<p>I grew up in Miami as well and I hate the club scene. In fact I want to go to a smaller town so I don’t feel the pressure to go clubbing. I don’t want you to misunderstand what I’m saying. Not having as much to do as there is in Miami isn’t a bad thing, just a difference. And like I said, both tally and gville are fun.</p>
<p>Plus, I originally said that I’ve heard from students there that there isn’t much to do. It’s all perspective dude. I’m content watching movies with friends on the weekends, but some kids need to be out and doing something every night. Not everyone has the same interests.</p>
<p>I was visiting Gville in December and got a chance to check out the museum after they moved it to its current location. I must say, I was VERY impressed.</p>
<p>Btw, that museum on UF’s campus is the official State of Florida Museum of Natural History.</p>
<p>If this is not a ■■■■■ (and I doubt it), it’s ridiculous. Did you enjoy FSU? Did you learn there? Have you been successful since you left there? These are the things that count. A few years after graduation, nobody will care where you went to college. You will be judged by your character and work accomplishments. Be proud of these things and your school, and life will be good.</p>
<p>I honestly hate to see such bad blood between the sister schools. It’s funny how Old Florida politics seems to get rehashed on a weekly basis, and it always turns into a pi$$ing match between the students & alumni of each respective university.</p>
<p>Both schools have alot to offer, and we should leave it at that. The original poster is entitled to his or her opinion and represents a very slim minority of FSU alumni. I am sure if we searched long enough we could find a disgruntled UF alumni who views it the other way around.</p>
<p>“Be proud of these things and your school, and life will be good.”</p>
<p>I would like to but it’s very, very hard these days. What’s there to be proud of? UF is the better school academically and athletically. Its momentum is absolutely ridiculous. It’s so far ahead of every other school in the state it’s absurd. What does FSU have to show for it in recent years? It’s gotten to a point in which people pretty much think you’re an idiot for not going to UF if you had the chance. I’m not saying that FSU doesn’t has some good things to its credit, but it’s clearly the inferior school from an all-around perspective. Not saying it’s BAD per se (it’s quite good in certain areas), but it’s just not as good. I don’t even tell people that I went there unless asked nor talk about it openly. </p>
<p>Maybe that will change over time, but for time being I don’t really associate with FSU.</p>
<p>^Haha. I have bridge to sell in New York City if you’re interested. The market is down and they’re bound to increase in value. ;)</p>
<p>No self-respecting graduate is going to post “I just wasted thousands at a university I did not want to attend, I wish I’d enrolled instead at the principal rival of my school”. “Oh, and I only just now figured this out.” :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I wasn’t sure at first but it must be a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>But if it isn’t, seriously man, listen to this:
My good friend’s dad went to Barry University in Florida, wanted to become a lawyer. His best friend went to Yale, wanted to become a lawyer. Know what they do now? Work as lawyers making the same amount of money.</p>
<p>College is what you make it. If you were that miserable at a good school like FSU, then you probably would have been miserable anywhere.</p>
<p>And if you try not to associate with FSU at all, why does your screen name have the word “'nole” in it?</p>
<p>“Mark this day down. Four (4) rational posts in a row when talking about UF & FSU in the same string!”</p>
<p>I’m guessing, but I’ll bet the other three rational posters are probably, like me, at least in their 40’s. By that stage in the life, if you’ve learned anything, you know this obsession with prestige and ranking is largely BS. I’m an Ivy League graduate and knew little about the Florida schools until I moved to the state 25 years ago. I have no axe to grind in stating my views about the Florida schools. My son will be starting at Univ. of Miami this year. He got into UF and the FSU honors program. He felt, and we agreed, that UM was the best fit for him. That’s the end of the story, as far as I’m concerned. All three schools are excellent and have a lot to offer, and I know tons of grads from each school who are equally successful. I also know other Ivy League grads who don’t measure up to grads from those schools. It’s all what you make of your experience wherever you go, and what you do once you leave. I just wish we could instill in our kids, and especially their parents, that judging a school, or its graduates, solely on its perceived prestige is not worth a bucket of spit.</p>
<p>^ From what I understand: even freshly minted Harvard graduates are finding it difficult to find employment these days. I read somewhere that 40% are still looking for employment for the last graduating class.</p>
<p>If you want to be a Gator that bad, then why don’t you just go to UF for graduate school (a Gator is a Gator in my opinion, and it does not matter what degree you get just as long as you actually graduate from the university). </p>
<p>I also do not think it is very productive to use the UF forum to bash FSU. If you have issue with this esteemed instition then fine, but please do not subject the UF community to your frustration. You made a choice and now you have to deal with it…</p>
<p>You also need to consider that the grass is always greener in almost every university that one attends. Some people attend major research universities and wish that they attended a more quaint enivronment that offered more personal attention. Some people attend Liberal Arts Colleges and wish they had been able to attend the big name school. It is different strokes for different folks. I know people from Emory who wish they had saved coin by attending UF, and I also know people who attended UF who wish they had gone to Georgetown to take advantage of the national connections.</p>
<p>My advise to you: suck it up, and move on with your life.</p>