The Truth About Florida State | Pros and Cons of FSU

This video is informative, but the “cons” are misleading. I'm a parent of three FSU students. Tallahassee is NOT overcrowded. Just College Town. Stores were “raided” everywhere due to supply chain shortages (i.e. pandemic). There’s PLENTY to do if you dare to venture outside of College Town. And yes, winters are cold. The winter lows range from 40s to 60s with maybe two weeks of 30s. As for the drivers? You guessed it. Only in College Town. My recommendation is if your'e going to be living on or near campus, leave your car at home. Students can ride the Seminole Express and Star Metro buses for FREE and the routes throughout College Town are fairly extensive.

My daughter just got accepted to FSU (starting this summer). We’re excited but oh so nervous. Your video is very helpful, especially about the car situation. We’re still deciding if she’s going to take her car since it seems to be a hassle driving there. We’re from south Florida and although the traffic is terrible here, it’s nothing compared to what you mentioned.

After 5 years of going to FSU pretty accurate but the pro tips are to go shopping on a weekday. Everyone shops on Sunday. Otherwise parking is an issue but you’re SOL if you try and find parking for any 9 AM class. 8 AM classes you’re still in luck.

Native Tally person here! You are so right about how little there is to do (I’ve been to like every museum we have because there is not that much lol!) Still love it here!

i'm a junior transferring this summer and this video has been so helpful! definitely nervous due to language barriers but extremely excited! :)

This is sooo helpful!!! I just got accepted and it was my top choice. I’m gonna attend starting in the summer!!! So excited :))

Hey Ashton! I just wanted to say I’m loving the content! FSU has been my dream school since 4rth grade and you’ve inspired me to work harder to get down to Tallahassee! Go noles!

Hey young man I just happed upon your channel...I wound up in PC FL in the early 80s a couple years older than you, I meet a ton of FSU folks in PC, great people, we went to Tally many times for sports and night life after games...My son now lives right outside Tally so Im still around...Tallahassee is a awesome city, Its a canopy ofshade form the live oaks and hidden little gems...Due South is the forgotten coast, for nature lovers, hikers, campers, hunters, fishermen its a paradise,...PCB just 2 hours away, yea that requires a car but 2 or more people going in on the gas you got Nature galore, Thomasville G is Due North, old plantations everywhere...For Nature lovers Tally is a great location...Go Noles!!!

- Don't miss the annual Rocky Horror midnight show at the SLC - Go play the piano in Kuersteiner one night - Try the vegan lunch by the SLC (if it's still there, shoutout to Daru) - Tallahassee Bicycle Polo team is one of the best in the USA (no kidding) - Pull an all nighter at All Saint's before an exam - FSU is the only university in the nation with its own circus on campus. It's free, go see a show - Jimmy John's. I really miss Jimmy John's Good video, best of luck to you and the FSU fam - FSU alum, B.A. 2009, M.A. 2011, go Noles

I got an MPH at FSU long ago in 2008. I was a much older graduate student. I took biochemistry I and II. That 2nd semester gets as hard as a real course in medical school. I knew that because I had taken summer anatomy lab with medical students at Colorado-Denver. The good pre-med students usually study about 15-20 hours per week for just that one biochemistry course. I thought the "party" school reputation was ironic. It was brutally rigorous in STEM. As for social life, I found that those of ages 18-22 were relatively most comfortable at FSU. Older graduate students were generally out-of-place. I did play a lot of IM basketball at Tully Gym when I was there - great times. Other than that, it was all work at FL DOH and then studying at night for FSU's MPH. I gave a presentation on Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. I later did some additional research of that era (1960s) and learned that Jim Morrison of the Doors had attended FSU. Morrison was part of the youth counterculture of the 1960s that rebelled against the establishment of the times. He did "party" a lot but was also a serious student. Jim read many books which is how the name of his band came out - an actual literary scholar at FSU who had gone into 1960s rock music and its lifestyle. That pattern is common at FSU - serious studies during the week and "partying" on weekends with that undergraduate scene. I moved back to my home state of AZ in 2017 but miss FL at times. Best wishes on the Nole journey. Morrison's music is very common in Vietnam war films. This video shows battle footage intermixed with anti-war protests of the era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39C3LCK6njg

trying to decide between Florida State and Arizona State, such a big decision so I appreciate this video

Alum here - Tallahassee has a bunch of nice parks to explore and please do not sleep on the house parties. Also, be sure to look decent for Club Pub.

Hello Ashton, Thanks for the video. Coming to FSU for fall 2022 Phd in Mechanical Engineering. I wish our path will intersect any day ✌️🤞

Awesome video! I just got into Summer 2022 term :) This was very helpful for me trying to decide what school to choose! Thanks!

I love the campus now but I could tell some bad parking stories from 30 years ago at FSU. Woodard used to go from Tennessee Street though campus and crossing the road was a challenge. I parked at the stadium and walked to Bellamy because there were no parking spaces on campus. There were no parking garages then, only parking lots with little parking. They will never provide enough parking.

Im coming into FSU as a junior transfer from South Florida and this video really spoke to me because Ive been wanting to try a little different experience outside of Miami.

Tips for parking from an Alum: Find someone walking to their car in a garage & offer to drive them to their car so you can take their spot. 100% success rate

I’m a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing. Love your Lightning shirts GO BOLTS ⚡️⚡️

Thank you so much for the vid! I'm an incoming freshman, just looking for more info, so this was super helpful!

Thank you so much for this! Just got into fsu and trying to decide over fsu or uf!