<p>I’m a civil engineering student at Clemson. The weather here is fantastic. We have all 4 seasons but short winters and extended springs/summers. It is really warm in the summer. We get a little snow in January/February since we’re near the mountains but it almost never sticks. I think one of the advantages that Clemson has over Florida State and Florida is it’s size. Compared to FSU and UF, Clemson is a medium-sized school with only 15,000 undergraduates. (FSU/UF have 30,000 undergraduates) Class sizes are much smaller - largest class I have had is 150 people and most are 30-40 people. There are about 357 students in CS at Clemson. Our career services office was recently ranked 11th by the Princeton Review and nearly all of my friends who have graduated have found jobs or have moved on to graduate school. 84% of our students have done some sort of internship/co-op and 46% have done some sort of undergraduate research. We consistently rank in the top 5 as having the happiest students, we were recently ranked the 4th friendliest school by Huffington Post and 91% of students say they would start over at Clemson if they had to choose again. To top it off, we’re #5 in the US News rankings when it comes to % of alumni who give back to their school which shows how much Clemson students value their experience. </p>
<p>If you come take a tour of Clemson (which I highly recommend), you’ll find that our campus is gorgeous and there’s a lot of green space on campus (Bowman Field being the center of that) - students are friendly. There are 400+ student organizations on campus so there is plenty to do and get involved in and we’re constantly updating buildings/building new ones. Another great thing about Clemson is that we do a great job of balancing work/play. People will be serious about their academics Monday-Friday and then blow off steam and do something fun Saturday/Sunday. I’m actually proud that we haven’t been on the Princeton Review’s party schools list recently (think the last time we were on there was 2004) because it shows that we take our academics seriously and that we aren’t just partying our way through college. There are only 2% Asians on campus being in South Carolina but I’m Chinese and it hasn’t been a problem for me and I don’t think it will be for you either.</p>
<p>So that’s my pitch for why you should go to Clemson over Florida/Florida State. Again, if you haven’t taken a tour of Clemson yet I would highly recommend it. Let me know if you have any questions about Clemson!</p>