My daughter is considering the University of Tampa as well as UCF, UNF and FSU. She is leaning towards UT but I am not seeing great feedback. Please advise if you have any input. Thanks!
I got accepted into UT class of 2022. Still waiting on my acceptance from UCF and I also got into USF, ultimately it depends on her major and stats. Can you explain more on about what you mean by “not seeing great feedback” thanks
Just toured University of Tampa. Not sure how to link, but just today, i posted my impressions after our visit on the UTampa CC forum. Bottom line…not impressed.
I’ve heard that Tampa has a lot of students from the northeast. Rich kids who can be kind of cliquey. I also know some regular Floridians who go there and like it. They’re not the party types, though, so total opposites of the NE ‘rich kids.’ of your daughter’s options I’d pick FSU or UCF. UNF has a bit of a smaller feel (very pretty campus), but not as highly rated as the other two. Does she have an intended major?
I can chime in too and already did on another Discussion RE: UT. Basically, we, too, had bad vibes at UT. Just DID NOT feel like a college campus–felt more like a country club or maybe an elite prep school that has it all. No chemistry felt, no college enthusiasm (that can happen when there’s no MAJOR sport, like football). I didn’t feel much happiness or friendliness, either. I’m sure it’s probably there–we just didn’t feel it on our tour whatsoever (vs. any of the other 10 schools we had toured). Something just “lacks” here–I can’t quite pin it down.
Tampa has a highly ranked men’s lax team.
Why not look at USF, also in Tampa? It would be cheaper than Tampa for instate (and probably OOS) students.