<p>I didn't get in directly, but I'm in. I got a letter advising me to join the TCC to FSU program to go to FSU. I'll be at TCC and in less than a year completely transitioned into FSU. I'll have a card to use FSU facilities like any FSU student. I can't wait.</p>
<p>Jedi,</p>
<p>That's awesome! Congratulations. Sounds like a great option that was extended to you. When do you start?</p>
<p>Congratulations! Sounds like a nice option to get into the university.</p>
<p>Yeah, this is great. I'm really excited! I wanted to start in the summer but I can't because TCC requires graduation by May for that and I graduate in June, so instead I'll start in the Fall Term.</p>
<p>You're going to have the worst four years of your life up here. Believe me.</p>
<p>Ladistar - if you are so unhappy, why don't you transfer already? There must be a better fit for your specific tastes.</p>
<p>I'm just messing with the n00b.</p>
<p>But anyways, I'm about to graduate and most likely attending UF or USF for grad school.</p>
<p>I think it's more of what you make of your experience than the school itself.</p>
<p>Ladistar - good luck in graduate school.</p>
<p>I agree with Pistolen08 any place you go will be as good or bad as your own attitude and effort.</p>
<p>Some of the best years in my life were spent in Tallahassee. To this day, I still miss that place. Don't listen to the disgruntled FSU student, FSU and Tallahassee are great.</p>
<p>ladistar what are your best moments re FSU?</p>
<p>Not getting laid and really crappy football seasons.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, the town isn't THAT bad in some parts, but the place is definitely a crime-infested dump in certain areas. Also from a guy's standpoint, it's virtually impossible to hook up with hot chicks unless you're a Miami frat guy, football player or Gucci model. I'm pretty sure FSU MBA fit one of those three categories while he was in school. So of course, he's going to say that it was a blast when he had a natural predisposition for scoring poon based on looks and status alone.</p>
<p>Simply put, FSU is for some people and for others it isn't. Unfortunately I'm in the latter category and I just didn't fit the mold of the conventional FSU student. Like a poster above said, college is what you make of it, but if you blindly choose a college without strictly considering others (like I did) you run the risk of attending a school which just isn't your right fit. In retrospect I might have enjoyed attending another particular state school instead, but it's just water under the bridge at this point. All I can hope to do at this point is make people consider multiple colleges and inform others of the positive and negative aspects of FSU, just so they don't get duped into believing certain things like I did coming in.</p>
<p>Ladistar,</p>
<p>From a girl's standpoint... stupid guys (who just happen to be black holes of school spirit) who whine about not getting laid really are not considered all that attractive by "hot chicks" (you could be a Miami frat guy, a football player, AND a Gucci model, but your idiocy would prevent you from attracting girls). If the only reason you're going to college is to sleep with women that you clearly don't respect, you seriously need to screw your head back on straight and get a life.</p>
<p>If "FSU" wasn't a fit for you because the pretty girls wouldn't sleep with you and a couple of football seasons were lousy, then I really don't think that any school would be a fit for you.</p>
<p>Write On</p>
<p>P.S. Social status notwithstanding, your masculine potency is hindered considerably by taking on the name "ladistar"</p>
<p>Ladistar,</p>
<p>I must say, it is surprising that you chose to attend a university in the first place, if your highest priorities in life are sex and watching winning football games. Instead of FSU, you could have just gotten a job in Vegas and spent all your free time at a brothel with a large screen TV. Wouldn't that have solved your problem with not having your expectations met?</p>
<p>LS - Am I to assume that you have no positive/best moments to share?</p>
<p>ALso what does your screen name mean. I also thought you were female as in LADY STAR</p>
<p>It's based on a kids show I used to watch a long time ago, and the name has just stuck with me over the years. I've had it since I was about 10.</p>
<p>And speaking of which, what's with all of these ad hominem attacks on my name and social life? Because I'm not afraid to speak of both positive AND negative aspects of my school I have to be turned into the black sheep of the board? </p>
<p>Look I've had some good times at FSU and some bad ones. I'm just trying to be as objective with my evaluations as possible.</p>
<p>Oh and Write On: Do you seriously want to get into an intellectual debate with me on here? Because I'd cream you.</p>
<p>LS I think your concerns about some bad areas in town are understood and that info may help some posters esp. those from rural areas. I honestly just want to know some aspect athat you enjoyed - a class you took? professor you liked?</p>
<p>Oh ok, thanks for the clarification then. I thought you were trying to attack.</p>
<p>Anyways, the academics here are pretty solid in the liberal arts areas. Humanities, theatre, music, performing arts, etc. are really top-notch and offer some of the best programs in the nation for fields. I personally studied Advertising and if you're interested in the Communications field, FSU has a top-15 or 20 school in that field as well. Personally I'm not entering that career field (as I intend on law school one day) but for students interested in that work FSU is solid.</p>
<p>The professors in my experience have been excellent for the most part. Some great ones, some bad ones but more of the former. Some of the classes are just enormous though and heavily dominated by TA's. This tends to drown out once you hit your major but the intro-level lecture halls are massive and it might be difficult to get in touch with your instructor some times. In my major at least, the instructors have a lot of experience in their field and really know their stuff. Some are more attuned to research and personal work than teaching but that's something you just need to overcome as a college student.</p>
<p>If you're really into the partying scene, this is definitely the school for you. As I mentioned before, however, this really isn't my scene. I'm not a heavy drinker though and I'm not John Belushi from Animal House - just on the moderate side of things. My problem is that I'm set to graduate in three years and so I've always been a year behind the students in most of my classes. I'm still 20 and I'm sharing classes with 21 and 22-year-olds so I've always sort of felt out of place with most of the people in my classes in terms of relative life experience and interests. I wrestled with joining a fraternity for a little bit, but my parents flat-out refused to fund that idea. They're sill hung up on the Animal House stereotype of the college experience so that was out of question from the start.</p>
<p>However, I've been reading a lot of personal development material lately and I think I'm finally starting to come to terms with who I am and what I need to do to improve my life in all areas. My problems have partially stemmed from my lack of personal growth over the years, and also from a setting that I really am not acclimated to. I was always a shy, introverted kid growing up so the whole Tally party scene never really appealed to me from the start. But I think I'm going to make strides to change that and become a little more outgoing. Maybe one day I can become a better person, holistically speaking, but I just have to wait and see.</p>
<p>ladistar, you couldn't be more wrong with your assumptions. I was never in a frat, I didn't play college football, and I don’t consider myself a "Gucci model". I'm actually not even from Miami, just moved here after college.</p>
<p>It sounds like you would've had the same problem at UF, USF or any other college. FSU is not all about partying, there are plenty of people who share other interests. You just need to find your own niche.</p>
<p>It's actually good that you're reading some "self-help" material. The fact that you recognize what you're willing to change about yourself; it's the most important part. If you're not willing to transfer, it looks like you're "stuck" at FSU until you graduate. You might as well make the best out of it, with the time you have left.</p>
<p>BTW, it is MUCH easier to meet new people at FSU than at UF or USF.</p>
<p>Well as I stated on the first page, I'm leaving in three months I'm off to either Gainesville or Tampa. I'm going to apply to a few programs and see what kind of offers I receive in the process.</p>
<p>Anyways, what are you implying when you say it's easier to meet new people at FSU? That people at USF and UF are a--holes?</p>