Flagler College St Augustine

Date: Jan 04 2016
Major: Undecided (This Major's Salary over time)
I know this review is long, but if you are thinking about attending Flagler you will not regret reading this. I am currently a second semester freshman at Flagler. I came to Flagler from a small private all girls school in Maryland expecting Flagler to somewhat similar given the somewhat low acceptance rate and small student body size. When applying to colleges I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to do, but Flagler offered programs that interested me. So I visited, I was mesmerized by the campus and location, and I submitted my deposit. I read the reviews on this website, saw the 40% transfer rate (yes, this is true), and ignored them. I thought I would be in the exception. Perhaps agree with the positive comments written here after attending. I was wrong. Now, as I read the negative reviews I see how entirely accurate they are. First of all, if you're looking for the college experience, this is NOT the place for you. Students don't attend any sporting events (they're literally a joke), girls and guys are not allowed in each others rooms until the designated hours (7:00pm-12:00am) and you must sign your "guest" in with your RA and every hour your RA checks in on you and your "guest". If you are caught with a guest of the opposite sex (this includes your father or brother) in your room you loose all visitation and are required to do community service. Its absolutely absurd. Its worse than high school. "Freshman are allowed to have cars". Yeah, that is a true statement. Too bad you have to pay a ridiculous fine for that car and will never find a parking spot due to the fact they oversell 300 parking passes than they can accommodate for. 37% of students live off campus. I would like to also point out almost every freshmen is required to live on campus. Considering 40% of people transfer out of this school, only about 10% of students who are NOT freshmen live on campus. During the day, people are on campus though. I have never failed to see a barefoot guy with long blonde hair holding a cigarette walking across campus. That describes 80% of the male population here. The people here are very different than what I am used to at least. Almost everyone has tattoos and a long board. Also, I do not mean any offense by this, but there are not many smart people. I was ranked in the lower half of my grade, and now I am in the top 5%. The student here however find the easiest concepts ridiculously challenging. Finding a person who can keep up an intellectual conversation is quite difficult. The professors can go either way. I had one teacher lay on the floor and start meowing for 7 minutes once. I got an 110% in his class. Four people failed out. I am not that great of a student. I apologize for the long review but everything I am writing is entirely accurate. I encourage you to trust the statistics and the reviews. Don't be fooled by the beauty of the college and the proximity of the beach like I was.