Florida State University

Nothing to do around the school, i wish i got into ucf so i could go there instead. life is very boring. academics nothing special and engineering programs SUCKS ruined by famu

1st Year Female -- Class 2012

Faculty Accessibility: C, Education Quality: F

I'm a senior at FSU and to be completely honest, I'm happy I'm graduating in exactly a semester. I've had my fair share of ups and downs, but I suppose that's life. In all seriousness, college is what you make of it. About 50% of my experience was full of friendships, laughter, and in general fun.. the other 50% were the kind of life experiences that sucked while you were going through them, but realistically it's shaped me as a person more than I'd like to admit (oops. just did..).

It's easy to write someplace off by saying "It sucked" because it wasn't easy... I'm not doing it. A university is a university. Would I have changed things about my experience? Yes. Would I give up the things I have learned? Not really.

Life in general isn't easy, and all the crap you go through (professors being difficult, lack of friendly people) just help to further prepare you for the proverbial 'real world.'So yeah, personally? I really did not like Florida State. I'm not into the night life, I actually have never set foot in a bar/club my entire time going here. I've made some friends and met some people who turned out to be not who I thought they were. But realistically? It was a great experience.

4th Year Female -- Class 2008

Campus Aesthetics: A+, Useful Schoolwork: D-

FSU has a lot to offer, but you have to take it for what it is. I'll admit, I was a UF reject who was a bit bitter about coming to FSU at first. I came into FSU thinking I'd be surrounded by idiots, and the student body was actually more intelligent than I figured (not to say the school doesn't have its share of morons). FSU does have a lot of good programs in a number of areas and is on the rise. Nonetheless, it IS a large state university and has many of the problems associated with such: being a number in the system, tuition dollars wasted in the bureaucracy, "too many" classes being taught by TA's, etc. Not to mention if you're one of those people who hates the amount of attention that the athletic department gets that will piss you off too.

Anyway, you can get a good education at FSU for a good price. As others have probably mentioned, there's a lot of organizations, something for everyone, etc etc. But as I said, there are many areas in which FSU is lacking, so you have to come in with the mindset that you're at a big state university and not a top school. As for Tallahassee, well, it's a college town. I grew up in South Florida so it was a big downgrade as for as stuff to do is concerned, however Tally is a nice town (well, except for the areas around campus, hehe) and it's a good community to go to school in. Plus if you're majoring in the social sciences, for example, there are obviously a lot of opportunities with the state government being literally just down the street. To conclude, unless you have an aversion to big schools where you have classes with 60 other students (sometimes even 200, 300, 1200 students! no joke!) and you have to figure things out on your own a lot of the time, FSU has a lot to offer and certainly worth checking out.

2nd Year Male -- Class 2008

Education Quality: A+, Individual Value: C-