New College of Florida

This school is a complete joke. I can’t believe I gave my money to them for a whole year. Going to this school was the worst decision of my life, I am happy I transferred.

This place is so great. The grounds are absolutely fantastic and the bayside (which is open to the public during the day) is a perfect place to stroll along the waters edge.
They also have great lectures that are open to the public (TedX, etc.) and a really wonderful arts program that offers the community music, dance and art exhibitions.
There is a café on campus (the four winds which has it’s own entry) that is also open to the public and makes a mean latte!
I’d suggest a stroll along the bay here to anyone visiting Sarasota.

This college is totally phony. They claim to have a «holistic» approach to reviewing applications, and yet I was lied to multiple times.
I first asked if I should bother applying since I wasn’t sure about my SAT score being high enough. I expressed this to the admissions counselor when I called before applying. I said, I don’t have the money to waste on the application so please let me know if I should bother or not. And they reassured me that the SAT would not hold me back. Yet when I was rejected from the school, I called and was told that my math SAT was not high enough and that the college did not have the classes provided for me so I could attend???
This makes no sense to me. I felt duped, and was out 55+ dollars. I asked specifically if I had a shot, and yet despite being told that it would be possible, apparently the school has a minimum SAT requirement and no classes provided for those who have a lower score. There is nothing on their website, as far as I know, that is STRAIGHTFORWARD with the entrance requirements [like NYU’s site, for example, which lists the average SAT scores and basically forewarns applicants that it would not be a good idea to apply if they have a score lower than those listed there].
My admissions counselor sounded bored and distant, and accused me of not having enough interest in the school, despite me calling multiple times to check on my application and applying in the first place. I did not understand this, as I do not have 2000 dollars to fly from the Northeast to Sarasota, yet when I expressed this I was given a total attitude by the counselor, who sounded on a Friday afternoon like all he wanted to be doing was watching TV and drinking a six-​pack.
The school prides itself as basically being the Brown University of the South, claiming that one can design one’s own major and have a flexible and almost bohemian education at the college, yet they’re rigid around SAT scores and deceitful towards new applicants about it. I figured that such a prestigious honors college would have a little more dignity and esteem to be honest to applicants about what’s expected in the admissions process, but I guess this inflated, egotistical college from the middle of nowhere has such a high opinion of itself that it really believes that it’s suitable to dupe freshman applicants in this manner.
I feel that this college is, indeed, overly inflated and built up as being a glorious place to have an education and yet, each time I mention it to teachers, classmates, guidance counselors, and individuals outside of my school, not a single person has heard a thing about it. I doubt that the school has a wonderful reputation if multiple people I’ve spoken to haven’t heard about the college. It makes me question if the little liberal arts school will have enough momentum and funding to continue on in the future. It’s not impossible for such institutions to eventually collapse. But then again, the college is so deceitful and great at taking the money of prospective and admitted students that maybe it will survive another 10 years or so despite being unknown.
Overall, I’m glad that I’m not going here, as the admissions has a horrible attitude, and the school doesn’t seem to have a high integrity level. Hopefully, this review will be helpful to people like me who are unsure about applying due to a slightly lower SAT score.

I don’t attend new college but I’ve looked around campus and the campus is beautiful and expanding. I’ve also heard amazing things about the school itself although it’s personally not my first choice in universities because it just doesn’t call to me.