Florida State University

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
Let's start with the positives, Tallahassee is probably the easiest college town to maneuver around. With the capitol right around the corner, it brings a lot culture and events to this quaint southern town. Being in the Deep South/Florida Panhandle, it is known to be slow-paced, chill and friendly at the same time. The scenery nearby and the campus aesthetics is gorgeous and so are the students. This school has a lot of school pride and a decent football team with a standout stadium. Although a lot of money goes to the football team instead of academics, I got to give credit where it's due, the football team does generate money back to the academic system such as the remodeling of Strozier recently (2010).

Now for the negatives. As much with any mega-public university, the university is overstretched when it comes to resources. Although we have a $500 million endowment, there are over 40,000 students to be divided up amongst. There is not enough assistantships to cover everyone in the Dept. even if they are qualified. And even with an assistantships, you still need to be prepared to take out loans. Secondly as for the faculty you will probably be impressed with half of them, world-renowned scientists and dismayed with the other half, who can barely speak English and worst yet is the politics involved, you will learn stay away from it.

For the most part, I would recommend this school to undegraduates, most undergrads are friendly, respectful and have a lot of fun; or individuals obtaining a professional Masters such as MBA or MSW and are funded by outside sources. This school is also known for Law School. I would not recommend attending a full-time Ph.D. research program, a lot of students fall through the cracks due to funding. If you can get into a higher ranked, better funded school do so. The program itself isn't poor, if you work hard and finish your degree, you will get a post somewhere … eventually. However it's the combination of amount of useless research and the amount of loans that you'd have to take in the end, which makes it seem the more worthwhile to spend more time and money to begin with applying to more schools around the nation.