HelenCatherine

Academics at FGCU

Upon being diagnosed with Lupus and having to move back home, I transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University to continue my education closer to home. FGCU definitively has a plethora of various academic choices and areas of study to choose from. I appreciated the smaller classroom sizes, with my official seven different majors changes, and the many, many years I have been enrolled now, I have never been in a class with more than 35 students in it and as I finished most the prerequisite courses, and began to registrar/take courses specific to my major, the classroom size significantly decreased to 20 or less. This is ideal because it allows professors to offer more focused one-on-one time with the students, as well as being as accommodating as possible to all student needs. In my opinion, FGCU needs to address the continuous issues with the registration process each semester. Registration is frustrating, however, the orientations provided are extremely beneficial and because knowledge is power, helps reduce student anxiety. Financial Aid that is offered is another area in which FGCU significantly improves each year. Approximately 8,000 of FGCU students are currently receiving some sort of financial aid. The financial aid advisory's do a SPLENDERIFIC job facilitating students needs and providing any resources and/or aid available for student's struggling financially. To summarize, I would state with complete confidence that FGCU improves more and more each year in most every essential aspect.

Thank Goodness for Moms

I moved back home with my best friend, who is my mother, and commuted from Naples. So personally my "off-campus" housing was ideal, however, my opinion is situational. There are a lot of different "off-campus housing" to choose from and FGCU does provide beneficial information about different communities, developments, apartment complexes, and so on and so forth in the Fort Myers/ Estero area.