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“The Engineering school at FSU is shared withMechanical Engineering
The Engineering school at FSU is shared with FAMU, and it is a bad joke. There are very good professors and classes, but very sorry professors and classes too. I wasted a total of 1yr+ of just BS classes that were good for nothing, and the good ones weren't offered in the semesters that I needed them. Many classmates went through the same situation, and we discussed this regularly.

Expect pure theory and absolutely zero mechanical engineering application. The machine shop is Taboo, and students are not encouraged to use it.

This negative Comment applies to the College of Engineering in general, but the bad experience was with the Mech. engineering department.

After graduating as a mechanical engineering I felt extremely unprepared for any real design jobs, and companies with nice jobs don't even bother to go there to recruit people in the career fairs. Only the companies with sucky jobs, and horrible retention are the ones that recruit there.

My next chance comes when I go to grad school.
Please learn from other's mistakes:
RULE OF THUMB: GO TO A GOOD SCHOOL!
Good side of the story: FSU is very good for things other than engineering. Girls are beautiful, and party is HARDCORE 24/7

Your choice.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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“I graduated from FSU December 2002.Computer Science
I graduated from FSU December 2002. Since then I joined the military as an officer, was injured and discharged, then got a good job as a sysadmin. FSU was a very fun school, your average large state school. The coursework was challenging, but not overly challenging. It did not give me enough real world experience and most of what I learned did not help me find a job. It served me better in gaining an audience (combined with my short military experience) with companies to show that I was able to add some value to their company.

As stated above, FSU did a poor job of preparing me for the job market. I did not know enough applicable job skills for my particular field. If I could do it again, I would've still gone to FSU for my degree, but I would've made an effort to get extra education outside of FSU (professional certification courses). Those were not available when I was at FSU. For the HS students, if you are looking for a fun place to party, FSU is a good school. I had a lot of good, somewhat crazy, times there. If you are looking for a respectable university that will help you in the real world, FSU will do that too. FSU is not MIT, but they aren't a mail order university either. Overall: B.

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“GREAT ROTC program. One of best in region.
3rd Year Male -- Class 2005
Extracurricular Activities: A+, Campus Maintenance: F
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