University of Florida

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Laaaaaaame. Sounds like summer camp.

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Anonymous wrote:Florida gives credits for AP scores of 3. That’s extremely uncommon.

So does UC. There are distinguishing features between UC and Florida but this isn’t one of them.

Well, neither cares about the quality of the education their students get then. That’s the problem with huge schools. Again, the mission is to educate as many kids as possible as cheaply as possible. Quality isn’t the most important metric.

A simple glance at the CDS of UF and UC shows that your comment is stupid. Quality is their most important metric. Their admission standards are high (especially for the top UCs).

Both California and Florida have public universities whose "mission is to educate as many kids as possible as cheaply as possible." But this is not UF or UC. In California, this is the Cal State system. Similarly, Florida has a large number of schools below UF in the state university system (Florida State, University of Central Florida, Florida International University, University of South Florida, etc). And both states have large community college systems that educate as many as possible as cheaply as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Who does that and what %age of the school participates in that?

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Anonymous wrote:Florida gives credits for AP scores of 3. That’s extremely uncommon.

So does UC. There are distinguishing features between UC and Florida but this isn’t one of them.

Well, neither cares about the quality of the education their students get then. That’s the problem with huge schools. Again, the mission is to educate as many kids as possible as cheaply as possible. Quality isn’t the most important metric.

A simple glance at the CDS of UF and UC shows that your comment is stupid. Quality is their most important metric. Their admission standards are high (especially for the top UCs).

Both California and Florida have public universities whose "mission is to educate as many kids as possible as cheaply as possible." But this is not UF or UC. In California, this is the Cal State system. Similarly, Florida has a large number of schools below UF in the state university system (Florida State, University of Central Florida, Florida International University, University of South Florida, etc). And both states have large community college systems that educate as many as possible as cheaply as possible.

If this is not the goal, there would be no need for online classes and bringing freshman in with enough credits to be a junior. I would agree that Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD and UCSB are several tiers above Florida in quality of education, though. Same for Michigan, UNC, UVA and Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Who does that and what %age of the school participates in that?

Seruously? Maybe read up on Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford and report back.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Who does that and what %age of the school participates in that?

Seruously? Maybe read up on Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford and report back.

I went to Princeton and few people did this (in fact didn’t know a single person who did this).

Maybe don’t talk out of your ass about something that few kids would ever do for 4 years of college.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Who does that and what %age of the school participates in that?

Seruously? Maybe read up on Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford and report back.

I went to Princeton and few people did this (in fact didn’t know a single person who did this).

Maybe don’t talk out of your ass about something that few kids would ever do for 4 years of college.

I don’t believe you attended Princeton because 98 percent of students live on campus all four years. Zero chance you attended and didn’t know this.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Who does that and what %age of the school participates in that?

Seruously? Maybe read up on Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford and report back.

I went to Princeton and few people did this (in fact didn’t know a single person who did this).

Maybe don’t talk out of your ass about something that few kids would ever do for 4 years of college.

I don’t believe you attended Princeton because 98 percent of students live on campus all four years. Zero chance you attended and didn’t know this.

The previous statement said the kids all live with the same cohort from their residential colleges. That’s different than just living on campus, where everyone livid with new roommates and in my situation lived in an Eating House as an officer.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Who does that and what %age of the school participates in that?

Seruously? Maybe read up on Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford and report back.

I went to Princeton and few people did this (in fact didn’t know a single person who did this).

Maybe don’t talk out of your ass about something that few kids would ever do for 4 years of college.

I don’t believe you attended Princeton because 98 percent of students live on campus all four years. Zero chance you attended and didn’t know this.

The previous statement said the kids all live with the same cohort from their residential colleges. That’s different than just living on campus, where everyone livid with new roommates and in my situation lived in an Eating House as an officer.

Let’s just go directly to to the source. Taken directly from the Princeton website:

Princeton guarantees on-campus housing for students for all four years. First- and second-year students are required to live on campus, and nearly all juniors and seniors choose to live in on-campus housing. All residential colleges house students from all four class years as well as some graduate students. The residential colleges offer a welcoming environment and a host of social and intellectual opportunities throughout the academic year. Juniors and seniors can take advantage of these opportunities even if they choose not to live in the residential colleges.

Entering first-year students are randomly assigned to a residential college: Butler, Forbes, Mathey, New College West, Rockefeller, Whitman or Yeh College. First-years typically take on the identity of their college with pride early in the first semester. Each first-year has a junior or senior residential college adviser who is on hand to answer questions and help with the adjustment to college life. Each college has a faculty head of college, faculty fellows, dean, assistant dean and a director of student life.

At the end of their sophomore year, students may choose whether to live in one of the residential colleges or remain affiliated with their college but make other living and dining arrangements.

Are you still pretending to have attended Princeton?

