I'm Going To Fsu!

ladistar
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:03:13 +0000

Oh ok, thanks for the clarification then. I thought you were trying to attack.

Anyways, the academics here are pretty solid in the liberal arts areas. Humanities, theatre, music, performing arts, etc. are really top-notch and offer some of the best programs in the nation for fields. I personally studied Advertising and if you’re interested in the Communications field, FSU has a top-15 or 20 school in that field as well. Personally I’m not entering that career field (as I intend on law school one day) but for students interested in that work FSU is solid.

The professors in my experience have been excellent for the most part. Some great ones, some bad ones but more of the former. Some of the classes are just enormous though and heavily dominated by TA’s. This tends to drown out once you hit your major but the intro-level lecture halls are massive and it might be difficult to get in touch with your instructor some times. In my major at least, the instructors have a lot of experience in their field and really know their stuff. Some are more attuned to research and personal work than teaching but that’s something you just need to overcome as a college student.

If you’re really into the partying scene, this is definitely the school for you. As I mentioned before, however, this really isn’t my scene. I’m not a heavy drinker though and I’m not John Belushi from Animal House - just on the moderate side of things. My problem is that I’m set to graduate in three years and so I’ve always been a year behind the students in most of my classes. I’m still 20 and I’m sharing classes with 21 and 22-year-olds so I’ve always sort of felt out of place with most of the people in my classes in terms of relative life experience and interests. I wrestled with joining a fraternity for a little bit, but my parents flat-out refused to fund that idea. They’re sill hung up on the Animal House stereotype of the college experience so that was out of question from the start.

However, I’ve been reading a lot of personal development material lately and I think I’m finally starting to come to terms with who I am and what I need to do to improve my life in all areas. My problems have partially stemmed from my lack of personal growth over the years, and also from a setting that I really am not acclimated to. I was always a shy, introverted kid growing up so the whole Tally party scene never really appealed to me from the start. But I think I’m going to make strides to change that and become a little more outgoing. Maybe one day I can become a better person, holistically speaking, but I just have to wait and see.