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Florida State University Visit Report by flmon2

Visit to Florida State University in March 2007 by flmon2
(Parent of Student, HS Class of 2008)
(Member since May 05 2006 with 0 posts)
 
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Visit Activities:


Information Session: Yes - Good overview covering a wide range of topics.

Campus Tour: Yes - Van tour gave us a good view of the entire campus and allowed us time to go back to areas of interest.

Campus:


Friendliness/Courtesy of Students:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Very friendly student body. A student on the campus bus went out of his way to take us to the dorm hall we were interested in and directed us to the dining hall. We did not even have to ask!


Friendliness/Courtesy of Staff:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Staff were very friendly and knowlegeable.


Appearance of Campus:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
We liked the campus layout. It would be easy to walk most anywhere on campus in a fairly short time. Impressive buildings and landscaping was beautiful.


Building/Facilities Maintenance/Cleanliness:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
We saw very little litter and the grounds were well maintained. Interior of the buildings were clean and well maintained also.


Dormitories:
3 - Good
3 - Good
We only saw the common area of one of the honors dorms and it looked like it had been recently renovated. I have heard rooms can be difficult to get but construction was almost complete on new dorms.


Security/Safety:
3 - Good
3 - Good



Overall Campus Impression:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Exceeded expectations!

Off-Campus:


Area Immediately Around Campus:
3 - Good
3 - Good
Did not really see any areas that would cause safety concerns.


City/Town/Community:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Tallahassee was very pretty-rolling hills with the dogwoods and azaleas in bloom.

Campus Visit Notes for Florida State University


Visit Description:

We were really impressed with the friendliness of the students and staff. They seemed genuine and very proud to show their school. We also saw groups of students talking and walking together something we did not see at a previous visit to another school. There did not seem to be any problems with "town and gown" relations. I'd love to go to school there! DS seemed interested and impressed but slightly overwhelmed with the size. I'm sure to hear more later from DS.

Hotel/Lodging Recommendations or Comments:

Quality Inn on Apalachee Parkway was clean and comfortable but they need to update common areas. Breakfast was not very good.

Other Comments (Transportation, local attractions, parking, etc.):

We went to the Capitol building after our campus tour and the parking garage was full but were able to find off street parking. Downtown area was very nice.