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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Geography and Geosciences  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright This is my attempt at writing the most truthful review of this University. Its long but worth reading... Racial Diversity - Disregard all the whiny racists whose only experience of black people has come from rap videos. Black Student Government and the Caribbean Clubs are the most enthusiastic and outgoing clubs on campus. If you have a problem with that, how about not running away to the suburbs on the weekend and getting involved in campus activities at the Marshall Center? Surrounding Town - There are both good and bad parts of the surrounding area. Specifically, everything is either urban/suburban sprawl and condo's (i.e. Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Fowler Ave) or kinda run down (Everything between University Mall and Fletcher Ave). There is nothing to do immediately around campus besides getting drunk at The Greenery Pub on 42nd or Peabody's @ The Shoppes of Amberly. You will die of boredom without a car. Commuter School - USF definitely fits this label. As many out-of-staters like myself have already said, it feels like the majority of students leave Tampa to escape to the 'burbs with their High School friends. While that does make it harder to make lasting friendships on campus, you just have to try harder. Clubs can remedy this issue, but the school supplied contact info is always vague and out-of-date, and the clubs don't advertise very well. Academics - I'm fortunate being a Geography major, because I experience first hand how much better the Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, and Nursing schools have it. The Liberal Arts definitely get shafted in financial support and it shows. The only exception I've seen to this is the School of Education, which I've heard good things about. Also, I've never had a Graduate student or TA teach any of my courses. My Profs. have been great and are the best part of my college experience. Overall - If you are looking for the stereotypical college experience that TV has shoved down your throat throughout your life, USF is definitely not the place to go. I think this school is best for local students who already have an established base of friends and support within driving distance. The school is attempting to get rid of the commuter label, and while commendable, the surrounding area and lack of community prevents it from being anything else. Come here for a good education, but don't expect much else. Faculty Accessibility: A, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 19 2007 1st Year Male -- Class 2008    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=39865&uid=307'></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   Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright As a lot of people have already said, if you are an out of state student, the social life will probably suck. i didn't know 1 person at USF and most people I encountered were very stand off ish/stuck up/weird and not willing to make new friends at all. If you want the whole "college experience" go somewhere else. Everyone leaves on the weekends and the campus is almost always dead. My best advice to new out of state students is join as many clubs/intramural sports as possible. But the bottom line is, USF is not an exciting place to live at all. Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 14 2008 1st Year Male -- Class 2012    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=46986&uid=307'></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   Criminal  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright While I like my program, the school itself is pretty unremarkable--a commuter school in a suburbian (strip malls!) area of a dull city (sure, there is stuff to do, but you really have to search it out; in the end, it is usually not even worth it). Everything is a car ride away; nothing like my undergraduate university in the north. I am probably going to transfer to another university for the rest of my graduate education that provides more competitive funding and more cultural activities. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 03 2007 1st Year Female -- Class 2011    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=40061&uid=307'></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   Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Not so bright USF definetly is not what I expected. The biggest shock to me is that most people who live on and off campus leave tampa for the weekends to go to their hometowns (Sarasota, Orlando, etc) with their high school friends. I knew some would go home but the amount of people that do this is staggering. I would say at least 90% of those living on campus go home every weekend and at least 70% of those living off campus (these are extrememly conservative numbers). The whole movement every thursday afternoon is quite remarkable in scope. The first day that we moved in and met our roomates, one of my roomates says to the other, "so when are you leaving?" I was there when they met and they had not talked about anything specific. It was just implied that he was referring to going home for the weekend. My roomate responded "in a few hours." They didnt even need any explanation, they both knew what exactly they were talking about even though they never had met each other before. All my roomates left within a few hours of moving in and came back very late the night before the first day of classes. This massive movement continued every weekend for the remainder of the year and has continued with my new roomates in the summer. Basically, most people are not here half the week. Heres the general procedure at usf. Alot of students dont have class on fridays or they skip so they leave thursday afternoons. The parking lot is the best judge of this migration since the number of cars drastically decreases. Those who cant make it out of here on thurdsay leave no later then friday and thats when the campus and the surrounding area turns into a ghost town. My roomate is unlucky in his mind because he has to stay on fridays because of his late class. He lives in Miami but drives there every friday night and drives back sunday night. The fact that they will drive that long every weekend says something about usf. Why do people go to usf when they are here only half the week? I really cant answer this question because if defies all logic. If you live half the time back in your hometown then why not go to college there? I think it stems from the fact that most usf students do not want to put in the time and effort to actually make new friends when they already have their circle of friends from high school. Im sure they am also proud of the fact that they can say they "go away for college" even though they really arent away for that long. So if you cant go home every weekend then usf really is not going to be a good experience. In reference to the last post, you do need to try harder but I ultimately failed. I totally changed my personality and became very outgoing but in the end "sorry I cant hang out, I am going home this weekend." I tried my best and gave it everything I had but unfortunately the massive migration to the suburbs is too strong. Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 24 2007 1st Year Female -- Class 2011    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=39923&uid=307'></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 ... 19    Next

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