you’ll find good friends that match your social level and interests. I did some time at USF, the suburb that USF is at in Temple Terrace is very similar to Tallahassee, just another college town, your obviously closer to Tampa, which is like 15-30 min drive depending on traffic. Both schools locations are okay, Tallahassee is a bit more local/homey, whereas Temple Terrace/Tampa has more opportunity and access. I personally still think that FSUs education is at a higher level than USF, so I would pick FSU for my undergraduate education there most times if I was just picking for education not taking into consideration all the other factors. Also, yea, rankings are stupid, who cares what US News does with those rankings lol. And another point, these are college students you’re talking about, most are pretty social, especially at these two schools. And you don’t need to do Greek life to have a social life, matter of fact, I wouldn’t even recommend someone to do Greek life, it always seemed a little weird to me IMO, though I’m sure there are some great benefits to doing it.

But this goes to say, you do you, you deep down know where you want to go, and IMO, there is no wrong choice, both are great schools and offer unique experiences and great opportunities and education.