<p>I won't be able to visit unless I am accepted <em>OOS</em>. The trip is just too far.. and tickets are expensive.. </p>
<p>Anyway, is FSU located in an Urban enviroment or Suburban...</p>
<p>Examples</p>
<p>Urban = NYC, Columbus, Detroit, Dallas...</p>
<p>Suburban.. Hmm these vary.. I guess like a Small city.. with malls, stores, best buy, resteraunts.. stuff like that.. not over crowded.</p>
<p>Any description would be great. :)</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>FSU is maybe the prettiest campus i have seen. and for all the UF haters FSU campus is prettier and more welcoming than UF's</p>
<p>I visited in august during welcome week..my mom and i stayed three days at doubletree hee are my thoughts </p>
<p>campus size is as goldilocks would say JUST RIGHT it is a large campus that feels like i could manage it just fine</p>
<p>campus architecture to use harry potter comparison it is hogwarts meet florida.....(i am from ny and many say it is more like the south than florida but it is bright cgeery and sunny)</p>
<p>tallahassee downtown is small but sweet brick buildings with iron . we ate at 2 excellent restuarants within easy walking distance of the hotel. on friday night they had this outdoor band . i saw some younger people i think were fsu students hanging at tables with locals and some older hippy types were dancin to this band that was grateful deadish. i thought the atmoshere was was chill and real.my mom loved it.....</p>
<p>welcome week. we went to the outdoor concert diplo dj techno amazing and an indy band polyphonic spree very entertaining...there was not a huge crowd there but the kids that were had fun and it was a good crowd no trouble. a few kids may have had some rum kixed int heir coke bottles but they were respectful and likewise the security was respectful to them. i also sau a few people i think were prfosssor s maybe with their young kids in strollers. great event showed me that this school is surely a cool place............</p>
<p>i didnt get to the mall but i heard there is one.tennesee street had all of the eatery----fast food places you can name including coldstone ice cream...</p>
<p>college fresh</p>
<p>we are from the nyc area and visited a bunch of florida schools (FSU, UF, UCF, Miami, USF and Tampa).</p>
<p>here is a link to my review of FSU</p>
<p>basically, Tally is a really nice "southern town". its not your typical florida town you see on postcards. not many palm trees, but rather large older trees (i.e. spanish moss etc). The school is about 2 miles or so from the downtown area where the capital is etc. I would not consider FSU am Urban campus as it clearly has its own defined community. NYU id dort og meshed in with greenwich village, no real campus.</p>
<p>we absolutely loved fsu. not only are the folks who live there very nice and friendly, but the campus community is very nice and welcoming as well.</p>
<p>the areas that border the campus where most of the bars, clubs shops etc are on a street called tennessee street. its not fancy by any means, and typical of what you might find near many college campuses. Some store fronts are a bit run down, some are not. all the fast food you can think of. its really fine and seems like a good time is had by all.</p>
<p>the main thing you would need to get used to is the pace in tally. its slow, relaxed and not urban. we found that to be very refreshing coming from nyc.</p>
<p>good luck and i am happy to answer any other questions you may have. feel free to send me a private message if you like.</p>
<p>CollegeFresh</p>
<p>My d and I have visited soooooo many colleges on her college decision trip. (We have visited numerous schools in NY, NC, SC, and FL. FSU by far was her favorite!)</p>
<p>FSU as you have read is located in the downtown area of Tallahassee. The campus is compact (approx. 450 acres) so it is walkable. In fact, a car would not necessarily be a necessity at this school. Unlike other FL areas, Tally is hilly, but not extreme. There is a variety in vegetation(not just palm trees) as well as weather. Tally does have a winter, but I'm guessing it will be mild compared to what you are accustomed (our guide said 20 degrees is probably the coldest winter temp, but only on occasion). The summer months are very warm and humid-but no worries, airconditioning is plentiful. The campus has tons of red brick buildings that are quite charming. The university is renovating the older dorms by completely redoing their interiors and many have been completed. (Unfortunately, we didn't get to see inside).</p>
<p>I am a southerner (Auburn Alum), and can tell you that nycollegedad is right on the money when he said that "Tally" is a "southern town". "Southern" in the sense that people are more cordial and make you feel a bit of that "southern hospitality" that you most likely will not find in Gainesville(UF) or in Miami. Every now and then you will even detect a southern accent from students who are from northern Florida. (Northern FL in many ways is an extension of the south.) It is a slower (stop and smell the roses) pace than what you will find in the northern metropolitan areas, but it does have a charm that people find appealing. </p>
<p>After you get your acceptance letter (think positive) and are planning on coming down for the preview weekend,( I hope you go in the spring when all the red bud and dogwood trees are blooming-it's gorgeous! ) You will know when you walk on the campus and take it all in, if you are in the right place. No one will have to tell you. Even with all the advantages of the internet, (like this messageboard), beautiful college websites and glossy brochures, there is absolutely nothing that can take the place of going and seeing it for yourself! </p>
<p>Let me know if you have any specific questions. You can private message me also if you prefer.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>I'm applying there, because they seem to have a decent Graduate/Medical School. 20 degrees is the lowest!? It can get to 20 below up here in the North, that's pretty amazing. Does it even snow?</p>
<p>You could order one of these videos/CDs. We never visited FSU with our first child, we just ordered the video tour and it was great...very comprehensive. They took a camera on both the walking and the van tour. Of course the videos on this site are a few years old and FSU and many beautiful new additions to the campus that will not be on the video.
