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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright A large portion of the students are silver-spoons; lacking personal character or experience. Most of whom act surprised and fascinated when they discover I grew up around minorities (...wow). The school prides itself on topping the "best jock schools in the US" the same list that features Yale, Harvard and MIT at the bottom. Fraternities have test banks for most classes, and since a large portion of the test questions are reused a majority of them don't come to class. Student government is HUGE at UF, but most students will tell you about "Heritage seats" and not to both applying for most SG positions as they are kept 'within the family' of fraternities and sororities. UF administration allows the Greek houses to collectively pool student funds and resources to win nearly every SG election cycle, so the Greek Houses determine student policy every year. UF cut a computer science program that cost 1.2 million a year and at the same time increase the UF sports budget from 99 million to 101 million! I would best describe UF as a poorly functioning (to almost non-functioning) bureaucracy that cares only about research and being one of the biggest supporters for Greek houses and not education. They rely heavy on grad students who work for free to teach a large percentage of their classes (even 3000 level 4000 level classes) but 'stand behind' their behavior despite having zero training in education. I had a grad student teacher hit on me, and then drop my grade when I spurred her advances. I went to the department head about it (and administration) both stood behind her grade! (It had only gone down to a B but still!) Campus Aesthetics: A+, Scholastic Success: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 13 2012 1st Year Male -- Class 2013    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=87307&uid=304'></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 Interior Design  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant U of F, also known as University of Fools, is the biggest joke as a purported major research university. Gainesville is a total redneck town (imagine "Deliverance," only the people have less teeth) and most of the students are from hick towns who think Gainesville is a cultural mecca. The design building is horribly outdated, a relic from the 60s that looks like it should be some dirt poor communist art school in Cuba or someplace. And a word of warning to those from outside Florida: Florida is NOT Miami. Miami is geographically and culturally a world away from U of F. If you have good enough SAT scores, go ahead a pay more (or borrow more) and go to a quality southern school like Emory or Tulane. Campus Maintenance: B, Useful Schoolwork: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 23 2012 1st Year Female -- Class 2016    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=86818&uid=304'></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 Biology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average I never attended this school, but the fact of the matter is I went on tour. The gave us a small simulation on what class and student life would be like on campus. Fortunately some of the teachers were nice and aloud us to sit in. The staff isn't very responsive from what I saw. There were students waiting to see their administrators in the lobby. I'm not talking about 1 or 2. I'm talking about 5 and 6's. Because the office wasn't open in the morning when our bus arrived, we had to hale down a student who thankfully had the time and kindness to lead us around. When we visited the cafeteria it was very limited but the campus has a whole bunch of food options you won't even look twice about going there. The student's get discounts on Disney tickets. The campus has a whole bunch of stores that (to me) its like a mini mall at your finger tips. When it gets cold it gets cold so don't forget to bring a jacket. When we went to visit it was 30 degrees. Even though I was trying to play it brave, i couldn't keep my teeth from chattering when I asked questions. The school is mostly online based. No internet, no knowledge. When I applied to the school they did everything strictly through e-mail and via myUCF. They also will tell you if you got accepted or denied through myUCF. They will only send you a letter IF YOU GET ACCEPTED. The school is a good school with a strong performing art, biology, and fitness program. They have a cool gym with a rock climbing wall and brand new up to date materials. The campus is very flexible wit housing. Even if your a freshman or an upperclassman, they have no problems with student's living on or off-campus. The dorms (online) look very spacious. We didn't have time to go in. From the information our guide told us, there very spacious and its easy to get along with people and move things around. You can check online for housing and what the videos look like. They are very detailed from most of the other school sites I've been on.Even though this school is awesome. It was on my bottom list. Mainly cause its to far. I'm a Floridan but 6 hours is far for me with no car. Social Life: A+, Faculty Accessibility: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 29 2012 1st Year Female -- Class 2016    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=84886&uid=304'></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  Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 49    Next

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