<p>I'm thinkin about applying to fsu as a transfer student however I don't know if I am able to. On the website it says that the min gpa for students wishing to transfer enterring as sophomores is 3.00, and i only got a 2.96 my freshman year...however I was a 3.7 student in highschool, president of numerous clubs, and was accepted to the naval academy.... does my .04 stop me from applying? or do I still give it a shot? Also what is really good about fsu? I mean besides the weather/sports I don't know to much about the school, faculty, alumni-network? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>I would suggest you give it a shot. You never know until you actually put yourself into the place where a decision can be made. The worst they can tell you is 'no' or 'try again'. Persistence is essential.</p>
<p>Read through the FSU website <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/</a> , the stuff on Wikipedia about FSU <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_University%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_University</a> , try also <a href="http://www.fsu.com%5B/url%5D">www.fsu.com</a> and through the listings in this section. I've tried to put highlights or other interesting analyses about Florida State on here as often as I can. </p>
<p>Once you've looked at that, there are FSU students and alumni who review this board who can fill in the gaps. I have one daughter (biochemistry) <a href="http://www.chem.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.chem.fsu.edu/</a> there now and another who is starting as a freshman this fall (dietetics) <a href="http://www.chs.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.chs.fsu.edu/</a> . I'm also an alumnus who graduated in the 1970s (accounting <a href="http://www.cob.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cob.fsu.edu/</a> , criminology <a href="http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/cjl-main.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/cjl-main.php</a> ). Further, I've family who attended both FSU (nursing <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/%7Enursing/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/~nursing/</a> , speech pathology <a href="http://www.comm.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.comm.fsu.edu/</a> , meterology <a href="http://www.met.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D">www.met.fsu.edu/</a> ,french, spanish, russian <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/%7Emodlang/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/~modlang/</a> , political science <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/%7Epolisci/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/~polisci/</a> ) and UF (history, pre-law/political science) and so can compare reasonably well, for a sense of perspective, the two flagship schools in Florida and a number of their programs.</p>
<p>The future of FSU is probably best discerned by reading through the President's web pages: <a href="http://president.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://president.fsu.edu/</a></p>