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You CAN go to UF and live on campus the entire time, but some of the off-campus residences are so close and so nice (beautiful kitchens, common areas, activities for students, group of RA-like students on premises, concierge...) that many simply do opt for that instead. You still end up rooming with UF students and get to experience campus life the same way. For students who are not emotionally mature and self-driven, I think UF is a poor choice but not at all because of housing. You have to advocate for yourself as a student at any large school, seek professors, advisers, tailor your schedule if you want small classes and not online (completely possible!). There is no hand-holding whatsoever, and that can feel very difficult if not ready for that level of independence.

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Anonymous wrote:You CAN go to UF and live on campus the entire time, but some of the off-campus residences are so close and so nice (beautiful kitchens, common areas, activities for students, group of RA-like students on premises, concierge...) that many simply do opt for that instead. You still end up rooming with UF students and get to experience campus life the same way. For students who are not emotionally mature and self-driven, I think UF is a poor choice but not at all because of housing. You have to advocate for yourself as a student at any large school, seek professors, advisers, tailor your schedule if you want small classes and not online (completely possible!). There is no hand-holding whatsoever, and that can feel very difficult if not ready for that level of independence.

Not sure where you are getting this, there are freshman who want to live on campus and can’t get housing, never mind upperclassmen.

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Anonymous wrote:Leaving politics aside, I was turned off by the high ratio of students living off campus and amount of classes taught online.

I went to UF. Most students live off campus because it’s fun. It’s a huge college town. Many live in their sorority or fraternity house or there’s ample apartments very close by. I never lived on campus at all and had a very full college experience. My parents lived 5 hours away and I needed a car to go home, which is a massive challenge on campus. Hard to park or store a car anywhere.

They have no choice, there isn’t even enough housing for freshman.

NP - there typically is a choice. You put down a deposit at the time you apply. But there is plenty of great, convenient off campus housing very close (as in a block or two away) to campus so it’s not an issue either way and doesn’t limit access to any on campus facilities and campus life. And you end up living with other students as well. So many pick that simply to have more modern housing, a kitchen, a private bedroom…

And no adult supervision or planned social events that don’t revolve around alcohol.

Adult supervision? They are adults, dildo. Land the helicopter.

Dildo? I don’t think you are an adult. Again, if you don’t want your freshman in a dorm, go for it. Most parents, and students do. The very best colleges have residential colleges where the kids live all four years with the same cohort.

Who does that and what %age of the school participates in that?

Seruously? Maybe read up on Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford and report back.

I went to Princeton and few people did this (in fact didn’t know a single person who did this).

Maybe don’t talk out of your ass about something that few kids would ever do for 4 years of college.

I don’t believe you attended Princeton because 98 percent of students live on campus all four years. Zero chance you attended and didn’t know this.

The previous statement said the kids all live with the same cohort from their residential colleges. That’s different than just living on campus, where everyone livid with new roommates and in my situation lived in an Eating House as an officer.

Let’s just go directly to to the source. Taken directly from the Princeton website:

Princeton guarantees on-campus housing for students for all four years. First- and second-year students are required to live on campus, and nearly all juniors and seniors choose to live in on-campus housing. All residential colleges house students from all four class years as well as some graduate students. The residential colleges offer a welcoming environment and a host of social and intellectual opportunities throughout the academic year. Juniors and seniors can take advantage of these opportunities even if they choose not to live in the residential colleges.

Entering first-year students are randomly assigned to a residential college: Butler, Forbes, Mathey, New College West, Rockefeller, Whitman or Yeh College. First-years typically take on the identity of their college with pride early in the first semester. Each first-year has a junior or senior residential college adviser who is on hand to answer questions and help with the adjustment to college life. Each college has a faculty head of college, faculty fellows, dean, assistant dean and a director of student life.

At the end of their sophomore year, students may choose whether to live in one of the residential colleges or remain affiliated with their college but make other living and dining arrangements.

Are you still pretending to have attended Princeton?

It’s clear you didn’t because you are just pulling info from the website.

Again, the comment was that kids lived with their freshman residential college cohort all four years, not that kids remained on campus all four years.

Most students do not end up living with their freshman residential college cohort all four years and will switch dorms and live with other friends they meet over the 4 years.

This isn’t a controversial statement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You CAN go to UF and live on campus the entire time, but some of the off-campus residences are so close and so nice (beautiful kitchens, common areas, activities for students, group of RA-like students on premises, concierge...) that many simply do opt for that instead. You still end up rooming with UF students and get to experience campus life the same way. For students who are not emotionally mature and self-driven, I think UF is a poor choice but not at all because of housing. You have to advocate for yourself as a student at any large school, seek professors, advisers, tailor your schedule if you want small classes and not online (completely possible!). There is no hand-holding whatsoever, and that can feel very difficult if not ready for that level of independence.

Not sure where you are getting this, there are freshman who want to live on campus and can’t get housing, never mind upperclassmen.

Real life experience. You have to put down a deposit when first applying. If you do not do this, miss the next cut off for actual housing registration, then yes, you might not get housing. In reality many students want off campus housing in the first place.