College of the Day: Florida State University

Florida State University

Quick Facts:

Location: Tallahassee, FL

Established:1851

Students Enrolled: 34,469

Applicants: 30,040

Male/Female Ratio: 44/56

Florida State University (FSU) is located on 450-acres in the panhandle of Florida. The university is compact in size, and students can make it across campus in ten minutes. The campus location is located in Florida's state capitol of Tallahassee; because of it's location students are able to participate in political internships and jobs.  

FSU has top programs in music, drama, art, and dance. The School of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts has won an array of international and national awards. Sciences are also very strong programs, especially ecology, evolutionary biology, chemistry, and physics. The strongest program at FSU is accounting in the business program. 

Students say that courses are fairly rigorous, but the academic climate is still laid-back.  The majority of students hail from Florida; only ten percent of students come from out of state. The campus is fairly diverse with sixteen percent of students being Hispanic, nine percent African American, and three percent Asian American. 

Student Life:

Only twenty percent of undergraduate students choose to live on FSU's campus.  Rooms are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.  Students have mixed reviews on the dorms. The older dorms are larger than the newer dorms, but all contain air conditioning, a must in Florida. Most students choose to live off campus in the many apartment complexes surrounding the campus. 

Tallahassee is not particularly a college town, but students do have access to plenty of concerts, theaters, shops, and restaurants. Greek life is fairly popular at FSU with sixteen percent of men and nineteen percent of women choosing to join a fraternity or sorority. Besides Greek life, students enjoy having dorm parties, which aren't strictly monitored. 

Football is a major sporting event for students at FSU.  The rivalry with the University of Florida sets students into a spirited frenzy each football season.  Many students participate in FSU's recreational activities; the university has over forty intramural sports and fifty sports clubs. 

Applying:

If you are interested in applying to Florida State University you should have a Critical Reading SAT score of 560-640 and a Math SAT Score of 560-640. ACT scores for all sections should be from 25-29. FSU typically has at least 30,000 applicants each year with only 54% of applicants being accepted.  

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 Source: Fiske, Edward B. "Florida State University." Fiske Guide to Colleges. Vol. 2015. N.p: 253-254. Print