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I absolutely love Florida State University! The student body is well-rounded and truly embodies a diverse group of ambitious individuals that exemplify excellency in academics, athletics, and social relations!

I think it is amazing.

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Honestly, I'm not a ra-ra-school-spirit type of girl, but I really love going to school here. There is no one best thing, but it is a great community of people that almost always make me feel welcome. The classes here are amazing, and they have majors that suit the majority of people's needs. I do wish, however, that they would make it so people in other majors couldn't take required courses with limited seating so that students who need the classes can't take them due to other majors moonlighting other ideas. People complain about the fact that the food isn't always the best, but there are a ton of off-campus options which are better than buying the expensive meal plan for sub-par food. FSU is pretty large, but I feel that it's not so big that I don't run into people every day and not too small that I see the same people every week. I get a variety of answers when people hear where I attend university, but the majority are positive. We have a pretty good reputation, and the alumnus are vocal (just like the majority of the current students, there's a ton of school pride). The school administration is great, they throw us events and give away things constantly, while being supportive and understanding of events that arise. They handle most things smoothly, such as the recent FAMU death from the untimely traditions of their marching band. Tallahassee is a college town in some aspects, but it has the bustling events of the capital city that it is. We are an unusual school in the fact that we love our fountains and jump in them in every opportunity, but it's just the Seminole way.

I've visited other universities and one thing I'm proud to say as a Seminole is that I believe my school offers the best overall college experience. What you picture as a kid and see in the movies is pretty much what you get at Florida State. There are the old, brick buildings and the moss covered trees that line the sidewalks. There is the college town atmosphere where you go down the main street and find every kind of restaurant and bar imaginable. Landis Green would be the central point on campus where people will head to when hanging outside of their dorms. There you can find people engaging in activities ranging from frisbee, tanning, or even L.A.I.R. (Live-Action-Role-Playing, as made relevant from the movie Role Models). Florida State doesn't seem to lack in any aspect of the college experience. Though, if I had to implement one change to my school, I would suggest decreasing the size of the student body. While it is nice to be surrounded by so many different kinds of people, it can become a hassle with things such as class sizes, availability of parking, and waiting in line for food!

Florida State University really is a good school. It has a beautiful campus, a close knit town where everything is less that ten miles away, and wonderful libraries that are open twenty four hours a day.

Personally, I love FSU, the atmosphere is simply amazing, everyone you meet is friendly and helpful, and the campus is gorgeous. I applied and was accepted to 7 universities, FSU was not my first choice, and I had never visited the campus, I was scared that I was making a mistake but went with it anyway. Once I arrived for orientation I knew I would never regret the decision I made. For me, the size is just right, but it truly depends on the person, there are some small classes or some rather large classes. No matter which classes you take it's really up to you to get yourself known by the professor(s) and go to office hours (this really helps). As long as you go to the professor, most will do whatever they can to help you in any way possible. There are a few robberies here and there, but I have never felt unsafe anywhere on campus, there are blue lights everywhere and the campus police are just a call away. There are many bus routes to help get around such a large campus, including a separate one at night. My high school lacked severely in school spirit, when I started at FSU it was like night and day, there was such a huge contrast. Especially during game days, you can see practically everyone wearing something Garnet and/or Gold. My overall opinion of FSU is that it is an amazing school with good academics, professors, people, and atmosphere, it's hard to find a place to fit in, at FSU you can always be welcomed.

Overall I think that Florida State University is a generally good school. It has decent financing, allowing its campus to be well accommodating and beautiful as well as giving the students a large variety of career and non-career related events. Also, the fact that the school is well known allows a good selection of professors to be made, and I have yet to take a class that I haven't enjoyed in some form or another. However, due to the large amount of focus on the outside of class activities, I find that I have an issue attempting to focus on class at the school. Many of the majors are intended for a broad focus as well as made to accommodate the wills of a college age student, rather than give us an intensive learning that could greatly help us to be greater prepared for our future lives. Yet, though this is an issue of mine, I find it exists little in the other students around me. The size of the school, though I feared would be a problem, is actually quite comfortable. Most of the classes are fairly small, and if one does not will it they can easily avoid ever being trapped in classes over, say, fifty students. The campus itself is very compact, taking only fifteen or twenty minutes to walk across. The buildings are large, but for the most part easy to get around. There are two I know of that can be maze like, but once you find your class the first time it tends to be rather easy. The dining halls tend to be able to house most of the students that wish to go there, and the union as well as the restaurants stay generally busy without ever becoming overly hectic. There is a lack of parking spaces, however the school provides public transportation that fixes that issue. The library also has enough to be ready for everyone most of the time, even if near midterms or finals you may have to look. The college does command a good bit of the population of Tallahassee and, therefore, a lot of the city forms to the schedules of those inside of it. There is a night bus that, while often late, does run basically every day, and also the campus is surrounded by a large number of restaurants and bars cheap enough for the students to eat at and also generally relaxed and low key. However, while the students tend to form their own very separate groups, most tend to not enjoy the top administration. There are many students who are against the current tuition raises that may be going on, and also petitions constantly being passed around during our Market Wednesdays, the student and group run marketplace that happens from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm every Wednesday at the Student Union. All in all, though, I enjoy being at the school and I would recommend it as a place where one may like to go.

My School may be seen by high school students back home as a "party school". There are many rumors concerning my school, and I entered knowing this. However, giving my school the benefit of the doubt, my school has so much to offer. I am only a freshman and have received so many opportunities I could not have received elsewhere. Professors and staff are very helpful, the way information about events are distributed through out school is very effective, and the campus has an amazing learning environment.

When I was in high school, my teachers used to warn me about public colleges. They'd warn me about feeling anonymous in a huge sea of students, or about feeling no connection to my professors in giant lecture halls. When I settled in at FSU, I soon found neither of these things to be true. Though approximately 40,000 students attend the school, I run into at least ten of my friends on a daily basis, just walking from class to class. You can hardly believe that so many students go there. As for my classes and professors, I've never felt uncomfortable about e-mailing or going up to my professors when I have a problem. They make sure that each student feels heard. And now that I'm almost a junior, my biggest class holds only 50 people, so I know all of my professors know me by name.