The University of Florida
“Where else can youSuper BrilliantBusiness - Management and Administration
Where else can you get UF's combination of a good education, great social atmoshpere, and top rank athletics? Sure as hell not FSU.
view full review→Nov 13 2001
1st Year Female -- Class 2004
Faculty Accessibility: A+, Education Quality: B+
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“Friends hire friends, shut up and put up,Quite BrightBiology
Friends hire friends, shut up and put up, barely educated grad students teach classes in exchange for tuition, admins and staff answer to nobody. I have even caught instructors changing student exam answers and scantrons. I now use a pen with pencil on top. Students have no recourse other than superficial exercises meant to appear there is some sort of process. This school is very sinister and corrupt from bottom to top. Don't gamble your future here.
Don't let the new "pre-eminent" status & rabid intenal marketing campaigns fool you, this school should be a private corporation. It is shocking to me when I see & hear repeatedly how much disdain administrators across the board, in every dept have for students. These people truly hate your kids. Students generate revenue, a necessary evil, to keep funds rolling in for other investments like all the private, for profit medical facilities. This are not teaching hospitals. The research labs are not for teaching either - they are marketed to and leased out for profit to private companies. This school uses student tuition profits & government money to build all tgese for profit revenue streams. The campus? It is falling apart.
I made a horrible, horrible mistake in choosing to invest my time & money at this school. USF is run like a private equity company intersted in highest profit, lowest cost. It isn't about "education" at all. Keeping snot nosed, "untrustworthy, brats" running around keeps the "State University" status and grants flowing in. Students are dead last in priority. Where do the profits go?
My guess is that when it makes sense financially, USF will cut the undergrad school portion out, go private & be a wholly for profit institution - built in the backs of students and taxpayer dollars.In the meantime, good luck finding a parking slot in one of the cracks and sluvers reserved for students, don't pay attention to the bags in the classrooms collecting rainwater on the ceilings, keep walking around, you will eventually find a working toilet or sink, oh... and be sure to use pen.
view full review→Apr 24 2019
1st Year Female -- Class 1920
Surrounding City: B, Education Quality: F
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“I never attended this school, but the factAverageBiology
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.
view full review→Jan 29 2012
1st Year Female -- Class 2016
Social Life: A+, Faculty Accessibility: C
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