<p>I'm confused. I've read somewhere where it states it's a tier 2 and then you google and it says tier 1, but then according to USnews.com it's ranked 101.</p>
<p>There is no doubt that FSU is a Tier 1 school. It’s actually TIED for 101# (atleast on here)
[National</a> University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/page+11]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/page+11)
With universities like NCST, Kansas, Nebraska, OU, Oregon, Tennessee showing #101 also. </p>
<p>On another note, why do i feel as though all your threads seems trollerific</p>
<p>Where have you ever seen that FSU is a tier 2 school?</p>
<p>Sid- “On another note, why do i feel as though all your threads seems trollerific”</p>
<p>He is purportedly a junior business major at UF who is dropping out of all his classes this semester and yet still interested in joining UF school clubs while planning a transfer to FSU.</p>
<p>What is suspicious about that?</p>
<p>never said i was going to join clubs at UF i just didnt want to make so many threads on the FSU forum. but i did ask if joining clubs in general are worthless or good to some extent. but yes im a current UF student wanting to go to FSU</p>
<p>Ok tier 1 it is. Maybe i read it wrong. thats good to know.</p>
<p>According to US News Florida State is the #46 public university in the U.S. Frankly, I think that is far too low a ranking. FSU is also one of two flagship universities in Florida, in general.</p>
<p>I couldnt agree more parent2noles. I dont understand either I believe FSU is outstanding school.</p>
<p>And the school deserves a higher ranking than #101 best. Maybe in the 70’s would be nice. I think in the near future they would rank better despite budget cuts</p>
<p>I know of tier 1/tier 2 in two ways. FSU is tier 1 in both.</p>
<p>1) The US News rankings used to be broken up into tiers 1-4. Originally only the top 50 were considered tier 1 and none of the schools in Florida were ranked in the top 50 back then. Then I think they changed tier 1 to include the top 125 or 150, and the big three became tier 1. Then a few years ago they changed it again so now any school that is ranked at all is considered tier 1.</p>
<p>2) Research classifications used to be referred to as “research 1” and “research 2.” FSU was and is a research 1 school. People found that terminology offensive though. Now schools are said to have “high” or “very high” research activity. FSU has “very high research activity.”</p>