<p>Well in my opinion best dorms are..........gilchrist,broward,wildwood and degraff-ofcourse, cawthon,reynolds those are all renovated dorms after that dorman and salley are the second tier..after that you have last tier dorms</p>
<p>My daughters have stayed in Gilchrist, Ragans and Reynolds. All are fine and in good repair or fairly new.</p>
<p>My son lives in Deviney and he says it is not very nice but somehow he has managed to survive.</p>
<p>It sure looks based on the many inputs that off campus maybe the way to pursue at this later date. The top tier recommendations were good, but everything seems to point to those not being avaliable. I didn't get the feeling that the second and third tier options were all that good.</p>
<p>A few anger people in the UF forum since decisions were went out yesterday. 5 more days!</p>
<p>im one of those angry people/////Noles for life----I hate gatornation lol</p>
<p>Lol! Was UF really your first choice over FSU?</p>
<p>I have offical taking a vow not to log onto fsu.edu for any reason at all till tuesday or wednesday! lol</p>
<p>No uf wasn't my first choice but it has an architecture program, which is something im passionate about, and if i got in that would've made it hard to resist thank god i didn't since i already paid FSU over $500 in fees....and fsu recently updated how much aid i was getting for summer and lets just say i'm happy/</p>
<p>When did you find out how much aid your getting for summer?</p>
<p>yesterday...enough to pay for housing and the two classes i'll be taking plus a loan which i probably wont accept/</p>
<p>Thats good! I can't wait to get my info.</p>
<p>We saw that the status webpage was updated today. Gone was the you have been defered status, and replaced with a admission decision will be avaliable March 28th.</p>
<p>Umm Maybe they have started updating or something. I'm keeping my vow to stop checking my status page lol. And to stop stalking my mailbox!</p>
<p>So is FSU predictable? Rejection small envelope, Acceptance big oversized Envelope?</p>
<p>A few of my acceptances we're in small envelopes and then a few days later I got the huge oversized envelope.</p>
<p>I don't think anything in the admission game overall is predictable.</p>
<p>Given the excellent inputs posted here I'd say the follow the yellow brick road is:</p>
<p>On Tuesday check both the housing and orientation websites to see if you can get in</p>
<p>After Midnight check the status website for your decision</p>
<p>Wednesday look for the E mail to come</p>
<p>The envelope will come later and will just confirm what you already will have found out about well in advance of it's arrival. Thick or thin it will be almost a non event. We knew about my D's 4 accepts via the web roughly about a week before we got the thick letters.</p>
<p>Unless there has been a significant change in procedure from Fall 2006 semester (which I doubt), I would strongly urge anyone applying to keep checking their admissions status frequently. Don't wait for a letter or email. </p>
<p>Two reasons for this urgency:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>To secure any scholarship offers. Most or all are first-come, first-served. I'd call Admissions after you know you're admitted and they offer a scholarship. Verbally accept then express mail any confirmation documents. Keep the express mail receipt and a photocopy/scan of what you send back for your records.</p></li>
<li><p>To secure the lowest housing priority number. While on-campus housing may not be in your plans right now, your perspective may change later. You only get one shot at that number.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Good luck to everyone! :)</p>
<p>^Parent thanks for the advise.</p>
<p>With regards to your housing advise and from the excellent posts here and those in the housing thread we have reached the conclusion that rightly or wrongly that housing for incoming Freshman is much more of a problem or concern then we had thought before. Given that all upperclassman who want to stay on campus apparently can, and that early acceptances get the lower priority number and can suck up all the highly desireable slots. It suggests that students in this decison block will get less desireable housing if they get it all all. Compound this with not knowing until June sometime. I guess it's causing us to think more about the off campus options to get good room configurations, facilites, living styles, and newer accomodations. It seems to be the one way to lock the living accomoditions in?</p>
<p>The real issue here with these kids now is that so many other kids applied much earlier. It's not that their stats are weak, it's just that they are applying late, by comparison. Making Off-campus housing choices soon is a good thing to do.</p>
<p>The dynamics of FSU's campus make it a residential university much more so than UCF or other similar schools that are more commuter oriented. It's much easier to live on campus than off. Of course, dorm living can get old over time and kids gradually move to off-campus housing, but at a slower rate.</p>
<p>Ray111, For what it counts. i was looking over the collegeboard records of universities and colleges. Amazingly UCF has a 52% acceptance rate and FSU has a 58% acceptance rate. If your daughter got accepted to UCF, shouldnt have a problem getting into FSU. Right?</p>
<p>I dont know, I'm bored. But I guess UCF is more selective then FSU.</p>