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I love Florida State. I thought I might be overwhelmed by going to such a large school, but I haven't had that experience. All my professors have been available and helpful. Everyone here is pretty friendly. School spirit runs rampant. On any given day you'll see at least 20 people in your classes alone wearing Florida State gear. I love the campus. It's all brick buildings and tree lined walkways. It feels like a school in the northeast, but without the weather! Living in a college town is definitely a bonus. As a student without a car, I have had no difficulty getting around campus and even off campus using the school's bus system.

I love FSU. The student body is diverse and you have TONS of opportunities to get involved. There is a club for everything and if there isn't: make your own! FSU is a big school, but I've found that you start to recognize faces and suddenly it doesn't seem so big after all. Tallahassee is a college town and FSU's campus is beautiful with its huge brick buildings and gorgeous greens for studying, napping, tanning, or just enjoying nature. FSU has incredible school pride. You feel it everywhere, especially at football games. Garnet and Gold all the way!!!

The school overall is a great place to attend. The people on campus are extremely nice and helpful to new students, and the student body has a lot of pride in their school. Sometimes with lower level courses you tend not to have any professors or if you do they teach to hundreds of students so forming any bonds for the first two years is rare. But, the professors that I have had in my major are extremely helpful and genuinely love to educate their students. It is a big college town and there is always something to do no matter what day of the week it is, but unlike other towns it is also part of the capital so it hides the college town vibe decently well. The campus is absolutely breathtaking and you will fall in love with how the campus looks. Overall it's a very great school, but just like any other school it's not perfect.

FSU students do have an unusual amount of school pride, something that is indoctrinated from orientation (when I started learning to dislike the college). The college has a very large enrollment, but the campus is nicely sized and deceptively pretty. Tallahassee (a very nice place once you leave the college vicinity) is definitely a college town, and Seminole bumper stickers are everywhere to be found.

Florida State is easily the best University in the great state of Florida. Not only is it a phenomenal academic institution (admission standards highest in the state) but the atmosphere is what really sets FSU apart from the rest. The students, faculty, and even locals are incredibly friendly and always looking to lend a helping hand. School pride is extremely high, once you are a Seminole you'll always be one. It also doesn't hurt that FSU is home to the only recognized NCAA Football DYNASTY in the south.

The best thing about FSU is that it is reasonable to afford to go here, especially if you are a Florida resident. I would definately change all the partying that goes on here at FSU, but that's what makes our school what it is. I spend most of my time at the library or in a nightclub or bar. It is a college town. We refer to it as "Tallahassee, a drinking town with a football town." FSU's administration is overall, good. The biggest recent controversy on campus was over football players cheating on an EASY Art Appreciation or Music Appreciation, exam. It was highly unnecessary and gave us a bad name. This also occured at FAMU, Florida A & M University, on the other side of town from us. There is PLENTY OF SCHOOL PRIDE! FSU is WONDERFUL at that! FSU is unusual in that it strives for high academics as well as good athletics, a challenging and noble feat. I'll always remember being dunked in the Westcott fountain on my birthday or Bobby Bowden's last home game. The most frequent student complaints are too much partying, or not enough time in the day to LIVE the FSU experience.

Huge college town with a lot of school spirit

The school is large but still has that small school feel. Parking is and will always be an issue as with any large school. FSU lives for football.

There are plenty of "best things" about FSU. That's entirely a matter of opinion. My personal favorite thing is the ambiance. The entire east side of campus makes me feel like I'm at Hogwarts sometimes. The buildings, greens, common areas...they're all beautiful. I especially love the trees: Oaks everywhere! As for the size of the campus, I would venture to say that FSU is just right. The campus is large enough that you can get your exercise getting from one place to another, but you can do it all in a timely manner. Not to mention the fact that there are multiple on campus bus routes that take you just about anywhere you need to go. When I'm on campus, I personally spend most of my time out on Landis Green. Its an amazing place no matter the weather or time of year. If I'm not there, I'm probably hanging out with my friends in the Union or at "the lair." The lair is a small amphitheater outside of the KMU building. Its a wonderful place to just chill late at night. Now for one of the most important topics: school pride. I'm not certain if you could find another school as full of pride as Florida State. Look around at any moment, and you'll see plenty of garnet and gold or other FSU paraphernalia. Wait until a game day, and its all over. You've never seen so much pride in your life!

The best thing about FSU is the sense of community you can get, even though you're on a huge campus. I remember when I toured FSU when I was a senior in high school, the amount of FSU t-shirts and paraphanelia I saw while just riding around campus. The school spirit is great. If I could change anything about FSU it would be the parking... it sucks having to be on campus by 845 for your 930 class, just to guarantee parking on the top back corner of a parking garage halfway across campus. Tallahassee is what you make of it... you can be bored as sin, or as lively as sin there, it just depends what you do, and who you hang out with. You have to be proactive to be involved, but it really isn't that hard to find things to do any night of the week.