University of South Florida Online Reviews

"The faculty was very knowledgeable. I learned a lot and am very happy with my experience."

"I think USF has an excellent environment for conducting research. Many professors push (and assist) students with opportunities for writing papers, attending conferences, writing patents and international travel/internships. I feel that this university helped prepare me for the "real world.""

"I think USF has an excellent environment for conducting research. Many professors push (and assist) students with opportunities for writing papers, attending conferences, writing patents and international travel/internships. I feel that this university helped prepare me for the "real world.""

"The college of business MBA and affiliated programs are excellent and I really liked all of the professors (with the exclusion of 2) and students. I would highly recommend the program. I actually really enjoyed it, compared with my undergrad experiences."

"It is a large public university, so classes were pretty big. I liked almost all of my professors. The biggest problem was finding parking spaces when I was there, but that issue may have been corrected since I graduated. If you like the idea of having a lot of diversity and being on a huge campus it is a good choice."

"There is a lot of potential- too bad it doesn't get realized due to the politics. There are some really great teachers, but also some really poor ones (interestingly, the ones who are good tend to be the ones solely there for teaching; the ones who are there for research are not very good IMO). The administration seems more concerned with appearing like a top school than actually being a top school. They are more concerned with what everybody else thinks of them rather than their own students. I don't regret going there, but I would never do any graduate schooling there as I was thoroughly unimpressed with their graduate program curriculum."

"The teachers and faculty are always willing to help you outside of the classroom as well as in the classroom."

"USF Morsani College of Medicine has a good sense of community amongst the students. The school does the best they can to make sure students aren't too stressed. They try to help as much as they can with financial aid. Overall, the students still learn the material necessary and match well with residency programs."

"Architecture program of University of South Florida is amongst one of the best Architecture Programs in Florida and US. Providing students with hot desk(24/7 studio space to work), woodshop, computer lab with laser printer for digital production and 3d printers for creating incredible forms and Rhino generated models are great facilities to have as an architrcture student. Architecture students also take advantage of periodical lecture series provided by school to learn from famous architects and artists from all around the world which is a great inspiration and learning tool. Despite all these greatness, lack of parking space, limited fond provided by school, lack of space for having more students and increasing the competition level, old building with a almost none functioning elevator and lack of a student lounge are some of the cons of School of Architecture and Community Design."

"The Marine Sciece program where I work is in the St. Petersburg campus even though it belongs to the main campus. This can often be problematic for having access to training sessions, conferences, workshops etc that are held on the main campus. It is also very problematic to have easy access to many of the resources for students, as all the offices exist on the main campus. However, the program itself is very good-- they offer a strong, competitive suite of core courses, taught by experts in the field, and are very helpful. The isolated nature of the Marine Science program gives it a close-knit atmosphere, which can be hard to beat."

"I believe that the USF's DPT program is unique in the fact that it is a inter professional program. This means that the physical therapy students and medical students are combined for basic science courses for the first year of school. This gives the physical therapist a more in depth education about the human body to help them have a more in depth knowledge to help them be successful while practicing. This also promotes inter professionalism within the health care system. PT's better understand what M.D.'s do and vice versa. This will lead to better overall health care for patients in the future by allowing the proper health care provider to manage certain conditions or parts of a patients treatment. The location of the school is great and there is an abundant of activities to do around the area. Also the DPT staff is very knowledgeable and easy to approach when help is needed by students. Negatives about this program can also be the inter professional program. There are times that knowledge learned from medical school is not transferred over to the physical therapy side so students do not understand why the information is relevant to them. There are times that professors at the medical school also forget that there are physical therapist in attendance and expect us to know information that we don't, or only make the content applicable to the medical students. I would also say that the work load for the first year is very intensive compared to other friends who attended other DPT programs. I also believe that the communicate at the DPT program could use improvement when communicating schedules to the students and better inform incoming freshman about their program. The method in which they choose clinical rotations is also very disliked by the students and there are not many locations outside Florida available."

"Pros: 1) Classes are similar to those taken by professional schools (medical, dental, PA, physical therapy, etc.) so it is a good indication of the kind of material and workload you will face in the future. 2)Since the classes are so similar to material taught in professional schools, this program gives you the opportunity to see if this is still the route you would like to pursue, and more importantly, if you can handle it. 3) The professors are also teaching the medical students, so this is a great way to network and develop relationships that can lead to letters of recommendations. 4) Most of the professors who teach are also researchers who are often looking for help in their labs. This is a great way to get research experience if you don't have any. 5) Around campus, there are 3 major hospitals where you can volunteer at or potentially work at. 6) Also around campus is a renowned cancer hospital, along with an Alzheimer's research center that allow even more possibilities to further develop your application. Cons: 1) This program is set up to only be 3 semesters. The material is supposedly indicative of the first 2 years of medical school, but it is taught more densely even though it is a little more watered down."

"Very early into my Graduate Program, but the faculty are very supportive, as well as the administrative staff and financial aid office."

"ISLAC offers a strong support system through dedicated, enthusiastic and extremely knowledgable faculty. Courses are built to challenge critical thinking and creativity. A weakness lies in the disorganization of program requirements and timelines."

"The Masters in Medical Sciences option Molecular Medicine is a great and challenging program. However, I do not think atudents receive much assistance from the program. There is no form of tuition assistance available to students in the program. To add to that, the school does not even provide a payment plan for students who have difficulties paying their tuition fees. The policy there is if you don't pay tuition on time, you get kicked out of the classroom. This puts a lot of stress on students like myself who had to pay tuition out of pockets. Overall, I would not say I had the best experience at USF but I have to acknowledge that some faculty went out of their way to ensure that I had a better experience."

"This program has the benefit of a diverse faculty, all of which are extremely encouraging of students to pursue research whether it is their own or part of a faculty member's research. The program requires international field experience in order to graduate, this makes graduates of USF competitive in the international health job market. On the downside, USF is primarily a commuter school, meaning very little parking and transportation in Tampa as a whole is difficult."

"This is a great program for working adults."

"I must first begin by saying that I am truly convinced that I am in the right field of study! So that's wonderful news! I really do love the topic and field of urban and regional planning. The more I am learning, the more I am becoming more aware of the components of the built environment surrounding me. The passion from my professors has been contagious. However, Grad school through USF has presented a couple rude awakenings: 1. I feel like I never have time to complete all my readings!! To be honest, I feel like i've only completed about half of them 2. I'm not sure about your experiences, but I have found it nearly impossible to connect with my peers outside of class. Even after I sent an email about getting together to do urban study sessions in downtown, I got little to no feedback. 3. One of the setbacks of USF's Masters in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program happens to be that due to the fact that it is still a relatively new program, they are still not yet accredited by Planning Accreditation Board. Also, unlike other schools, I wish that this program worked closer with the school of Architecture, since both disciplines tie hand-in-hand. Had I been aware of both realities, I honestly would have considered applying elsewhere. But I am going to make the most out of this experience, by making sure that I am also growing, professionally."

"Great education and the professors are extremely knowledgeable and are true experts in their field of study. The school itself is need great need of a refurbishment. It is fairly old and outdated."

"The education is great and the professors are all experts in their field of study. All instructors are almost always available to assist you and are there to help you succeed. The program is extremely competitive and arduous. Negative aspects of the University of South Florida would be that it is very outdated in its use of technology and the physical campus itself. The university as a whole needs a vast refurbishment."