Is Florida Polytechnic a waste of time?

Synkronize
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:22:49 +0000

Hello, Florida Polytechnic University is basically a new university that has been split off from USF, it seems pretty cool and the campus when finished looks pretty nice. And they are offering scholarships for the first class of 500 students i was told

“The scholarship we are offering for the first class this year is:
$5,000 per year for the first three years.
$3,200 for the fourth year.”

and admission requirements

"
The admissions requirements are as follows:
3.0 GPA
22 ACT or 550 on each section of the SAT
Letter of Recommendation
"

After kinda being depressed on my college search due to feeling i won’t be able to make it into other universities this one seems certainly possible for me and i could do it with hard work if they would take high sat and or act scores over a gpa thats close to 3.0 but not quite

But the catch is its not accredited but the man i emailed said the state of florida benchmarked them for accredation December 16.

He also said "The school currently is not accredited since it is a new university. The State of Florida has set a benchmark for us to become accredited by December 2016. We are building for that and working on that time frame. With the recognition of our degrees, we are already in the process of working with the industry to setup internship opportunities, curriculum development and eventually hiring opportunities for our graduates. Please see the current industry partners on board here: <a href="Undergraduate & Graduate STEM Degrees | Florida Polytechnic University;

So what i am asking is this university a waste of time? Should i not try since its not accredited, if i get my AA in 2016 from them and the school becomes accredited will my AA be useless but my bachelor mean something?