Florida Gulf Coast University Top Questions

My school is best known for hockey and partying.

Being so new and open to new students.

FGCU is best known for it's small student body. The school has only 10,000 students enrolled this year. Every class that I have had in the past has been no more than 40 people. Science classes and math classes are the biggest classes that I have ever had and even those were smaller than the 500 people that are usually in a University's general education class. Because of our small class sizes students receive better attention and more personal relationships with faculty and professors. FGCU is growing, slowly, and more and more people want to come here.

We are well known for being environmentally conscous. We are even attempting to become the first university run only on solar power! We also have a decent ice hockey team and basketball teams.

Unfortunately, my school is best known for its very public blunders. Sometimes it is very embarrassing to listen to the radio and hear negative things being said about your school, such as, "at least you don't go to FGCU: I hear they're stupid over there." It's unfortunate because my classmates and I have worked so hard for our accomplishments and they are sometimes ignored due to the mistakes of the administration or other students.

The really nice dorms.

Florida Gulf Coast University is known around Southwest Florida as being a environmentally conscious facility. Recycling programs and organizations are found throughout campus. The school is also preferred because the facilities are only ten years old, and the on-campus housing is generous in square-footage. In addition, many of the student-to-teacher ratios are small, which leads to a favorable learning environment with smaller class sizes.

Probably for being the "new" state school in FL. For being a small, "booming", school, and also for our developing sports teams.

The campus housing. Its apartment style living, with a kitchen and living room. The rooms are spacious and all the furniture is up to date.