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I have attended other colleges prior to this "university" and this experience was not good. I spent more time calling financial aid, housing, registrar for issues that the school was not addressing than I did for actually doing work for school. Leaving students on hold, not returning phone calls, giving you the run around. Students are really put last here. If you are a sports player though, you have it made-- study? whats that? but still get good grades....right--they must just know everything without studying!! But make sure that the ATHLETIC fee is put on all of the students tuition fees--can't forget that. I missed the other schools when I was at this one. Some of the instructors I had made the college experience very miserable--nasty, rude, unwilling to answer questions. Some were really good. The housing dept. forget it--rude, nasty, all they care about is getting your money. The housing a TOTAL DUMP. MOLD on the WALLS, in the stairs, the shower. Horrible conditions but make sure you pay your housing on time or there will be late fees. This university is the classic example of people there to collect a pay check and care about nothing else. Horrible would never recommend this place to anyone and will be going to another University for masters. Plus we pay all this money for "technology" fees half the time you can't even access Blackboard or school email is down--that is really helpful when you have to get assignments turned in for online classes. Take my word for it--find another school. Also, the area around the school is run down--nothing to do. The reality is all universities are there to make money but there are some out there where you get treated with respect and you feel like the money you are putting toward your education is worth it- not here. The best is when you call and ask about a "misc" fee on your tuition bill. The response is..."That is just a "misc" fee. You ask for what? "I am not sure, that's a good question" End result...you still don't know but if you don't pay, you get dropped from classes.
Faculty Accessibility: B-, Surrounding City: F
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Mar 03 2012 2nd Year Male -- Class 2011  
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I graduated in '07 with my BS in Biomedical Sciences and Biomedical Physics. What is it they say? You only appreciated what you have till it's gone. Well that was definitely me. I could not wait to get out of USF not because I was disgusted but because I was tired. Being a Natural Science major at this school is not easy, the course is challenging but any serious student expects that and the end result is a professional ready to move forward with a rock solid foundation. No I wasn't a book worm, I partied it up in ybor and clear water just like everyone else, I went to football games when USF football wasn't even known and I took part in Organizations on campus but at the end of the day I knew my priority was alway my education and like many have said on here the education you get out is the effort and hours you put in. Today the school Im at for my graduate work is small, it isn't even considered a traditional university, yet everything is still done by paper, people in financial aid and the registrars office and even 60% of the professors don't speak English and the ones that do are rude! At USF I took for granted how easy Oasis made things simple, I took for granted being able to call a department make an appointment to speak to a chair and then actually have them call you with in a day or two. I recently visited USF and saw the huge new water fountain, the state of the art Interdisciplinary sciences building and the new Marshall center, all of which were not there when I was there. For those who say they don't have enough course offerings look around its the entire state! Welcome to the value of education at our states government. USF is a great school and if they had the program I was in search of I would have never left. I will always bleed Green & Gold..
Faculty Accessibility: A+, Campus Aesthetics: B+
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I love USF! Nothing bad about it! If you want to be successful AND get to know a lot of people, you need to make an effort to make friends and connections.
Education Quality: A+,
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