<p>What is your financial situation? What can you afford right now? You mention FSU as an option, but you don’t seem to like the idea, which puzzles me. Are they giving you a merit award or financial aid that makes it affordable? You indicate that living at home is not a good option. That means coming up with room and board as well as the tuition. Are you eligible for the Bright Futures awards as an international student? I am assuming that you are getting in state rates in Florida even though you are not a citizen,nor do you have a green card. That occurs here in NY too, if you can prove you have been here for 3 years. </p>
<p>My opinion is that FSU is a perfectly fine school. If your appeal from UF comes through and if you get enough merit money from the other schools, they are also contenders, but I truly feel you have a good choice with FSU. My parents lived in FL for some years, and my brothers both went to school in FL, and I really don’t understand why you nose is out of joint about the prospect of going there, especially if you can swing living on campus there.</p>