I don’t think it is as bad as Orlandodad says it is, but I think some of what he says is true. It is in the middle of no where, and from what I understand, that was on purpose for room to grow. I can’t say too much about it yet, other than what friends who live nearby have said about the school. My daughter and I are planning a visit next week. I think for some kids, this definitely would not be the school for them, but for some kids who don’t want to be part of the giant institutions in Florida, this would be great for them. My oldest daughter went to UCF for a year and hated it. Since she was a commuter, having to deal with parking alone is a nightmare, and it is like that every day. But UCF is a great school, and both of my kids have friends in engineering at UCF, and it is the place to be for engineering. But most of the people that I have asked agree, UCF is great, the place to be, but they hate it. Florida Poly interests my youngest daughter, who is a senior in high school, because it is small. She is shy, not into partying and sororities, so the size of this school is very appealing to her. She knows that it is a risk with it being new, but she’s very excited about things that she has heard from a few of her close friends who have toured the school and were impressed. One of her friends is already certain that he is going here. We will see when we take our visit. My husband is not so sure either, and I’m sure he will see all of the negative things that I don’t see, but who knows until we visit.
The housing is separate from the rest of the building, and very impressive. They have already finished Phase II and are beginning work on the next phase. We have heard that there is a Publix grocery store five minutes away, so at least you can get a sub for lunch if you get sick of the school food.