Florida Gulf Coast University Top Questions

There is not much I wish I would have known, because I was well informed before coming to this school, through academic advisors and the school's freshman orientation. The work load is fair and balanced if students use their time wisely, and the professors are always available to help when needed.

I feel that I had no surprises after enrolling in this school. Everything was just as I had heard from other students and heard from counselors. Everyone at my school is helpful and reaching academic goals seems easy. The school requires volunteer work and an environmental course, but both these requirements are extremely helpful. The environmental class helps you realize your surroundings as well as the environment around the campus.

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Florida Gulf Coast University is surrounded by a very wealthy community and elders. Several private golf course communities border FGCU's campus. I am on the women's golf team so this aspect of FGCU is a great resource. Otherwise, having a clear idea of the growing universities surrounding lifestyles can affect the choices of the students attending FGCU. I have been there for almost 2 years and have seen many students transfer out because they are looking for a larger, more football-oriented campus (if you know what I mean). Having the campus lifestyle information would be greatly informative.

I wish that I would have been more familiar with the the unique dichotomy beteween students and faculty. The faculy at this school are young, very engouraging and involved in student life. They are also primarilly liberal in most fields of study. The students, however, are very conservitave based as a whole. It makes the learning here very unique.

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I wish I had known that this school had no future to offer me, and that the students here do nothing but party and major in communications. More than 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the freshmen this year (fall 2008) will probably drop-out or flunk out, but that's just a prediction.

College is NOT high school.

I wish I had decided to live on campus instead of off campus.

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There is not much that I didn't know before I came here. Everything that I needed to know I researched on the website or contacted the school for information. They were extremely helpful and I came prepared.