Florida Gulf Coast University 10501 FGCU Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33965

"Currently attending as a graduate student. I would never recommend this university to anyone. They don't care about you as a student, only your money. They don't care if you waste money on unneeded classes, they don't car about anything. The "advisors" will just repeat what you already figured out on your own through the website and then tell you it's not their job and to go check with another department. I'm on my third semester with them and it's just getting worse and worse. Now they only have ONE class I need next semester so my options are to take and pay for two classes I don't need to keep my funding or drop out altogether. No one cares. I hate this university."

"A TRUE AND CONCISE REVIEW!!! To start off, I am a local to southwest Florida and have lived here my whole life. While looking into colleges, the most adorable option was to stay at home. I graduated from FGCU in 2021 with my Bachelors of Science in Child and Youth Studies and am currently attending for my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. During my bachelors I had a few run ins with my advisor, the main issue was that she was not communicating with me what courses I needed as extra curricular, then had me enrolled into my program while I was missing some of those extracurricular courses. Fast forward to my final semester before graduation, she calls me to let me know that she had made a mistake and enrolled me for a course that would not count as an extracurricular “oh and I see here you will not only be missing those 3 credits for that course you didn’t need, but you are missing 6 more”. In the end, after going over all of my courses and signing up for graduation etc. I was encouraged to take 5 courses my final semester at FGCU. This caused a great amount of stress, I ended up paying more than I needed to for my final semester since I was advised to take a course I never needed in the first place, and to appeal my tuition for that course was a nightmare so I never got my money back. Aside from that experience I reregistered for my masters since the graduate advisors are different than undergrad and I did love many of my professors at FGCU during my bachelors. The campus is also very clean and many people in certain offices are just as friendly as the people in other offices who are NOT. Through my masters I have noticed that more now, after Covid, than ever. Many staff in some offices are very condescending and try to shake off your needs as they are too important to help you. Whenever I ask questions I am belitted and treated like a child, as if it were not their job to be helpful. I also had a professor with the audacity to tell me that her life is so much more stressful than mine that she does not have time to answer “simpleminded questions”. Everyone has hard times! Life is not easy for anybody! I was absolutely disgusted reading that email, an adult responding that way to another adult is absolutely insane. If you don’t want to teach or help students build their skill set/ hone their craft, then DONT BE A PROFESSOR!! I have met 3 professors in the college of education with those attitudes. Aside from those bad seeds, there are still so many other supportive and friendly people in the college of education. One of my professors has nominated for awards while others have supported me in my journey and helped me find jobs. As mentioned, the campus is clean, there are many student resources and those staff are very friendly and willing to help. There is also a lot of nature and views around the campus if you enjoy going for a run/walk. My only advice to anyone looking into this university, be ready to stay on top of your own courses and what is needed, if you have questions don’t hesitate to ask your advisor but be sure to keep track of all your own needs. Do not count on certain professors to have empathy or a drive to help you learn, some have absolutely none. DO be responsible for your own learning, make friends in your classes to help you, and enjoy your time in college because it’s only once!"

"I hear many good things about FGCU as a place of advance study. I can tell you that they have easy access to their location. It is close to I-75 and shopping/restaurant options. They have different housing options, and the campus is large, clean, and well maintained. June 2023"

"By far one of my favorite colleges around Florida. I graduated here six years ago, and still have the best memories and the best friends that I made here. It’s my first time back since graduating and they definitely have turned this town into more of a city. They took away the small town charm that I loved about this place. But with more people Comes more developments I guess… Great teachers and classes, Energy efficient buildings for all classes, which is awesome, and you can meet a lot of people without feeling like you are just not known. Teachers pay attention to you and are always there to answer questions - the campus is big enough yet small enough for people who come from small towns like me. Extracurricular activities like fraternities sororities, volunteering for groups, etc. is one of the best things to do so that you can meet people and all walks of life."

"Beautiful campus! We came for a college tour visit and had a great experience! Our tour guide was wonderful, answered millions of questions, took her time, and was very thorough. The tour helped is to make a decision."