Families in Florida?

cardbucfan
Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:12:37 +0000

Tyberius-I just spoke with the principal at my son’s school yesterday about FGCU. My younger son is an average student (he has some issues and is only 16 so not quite ready to start the process) but wants to have that university experience. He actually wants to go to FAU which I turned my nose up to. She said that FAU is actually a pretty good school for average kids who don’t test well but want to go to college and WORK. FGCU has a reputation as being the school for average/below average kids who don’t test well but just want to go to college. She also suggested looking at Florida Northern (something like that-I’m really unfamiliar with it) up in Jacksonville, that it is an up and coming option. This was her analysis of how FGCU is seen among educators-the only person I know who went to FGCU ended up boomerranging home after 1 semester. I don’t know much about it but among my older son’s friends it is not highly regarded and I don’t know anybody who is planning to attend next year.