<p>Hi all, Im considering Fla State becuase I like the large school, school spriti, football game nights type of place. But, I also want to be a beach lifeguard. Is FSU too far from the coast to be able to work as a lifeguard?</p>
<p>You can work as a lifeguard at local pools if you like, but FSU would require a fair commute to local beaches. It would be about 35 to 40 miles to the nearest coast.</p>
<p>The FSU Reservation (the Rez) employs student lifeguards.</p>
<p>About the Rez - See:
<a href="http://fsu.campusrec.com/reservation/index.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://fsu.campusrec.com/reservation/index.shtml</a></p>
<p>Rez Pix: - See:
<a href="http://fsu.campusrec.com/reservation/photos05.html%5B/url%5D">http://fsu.campusrec.com/reservation/photos05.html</a></p>
<p>Employment at the Rez - See:<br>
<a href="http://fsu.campusrec.com/reservation/jobs.html%5B/url%5D">http://fsu.campusrec.com/reservation/jobs.html</a></p>
<p>Additionally, there's Wakulla Springs State Park. This is farther away and not affiliated with FSU.
See: <a href="http://www.wakullacounty.com/wakulla-5.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.wakullacounty.com/wakulla-5.htm</a></p>
<p>If its just 35 to 40 miles away...then driving to a beach wouldnt be TOO bad. What is that about 40 minutes each way?</p>
<p>Why don't you look at UCSB? They have their own beach on campus, you basically walk out of your dorm and onto the beach.</p>
<p>what about UM, beach is about 5minutes away.</p>
<p>I wouldnt get into UM, or I would go. :( and parents wont let me go to cali. Looks like Im stuck with a 40 minute commute.</p>
<p>There are other schools too in the Carolina's, UNC-Wilmington is right on the coast, look around, don't limit yourself to one school, especially when it doesn't have what you want in a school.</p>
<p>Check out U of South Florida</p>
<p>Thanks guys for the replies. I dont want a commuter school though, USF is from what Ive heard. Im from TN, an dmy school in NY now everyone goes home on the weekends, it sucks. and everyone commutes (75%). Im considering U of Tampa too.</p>
<p>take a look at San Diego State</p>
<p>Here's another vote for UNC-Wilmington. I've been on that campus. It's lovely and it's a literally a hop, skip and a jump from the beach.</p>
<p>Might also want to look at Florida Atlantic and Florida International, they are right on the beach too and have D1 Football (teams are in the Sun Belt conference).</p>
<p>nope not fau or fiu, both are for the braindead and are about 90%commuter schools.</p>
<p>NewyorkYankee from Tennesee-- I never would have guessed that. D considered U Tampa- we visited the school and thought it had possibilities. It is NOT a commuter school. A good % of the kids come from the NE. Also do not think it was too close to the beach as you have to travel to Clearwater/St. Pete's area about 30 minutes away. Coincidentally- NY Yankees have their winter training camp in Tampa which we did visit during our trip to the campus. And a pretty famous Yankee graduated U Tampa (I do not remember which one) and visits the campus. They also say that some of the team uses the track at U Tampa- maybe they just want to look at the co-eds, but I did hear that the Yankees do frequent the campus. D decided to stay closer to home and will go to school in NY, but I think U Tampa is a school to consider. Maybe Fsu-uf can give you a florida students point of view of U Tampa. But- I do not think they have a football team.</p>
<p>Haha, UTAMPA just like NCF are basically unknown's in the state, the only reason why Iknow of UTampa is because they're baseball team heavily recruits at my school, I think they were the division 2 baseball champs but anyways UT doesn't have a rep, and not many know much about it.</p>
<p>I think U Tampa gets more kids from OOS than from Florida- it is not a state U. So a positive thing is that the kids do not go home on the week-end. I know of a NY kid who went to U. South Florida also in Tampa but transferred out after a semester. Also thought it was too much of a commuter school. We looked at alot of OOS public U's- and I gotta admit many seemed to be commuter campuses where lots of kids go home on the week-end. So tread carefully when checking out these schools as you may find yourself in the same predicament. Good luck.</p>
<p>yea I'm facing the same issues and the ones which aren't commuter seem impossible to get into, umich, unc, uf,etc.</p>
<p>Well, you said that you wanted a beach school that's not in California that has "large school" "football game night" type of atmosphere, and that isn't a commuter school, isn't too hard to get into, and you're not giving us much to work with. Miami sounds perfect for you (although not on the beach, about 5-10 minutes to the beach), and if you have above a 3.0 I don't see why you wouldn't get in there.</p>
<p>I am going to play matchmaker- A2Wolves- aren't you going to do Sports Management at Indiana?? Fsu-uf is looking for an OOS public that doesn't seem to be primarily a commuter school and not impossible to get into. Does Indiana fit the bill?? Maybe you 2 should talk. And A2 is right again- U of Miami is not a commuter school and near the beach. But it is a bit pricey.</p>