My number is 333, so id probably get into my first choice. I hear wildwood and degraff are good choices? Im just not sure about the others if im missing something better
When I toured FSU last February, we actually saw a dorm at Wildwood, and it is a beautiful building. It is right next to the football stadium. Degraff is across the street, but they have a tunnel so you don’t have to walk across the street, and that one is close to the student union. I know I am just the mom, but I really liked Wildwood, I think anyone would be happy to be in that one. My daughter was leaning toward Wildwood at first, but is now thinking she wants to be in Gilchrist or Reynolds, because she has a few really good friends who are in Gilchrist and Landis. Her grandmother wants to help and offered to pay for a meal plan for her. I told her if she gets the meal plan, she is pretty much limited to where she can eat, for the most part. She thinks maybe it will keep her from eating too much Chick Fil A, so maybe that is a positive thing. I am still unsure about the meal plans, but I guess she has time to think about it. Her number is in the low 500’s, so hopefully she will get her pick too.
It really depends on what you want.
Wildwood and Degraff are copies of each other, just in different locations. They’re about a decade old now but that’s still pretty new. Wildwood is near the gym, football stadium, tennis courts, Student Life Center, and about 5 minutes from some of the science buildings and a couple of the lecture halls. Degraff is located across the street from the Union.
Deviney and Dorman are the newest, and are probably a tad more centrally located than Wildwood, but are not quite as conveniently located to a lot of the same buildings (though they are closer to Landis Green, and are closer to the Union than Wildwood.
If you aren’t looking to be locked into a meal plan, you don’t want to apply for Landis (if you’re in Honors), Gilchrist, Bryan, Reynolds, Broward, Cawthon, or Jennie Murphree.
But really it just depends on what you want to be close to on campus.
I was leaning towards Wildwood so this definitely makes me feel better!
I believe Wildwood is a living learning community for nursing and social justice majors.
The LLCs only house about 20-25 students each (the exception being Bryan Hall’s LLC, which encompasses all of the residents). Wildwood houses about 350 students in each of the two buildings.
The LLCs make up a tiny portion of the capacity in each building (Bryan Hall being the exception, as noted above).
LLC’s are good because they help you make friends faster and help “make a large university feel smaller”. Don’t underestimate that for freshmen.
Having a meal plan is great - take Flex 231 for Fall semester and 200 for Spring, and with the $150 FLEX buck you should be covered. In my opinion, the Unlimited plan is un-necessary for girls who won’t stop to grab a cup of tea and a pastry in between classes and won’t eat 4 times a day :).
Meal plans are overpriced and you shouldn’t buy one unless you absolutely have to. The money just doesn’t make sense in most cases.
And that goes for males and females.
^I agree they’re way overpriced, but for freshmen they’re great because it’s one less thing that comes in the way of doing well.
If the student is used to planning meals, making grocery lists with a specific budget, budgeting time to shop, has a car to get to the grocery store, and can cook a variety of healthy, balanced meals, while having access to a kitchen, meal plans are pointless. Unfortunately, most freshmen don’t have one or many of the above.
The parents need to invest time in teaching these skills (including several week of modeling behavior, ie., cooking every night a different meal) + check they’re properly implemented and scheduled + provide the student with a car + plenty of time to practice. A kid who starts doing this now would be ready for the Fall - but then there’s the provision of having a car and access to a kitchen.
The middle level plan/Fall + lowest level/Spring combination is one that is the most sensible when the students aren’t well-versed in this, with the expectation they learn before Sophomore year when they move off campus or off the meal plan.
In my view, it’s an expensive crutch, but better than if time is wasted, leading to underachievement/overwhelmed freshman and the kid doesn’t eat properly to top it off. 45% kids don’t graduate in 4 years - while it’s pretty good, all considered, for a state school, it’s better to hedge our bets. 
a girl I want to room with wants to live at ragans, but isn’t that for more of upperclassmen?