Florida Gulf Coast University

I wanted to make a note for those looking for a party college:

FGCU is not a party college. But that's a good thing. You can still go to parties... believe me, if you want to party, you'll find a way to party. Just because you aren't at a party school, or in a "party" town, does not mean you can't have a damn good time every weekend (or every night if you wanted to)

I transferred to FGCU after I was assaulted at another private college campus, which happened to be a party school. My first semester of college consisted of me dealing with student affairs, dealing with the dean, and going to court. And it was very, very obvious that they just wanted more money from me. So I left. So if you're looking to party, ask yourself: is this a place that lines up with my values, my goals, and that still allows me to have a good time, and experience new things? If you're only considering the party factor like I did, you will walk away with a lot of damage.

I transferred to FGCU, and it as a great decision. It is a safe campus. And I mean VERY safe campus. I felt like I could approach anyone, talk to people, meet people after class, go on road trips, and just have a good time. I ended up spending a lot of time working towards my professional growth, which did come at a cost... I had to sacrifice a lot of time during my last 2 years at FGCU on internships, jobs, networking and building relationships with professionals. I can deal with that, though. It put me in a very good place. I only wish I was more involved in student activities. There were a lot of times where I found myself bored or depressed when I could have been more involved on campus and meeting more people.

4th Year Female -- Class 2011

Education Quality: A+, Useful Schoolwork: C

The work isn't tough, but it is informative. Your education will be what you make of it. Almost everything you learn here should be empirical knowledge you learned in high school or from news/the internet. Then again, my IQ is 144 (I didn't do well on the SAT because I only took it once, and was quite hungover at the time, not that you care). The campus is nicer than the somewhat low endowment may have you expect, and pretty much all the Teachers know pretty well what they're talking about. If for some reason you don't know what you're talking about, tutoring is easy as all get out to come in contact with, and it's near impossible to get anything but A's and B's. The women tend to be quite attractive, but a little self-centered/vainglorious.

1st Year Male -- Class 2014

Faculty Accessibility: A+, Extracurricular Activities: C+