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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Communications  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant I understand the negative and positive comments in regards to FAU. I had teachers that made me feel like a number and few who seemed engaged. Boca is very boring and rolls up the sidewalks at 6:00p.m. (after early bird). I have been able to use my degree so that is good. Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 05 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=51557&uid=281'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Communications  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright i loved FAU and attribute all of my success to my experience in undergrad. The school gives you an endless amount of opportunities... But if you don't act on them ... Your experience won't be a good one. We have a fast-growing student body with a great athletics program and a budding greek system. We are 2 miles from the beach, 20 minutes from the clubs and bars in fort lauderdale and 45 minutes from south beach -- yet outside of all the big city traffic. What more could you want...? Starting Job: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ALUMNI RELATIONS, Preparedness: A+, Reputation: - Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Jun 25 2008 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=50644&uid=281'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Accounting  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright FAU, oh where to begin?! Academia. FAU's College of Business courses are challenging; more so than I'd expected from this up-and-coming university. Coming from a community college I'd expected class sizes to improve at a more expensive university. HA! Core classes are almost always held in an auditorium of up 250 students. As you enter your senior year and the courses become more specialized, however, class caps come down to 40, 30, even 20 students. Now, the office of the College of Business is not so impressive. At Boca campus, advisors and staff are unfriendly and unsupportive. I have found that Davie campus advisors are sharper and more eager to help, and these observations are based on multiple interactions at both campuses. FAU's Accounting Program!! FAU has two undergrad accounting programs, one a regular level and the other an honors level (Accounting Scholars Program). To start, the School of Accounting is the most unfriendly, uncaring school ever organized! Unless you are in the scholars program of course. All of the professors are knowledgeable in their subject, but their teaching skills could use some improvement. Campus Safety. I feel safe on FAU's campus. It gets a little dark at night though. They have on-campus police and service aids that patrol 24/7, emergency phone booths that dial directly to campus police all over campus (but don't ask me how to use one!), and an emergency indoor and outdoor intercom system can alert the entire campus instantly when necessary. Social Aspect. Build a four-year university in the middle of a wealthy neighborhood and what do you get? A school so boring you will drive the sixty miles to Miami despite the gas prices just for a little brain stimulation! Man, FAU is boring! Wait until 2011/2012. By then, they plan to have an on-campus stadium for their football team who, by the way, won Division I Sun Belt Conference Championship in 2007. Not bad at all for a ten-year young team. They also plan to add another couple thousand beds in a new dorm complex and much needed greek housing. So wait another five years and FAU will be on and poppin'. But for now, there is the beach, the mall, and ONE handful of one-room clubs and bars that draw the same crowd every night. Gets tiring real quick! That said, if you are looking for an excellent education and are pretty self-sufficient in self-advisement, go FAU! Wanna live near the beach? Go FAU! Want a school with the latest technology and newest everything! Go FAU! Want money in your pocket after college? GO FAU! Want a social life, nooooo FAU. Want the crazy college experience you've seen on tv? Noooo fau. Oh yeah, and parking sucks. AT EVERY UNIVERSITY!! So quit complaining! There are enough spots, they are just really, REALLY far. Oh yeah, and don't lose your OWL Card. Tie it around your neck if you have to. You need it for everything especially if you live on campus, that's why it's so easy to lose, and they charge you $15 bucks a pop. I'm about $75 in OWL card debt. Oh and another thing, there isn't much of the flava you'd see in Miami here. Nope, diversity in Boca is limited to Jewish and Brazilian and Retirees. If your start year is before Fall 2011, go somewhere else! This school wont be exciting before then! Campus Maintenance: A, Faculty Accessibility: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 22 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=50323&uid=281'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Finance  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Not so bright I really don't c what all the fuss is about. Everyone is trash talking this rather young school way to early and not giving it time to grow. I remember when UCF use to be the laughing stock of the colleges in the southeast and now, after some renovations, its a top-notch university. FAU is in the beginning stages of what UCF did so just give it some time to mature. Everyone has the chance to make it the best time of their lives or the worst. I promise in a couple of years, this school will be the school that everyone is complaining its not. Education Quality: B, Surrounding City: C+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 04 2008 1st Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! 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