<p>ok some of these claims are out of control. </p>
<p>Library West and the Smathers Library System in general are NOT that good and pretty typical of a large public university and do not hold a candle to most of the libraries on schools ranked higher than UF and MANY libraries at small private liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>UF belongs nowhere on the list for gay community accepted. Gainesville is in the bible belt. Homophobia is plentiful. So many other factors contribute here. It doesn’t have to be explicit, but the implicit and underlying attitudes when it comes to sports schools / frat schools dont really foster gay community acceptance. I wouldn’t call UF homophobic either, just tolerant, and I don’t see where it stands out. Plenty of other schools have done a lot more for their gay communities.</p>
<p>UF belongs NOWHERE on the list for most beautiful campuses. What? Are you kidding? UF can barely afford to pay is teachers and you think its thought about investing money in making itself pretty lately? UF has absolutely no need to be beautiful when half the people who come here aren’t being too picky given its low cost of attendance. Have you been to some of the schools on that list? You think it should be in the top 15 when PEPPERDINE of all places is 14th? That place is ON the BEACH!</p>
<p>UF dorms are atrocious. I mean, really atrocious and grossly overpriced for what they are. They belong somewhere on the list for bad dorms. I havent been to every dorm in the nation but ive been to many and UFs are without a doubt the worst.</p>
<p>25% diversity is not that impressive, its typical, and diversity in general goes deeper than races/religions. Its about walks of life and the experiences the people there have gone through, where they are from, etc. Most of the students at UF have followed a pretty similar story. Nontraditional undergraduate students relatively uncommon. It does not surprise me at all that many of the schools on this list are in NYC.</p>
<p>UF and Theater? I cant say much about that, i dont really know. But just because UF has theater buildings does not equate a good program. Ive spent substantial amounts of time on the Vassar College campus (#8 in the princeton review theater ranking, and where celebrity actors like meryl streep and anne hathaway have gone) and when a production is going on there it is a HUGE deal… banners everywhere, tickets selling out super-fast, and tons of publicity. Their theater complex is amazing too, much better than the philips center. I have a good feeling our theater program isn’t THAT great.</p>
<p>I love how you say there are “strong populations” and “strong organizations” based on how many people might be a part of them when you arent considering how effective they are in proportion to how many students UF has and the resources it thus has to provide. UF has TONS of students so of course there will be significant and noticeable populations of EVERYONE and EVERYTHING, that doesnt mean that that particular quality, whether it be the greek scene / gay community / diversity really stands out in influence/power/notability over the university. The only real thing that unites a really really significant population of UF students are the sports.</p>
<p>The only thing i disagree on with Princeton Review is Great college towns… the list should be reformed to only include college towns because all those schools are located in major cities. And UF/gainesville should be somewhere on such a list. Most students who go to schools in major cities would not be able to regularly afford its luxuries. Also students studying the least, UF belongs nowhere on that list.</p>