University of Florida

The graduate program I am currently enrolled in is geared towards working professionals. Overall, I've had an experience with the UF staff & professors that is very respectful of the workload I currently maintain in my professional career. This allows me to maintain a realistic balance between work, school & home - continuing to perform at a high level at work, completing assignments and studying requirements within a realistic allotment of time, and managing to sustain strong relationships with... Read More my significant other, family and friends. Once I had the first semester completed and was able live within my newly restricted free time, the semesters have flown by and I've even been able to manage taking some relaxing vacations in between. The largest con I've experienced with this program is the lack of information available regarding financial aid assistance other than standard student loans. I feel that there should be more direction given to students enrolling into the program - realizing that the first semester settling into the new schedule is the hardest.

The University of Florida is holding my transcripts hostage. They claim I owe them money (which I don't) and they say that the debt was written off in 2009, but since I am desperately seeking employment they will "write it back on" and will not send my transcripts. I just lost out on a great job because of this - and I DO NOT OWE THEM ANY MONEY. Of course, without a job I have no money for legal fees and cannot fight them and expect to have my mortgage foreclosed upon and wind up on the streets.... Read More Knowing all this, do you REALLY want to attend UF?

The most valuable aspect of this program is the professors. All of them have many years of experience working in their field of expertise, and can provide many contacts currently in the field. The smaller class sizes also allow a more thorough face-to-face interaction with the professors. The only downside is the amount of undergraduate/graduate combined students. Most grades are derived from group projects. With that, the amount of undergraduate students taking the courses can hinder group work,... Read More depending on the student's work ethic and seriousness about the program.

The pros include a fantastic knowledgeable, helpful faculty, a variety of specialty certificate programs for students interested in a particular area of law, and great hands-on experience through well coordinated and challenging legal clinical and externship experiences. The cons include a University that doesn't care about their students needs very much as evidenced through taking away extremely limited parking for the President's new mansion and often unclean bathrooms. The surrounding area of... Read More Gainesville is "meh" to live in, but there's not much the law school can do about that. Great school overall.

The Doctorate of Physical Therapy at University of Florida is one of top ranking programs in the U.S. I throughly believe we have some of the best professors in the field of physical therapy that will allow me to become a great future physical therapist. Some cons of the program are the usual gripes of the long schedules of classes for us first years and not knowing our future schedule of classes until a week or two until the start date. Other than those minor cons, this grad program is fantastic... Read More and will greatly prepare me for my future in healthcare as a physical therapist!