<p>masta_ace,
No I do not attend FSU, but am seriously considering it. I attend Ohio State, which I loathe. No I did not join this forum solely to post on this topic as you seem to think. I am very active on another forum, the “Grad Cafe” and am interested in learning about all of the schools that have accepted me. I am also excited to share this process with my peers in the same boat. Sorry if I ignited any bad feelings on the topic. </p>
<p>I was just shocked to read post #4, because it seemed as though someone chose to make a pretty strong assertion without being properly informed. Many people in the life sciences/organismal/evolutionary biology dream in a number of the bio sci labs at FSU. While FSU is considered “more selective” by USnews I applied to a variety of programs including those that were “most selective” based on the research quality of individual advisors. I was accepted to three great institutions and will ultimately be basing my decision on research possibilities not tier…even though they are all technically in the same one. It seems like the free USnews site does not rank schools outside of tier one. School like “The University of Akron” just have a “Tier three” notation without a position in a list. Just what I’ve observed. Good luck all.</p>