<p>For being such a large university we have felt for some time that FSU works very hard at trying to reach out to students and make them feel wanted by the university.</p>
<p>Yesterday, my s received a welcome call from an fsu student. This tradition is really nice and should make all incoming freshman feel welcome to the fsu family.</p>
<p>My s told me the student was very nice, asked and answered a few questions and gave him her contact info should he have any other questions down the road.</p>
<p>I am sure many schools do this, but as a parent of a future Nole, it makes me feel good to know that FSU has this consistant approach of making students feel welcome. we have not had that same experience with many other schools that he applied to.</p>
<p>I received the same phone call and despite having UF at my number 1 spot, it really impressed me that FSU would go this far to welcome prospective students. However, my phone call was different from that of nycollegedad's s. The individual that called me came off as being quite pushy and actually had the nerve of challenging what I was planning to major in (economics w. minors in philo and business admin) because he felt that I'd be better off with the same major as him, finance. He also pushed preview quite intensely even though I explained to him it is a 9 hour drive for me to reach Tally but he didn't seem to take note. </p>
<p>All in all, I am very impressed by the action but the execution, at least in my particular case, was very poor.</p>
<p>Economics requires a 2.5 GPA while Business requires a 2.9 GPA. Also, at FSU, minors do not appear on your diploma or transcript. Students pursuing a minor in business only have a limited set of course choices and it may be difficult to register for these classes unless you are in honors or have a lot of credits.</p>
<p>cybermom, he's not asking what people think of his choices! </p>
<p>If the kid plans to major in econ, that is his choice. It may change while he is in college, but at this point, it's what he thinks he wants to do and any pressuring, no matter the good intentions comes off as pushy.</p>
<p>Maybe it's an FSU thing;) Just kidding really!!</p>
<p>OH, and what got me to look at the thread - I think it is becoming much more common for schools to call accepted students. Both my kids who are in college now received calls from schools to which they had applied and been accepted. It is a nice touch and gives a chance to ask a current student questions that they may know more about than an admissions rep like the social climate of the campus and such.</p>
<p>Of course, it all must be taken with a grain of salt because they are acting in a "marketing" capacity for the school - trying to nudge you toward matriculating at the campus.</p>
<p>I agree that the student ambassador should not try to sway a student to a particular major. I also am not trying to sway Vincanity1 to change his major and I am sorry if my comment came off that way because I did not mean it to. I am just giving him some facts to help him understand the differences. One is in the College of Social Sciences and the other is in the College of Business. Vincanity1 has excellent credentials and will be successful in either major and as I said, both will basically lead to similar careers and/or graduate school opportunities. I wish him the best and hopefully gaining the UF admission that he desires.</p>
<p>Thank you cybermom, I appreciate the information. I actually was not aware that UF and FSU were not alike in terms of pursuing such popular degrees. Anyhow, it all comes down to where I go to law school so I'll definitely iron out my options.</p>
<p>Yea parent2noles, I came across the program several months ago. It's awesome that FSU offers so many cool programs (Wish UF had something similar)</p>
<p>I agree it's a nice tradition. When I got my call last year I remember the caller being very friendly and generally helpful, I think I had one answer that she couldn't answer personally, but she gave me a website that helped. It definitely helped me make my decision to go to FSU (I was worried about how huge the school was people-wise and being just another person in the classroom) , although ultimately for my decision, it came down to what schools offered which majors and how well those programs were designed.</p>