Overall, my opinion of Florida tech is that it is a very challenged school that will get you very far in life not only because of the education achieved, but also the connections and experiences gained in the school itself. To me, the best thing about the school is the intense interest that the school has in the subjects you love and the resources the school has in order to explore those interests. for example, I am incredibly interested in robotics; building them, testing them, designing them, and at Florida tech, there are so many ways i can feed that passion. There is IEEE which is a robotics team, there is undergraduate research that can be done with professors who have a focus in robotics, and much more. One thing I would change about the school is the dedication faculty puts into their educations. Since most teachers are doing research in the school, the classes they teach can be come second priorities at time. This makes it a bit harder on the student when you have a professor who doesn't care that much about your success of how well you learn the material. the involvement of faculty at school related evens such a plays and fund raisers would also be nice if it was much more prominent. I feel as thought FIT is just the perfect size. It is not too large so you will never be stuck in classroom of 300 other students, but at the same time, it is large enough where you can still have your privacy and different groups of friends. When you tell someone that you go to Florida tech, you wither get two reactions; "what's that?!" or "Oh wow, good for you!!" Since FIT is a very small private school that is highly specialized in certain fields, it is not well known among people who are not involved in those fields. But, those who do recognize it realize how prestigious of a school it is. I spend basically all my time on campus since I live on campus. Also, Melbourne is a very small, rural, old town with not all that much to do. It is definitely not a college town and usually the most exciting things to do are on campus itself. That's also why most of the students live on campus. The school's administration is not bad, but not superior either. The advisors will help if you look for it, but there is definitely alot of weight put on yourself as a student to make sure that you figure out everything for yourself and you make the decisions about your future. The biggest recent controversy on campus I would say, would have to be the chalk writing in front of the student union building about pro-life choices. The club on campus decided to share their views with the rest of the school in a very harsh manner and people who were upset retaliated and wrote their opinions back. In my opinion, I think its dumb to fight on asphalt through means of chalk, but to each his own... There is a decent amount of school pride on campus, usually coming from the athletes themselves. There isn't a lack of pride, but we're not swelling with it either. The one experience I will always remember would have to be my performance in the theater of the fall musical. It was so much fun and I made the best friendships there. The most frequent student complaint would have to be the work load and the stress levels placed upon the student. It is a very rigorous school with very hard classes, so one has to have the tolerance of always being under pressure, with a large amount of work and very little time to do it