<a href="http://www.collegiatechoice.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegiatechoice.com/</a></p>
<p>It very rarely snows in Tallahassee and if it does it is generally flurries, though in 1977 (as I recall) we had maybe 1-2" on the ground for a short time. </p>
<p>We made snowmen as best we could.</p>
<p>what the heck it snows here in florida?</p>
<p>Not very often at all.</p>
<p>In Tallahassee, you may get a couple "cold" days that do not go over 30, but very few. Most often it seems to drop into the 30s or 40s then come up to the 50s or 60s in the afternoon.</p>
<p>So you tend to take a few layers of clothing to add and subtract according to the weather.</p>
<p>It's not like up north where it'll be 20 degrees (or lower) all day or for several days.</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I'm a native Floridian, so "cold" to me is going to be different than what you consider "cold..." by about 60 degrees or so (I live in Southwest FL, a good 6 hours drive from Tally). If you're from the North (I guess I can generalize that as "above the Mason-Dixon line"), then you might feel like walking around in a loose T-shirt while people like me look like the Michelen Tire Mascot, all "bundled up."</p>
<p>Seriously? The campus is absolutely beautiful, put in a semi-urban area of Tallahassee (it's not quite urban and not quite the traditional "suburban," so I have deemed it "semi-urban"). Everyone with whom I spoke was as kind as they come (a Southerner at heart, if not by birth ;-) and gave completely honest answers to whatever questions you asked them.</p>
<p>As Poetree accurately stated, the architecture will make you feel like you're in the unreleased Harry Potter sequel ("Harry Potter and the Garnet and Gold Paradise"); it's not too "gothic," but hardly Frank Lloyd Wright. There are these little "sea-dragons" scattered about the campus (what crackhead came up with this is left to the imagination, but it's amusing and adds to the ambience nonetheless).</p>
<p>It is truly a "see-to-believe" place...the gorgeous pamphlets they send out don't do it justice. Once you get accepted (like skibird said, "happy thoughts, happy thoughts...") your campus visit should be the best thing to look forward to! </p>
<p>(Oh...attending the school might be fun too...) :-)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>It's also the oldest campus in Florida (and tied with UF for oldest university). Students from what became FSU fought as a unit from the school in the Battle</a> of Natural Bridge.</p>
<p>another thing college fesh tallahassee airport is a breeze to fly in - and esp out of since like me you are oos. we got an excellent fare rate from nyc. there was a quick layover delta in atlanta but all went smoothly. i dont know where else you are applying but other schools may not have an airport or one large enough to have good fares. for instance to fly to nyc to gainesville is much more expensive..</p>
<p>Hehe yah, I'd still wear a T-Shirt in 60 degree weather or shorts.. made even as low as 50.</p>
<p>:P</p>
<p>It's nice to know it's in a semi-urban area, but still has the small town atomosphere, but isn't crazy like Miami or one of the tourist traps.</p>
<p>well i'm currently a freshman who has been at fsu for summer and fall terms now.</p>
<p>In terms of being urban, its semi urban, as in the university is basically in the center of town and you can walk and take the bus everywhere you need to go. Shopping is pretty good governors square mall has most stores I used to shop at while living in miami, and tallahassee mall has a few good stores and a good movie theater. But in terms of the campus fsu has a great campus where you basically don't have to leave campus unless you have to go to the airport.</p>
<p>I love the campus,the atmosphere and the people, like i've said a billion and a half times greatest decision I've ever made was to come here.</p>
<p>p.s. watch out for parking, i've gotten a few tickets and my friend has been towed 4 times already.</p>
<p>I toured the Florida collges and here are my thoughts on FSU:
Agree that the campus is real pretty - green, trees, nice buildings, pretty girls. However, surrounding area, meaning Tennessee street, is a dump. It is NOT like most collge campuses. Most collges have an areas specifically tailored for collges kids, but since Tallahassee is not a real collge town, the outskirts are not geared to students. Oh yea, there are some fast food joint and bars, but that doesn't make it a collge town. Think UF, Penn State, UTexas, ASU, UCLA - those schools have a wide variety of nice places where students can hang out at. </p>
<p>In short, although FSU is probably a good school, I wouldn't spend 4 years there.</p>
<p>University Avenue in Gainesville (where UF is located) is very similar to Tennessee Street.</p>
<p>I think Mario did not see all of Tallahassee. The south of Tallahasse, below FSU is as he described. The rest is not. There are sketchy sections of Gainsville, Austin, etc as well. To each hs own. My D loved Talahassee and would not even make a return visit to Gainsville for reconsideration.</p>
<p>I agree. I visited Yale University in New Haven last year and found that one does not go to the west of the university area. Tallahassee is nothing like New Haven.</p>
<p>The approach I like best to FSU is down College Avenue from Monroe.</p>
<p>Mario</p>
<p>Agreed Gainesville is a quintessential college town. That is , or at least it it seemed to me that everything --(or almost all things ) painted orange and blue and ALL things revolves around the University. Cool if you are all about being a gator....at all costs.,,, whatever works for you/ i thpught gator nation went just a bit too far for me..also i didnt see a huge diff betwn the main avenues that is tenn st vs i cant remember the name of the st in gainesville. also as i recall FSU had many more places within walking distance. whereas at UF the center of town (where we ate dinner at marks and dargonfly) was a car ride away??? but everyone needs to find the place that suits them best</p>