<p>D has been accepted to ALL the Florida Universities including one called Florida Southern College.</p>
<p>Florida Southern has given her a financial aid package which means 0 out of pocket costs for her D and I. Honors College</p>
<p>UF - will take 5,000 loan and 5,000 out of pocket. Bright Futures only ( does not fully cover tuition)</p>
<p>FSU - same ( we have to cover housing) Bright Futures is paying most of tuition and scholarship is covering the shortfall of tuition. Honors College</p>
<p>USF, UCF, both have offered substantial scholarships but will be about 5,000 out of pocket
Offered Honors for all.</p>
<p>Daughter is leaning to Florida Southern due to sweet financial aid and she can save for graduate school</p>
<p>Parents would like to consider FSU or UF due to prestige. But these schools are HUGH and UF is not known for undergraduate student support.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any comments or insights into Florida Southern that could help us?</p>
<p>I considered attending Florida Southern 2 years ago. Full ride makes it very attractive deal. I’ve never heard anything bad about Florida Southern other than something about some kind of early curfew by a friend who transferred out. I know about 10 people who have attended the school in recent years and they all seemed to thrive there. One is now working on a doctorate in education at a state university, another friend is in medical college now after finishing Fl Southern. Most of my friends that went there did a sport–the college has an active athletic dept. Two trivia things I remember after investigating Fl Southern–it has a water sking team and even though it is Methodist affiliated it has more Catholics than Methodists attending. </p>
<p>If your daughter is sold on the school–go for it!</p>
<p>Florida Southern College is not one of the Florida Universities. It is not public and is not a university. It is a small liberal arts college. What is her planned major and plans for post undergrad education?</p>
<p>Florida is a top 50 university nationally. Even at 20K more in loans, it is well worth it. If it was 25 or more in loans I would think otherwise, but I say Florida.</p>
<p>Her area of study will be Secondary Education/Math.</p>
<p>She has had extensive testing to determine what she has a passion for and it turns out to be Teaching and Math.</p>
<p>She is very outgoing and wants to be involved in student government, sorority and feels that a smaller school is going to give her more opportunity to be involved than a larger campus university.</p>
<p>Excuse me Sunny Florida, Yes, I agree that Florida Southern is a small liberal arts college vs the top tier (FL) universities.</p>
<p>I forgot to add that Florida Southern has indicated that would be excited to have her audition to continue in her love of music. She plays bass clarinet and would not have to be a music major to play. This school has a very strong Music Management program as well as Music Education. Not so much for performance. </p>
<p>Making the final decision is very hard. She this morning turned down USF, UCF and UF.
The only schools remaining in consideration are Florida State and Florida Southern.</p>
<p>If you are comparing FSC and FSU, I would say save the money and go to FSC. If you were comparing UF and FSC, I really don’t think there is any comparison because UF is ranked so high. </p>
<p>My son also got accepted to all 3. 1st college out of the mix was FSU, mainly because it didn’t compare with UF. </p>
<p>FSC was ruled out after a very poor overnight visit where somehow he got paired with a bunch of kids who were very negative about the school and were planning on transferring out once the year was over. Left a bad impression on him.</p>
<p>UF is still a consideration, along with other non-Florida schools.</p>
<p>There’s nothing really wrong with Lakeland. Lakeland today is probably what Orlando was like 40 years ago before Disney World opened…an overgrown citrus town. You can still even get a bachelor’s degree in horticulture/citrus at Florida Southern College.</p>
<p>I hope she chooses Florida State, which would offer an excellent education to her. She will have the resources of a national research university at her fingertips. Go 'Noles!</p>
<p>My cousin graduated from Florida Southern with a music degree in the 60’s. She was mostly a stay-at-home mom, but she taught music lessons and ran a huge music program at her church and also had a local adult chorus that she directed over the course of her life. She was well-respected in her local music scene. I think the music dept has been good for a very long time.</p>
<p>FSU is a good school. They have a strong research background and one of the largest campus bodies in the country. Also although, some people think it matters alot, it doesnt really matter which U you go to with respects to State schools. When its IVY league its different. But really it doesn;t matter as much as pepole like to think it does.</p>
<p>I tell you what I would rather go to ANY of those schools than have to go to the community college I currently go to while living with my parents at 21 years old with the constant irritations of having to live with them and be reminded that I still rely on them for so much. Really hurts to have to beg for 20 bucks a week to get to and from school.</p>
<p>But were not here to talk about my sad existence now are we lol</p>
<p>My D is interested in secondary math and loves music as well! We live in LA so she is OOS, but wants to move and teach in FL. She is only a sophomore so we are beginning the search early. I would love to know your D’s stats for getting a good scholarship and how she likes the secondary math program at Florida Southern…</p>
<p>I know that to some folks and for some industries having a degree from a nationally ranked or large school may be worth the debt. But if a smaller/regional school will allow her to get her degree and certification to teach without much debt, I’d say go for it!!</p>
<p>Happy with your choice. We live near FSC and love it. I’m hoping my 16 year old gets goes there a couple of years. Living close offsets the price vs. larger university and dorms, food, etc.</p>