Hello FSU!
Before asking some questions you may enjoy reading my background:
I spent my first semester at UM with a half-tuition scholarship but left after changing my major multiple times. I have since spent the last three semesters at a CA Community College (ccc) and commited to Accounting. I kept a 3.97 GPA but was denied admission to the public schools in CA to which I applied (except CSU Bakersfield which was forwarded my application automatically from another school). Having been gone for 3 semesters I also lost eligibility for the scholarship at UM but applied for readmissiom and reconsideration of the scholarship. In the likely case that they do not reconsider my scholarship, I remembered hearing about FSU and UF while at UM and to my suprise the out of state tuition at FSU isn’t as outrageous and the admissions procedure not as complicated as other state universities! So here are my quetions.
Does FSU have a good Accounting program?
-I don’t care about rankings, Accounting is the same no matter what. What I’m more concerned about is the quality of education and classmates. All of my Accounting teachers at the ccc were CPA certified and two of them licensed attorneys with real world experience - but my classmates not very competetive or motivating. Does FSU have strong Accounting recruitment?
Does FSU give scholarships to out of state transfers? I only see two in state transfer scholarships on the website so I doubt it.
How is the weather, campus, and community? I love warm FL weather but short winters are nice too, just like CA. Anything to do around Tallahassee and any involvement or other opportunities with the state capital? At UM while there was a lot to do around Miami, there was little to do actually on campus which I found dissapointing.
What are the students like? I know it’s a big school but sometimes people choose a certain school for a reason and FSU has a party reputation.
I’m excited to hear back from FSU and to hear some of your responses!
Hi @schoolmaster, UM grad (music) sending my son to FSU this fall. My parents lived a couple of hours away for many years. The weather in Tallahassee is much different from S Florida - it can get just as hot in the summer, but it can get chilly in the winter. Pretty typical climate for the SE, expect some freezing temperatures with an early spring.
Unlike UM, the football stadium is on campus and football is a big deal. At UM you have a higher number of commuter students, at FSU most students live on-campus or close by. We really liked the campus when we visited last year, brick architecture with big live oaks and hills. My son wanted to go OOS and was admitted to UVA, Wake Forest and others, but with the instate scholarships he received made the decision pretty obvious.
Tallahassee being the state capital is of interest to him, he will major in econ but is interested in public policy and politics. Once you get out of Tallahassee, N Florida is culturally more like Georgia or Alabama. It’s a bit like Austin TX, state capital with a big college presence in a conservative region. (Doesn’t have the music of Austin, though.)
The nicest beaches in the world are about hours away, and there are many state parks nearby.
Sorry,I have no knowledge of the accounting program.
Thank you subtopicus for your reply. Honestly it sounds beautiful. Oak trees and hills in Florida? I’m also interested in politics and might want to go to law school but like your son wouldn’t want to major in political science. The SE weather would be a cool experience and anyways I probably won’t be in town during the summers.
You are completely right about UM and commuter students. A good amount of my friends at UM were commuters so most of them were not even there on the weekend and were always tired because of long commutes in traffic. The commuters and people from elsewhere in S Fl were, for a large part, noticeably different than out of staters - more down to earth and more my type. FSU’s college town atmosphere sounds like a great experienice in comparison.
Oh, another question. FSU is about 1/4 the size of UF but has a similar amount of students. Does it seem too small or it is more personal?
FSU campus didn’t seem cramped at all. The UF campus is unusually large. About a third of it is the older historic section, the rest of it is pretty spread out. If I remember correctly,there are sections dedicated to agricultural studies and they had to build around them. We saw a lot of students on scooters and bikes compared to FSU. Parking wasn’t a picnic at either one, but the FSU shuttle service seemed pretty efficient.
We visited both last summer and if I had to choose based only on the on appearance, FSU would win hands down. Obviously, there are more important considerations.