YOUR FIRST YEAR AT FC

• If you were accepted prior to your high school graduation, please contact your school to be sure a final transcript was sent to us.

• We will be sending out room assignments in early July. We try to honor all room requests, but that is not always possible. If you are not assigned the room or residence hall that you request, it is because that specific building and/or room was full when your request was processed.

• Bring all necessary linens if you will be living in a residence hall: sheets, pillow, towels, blankets, and a shower curtain, rod and hooks (you may want to coordinate with your suitemates on this). Beds are extra-long twin size. Please bring all personal items. Be sure to bring coats and warm clothes. It does get cold in Florida! Brief rain showers are also common, so raincoats and umbrellas come in handy. Lightweight clothing is worn off and on all year. It usually does not get chilly until November and warm days will occur all winter.

• Please bring your instruments with you. Our formal musical activities include wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, string ensemble and a pep band that performs at home basketball games. These are all major contributions to school spirit. Many other opportunities to play musical instruments are afforded at various entertainment events, so please bring whatever instrument you play.

The best arrangement is probably to ship footlockers, boxes, etc. by UPS. Be sure, however, to check how long it will take your belongings to arrive. Be sure that your belongings do not arrive more than two weeks before move-in day. Also, be sure to address each piece with your name and the address below. Items will be delivered to the mailroom and you should pick them up when you arrive.

• 119 North Glen Arven Ave.
  Temple Terrace, FL 33617

• In order to spend the night off campus with friends or relatives, a student must sign out by requesting special permission. Parental permission is required by the Dean of Students before any overnight activity can be approved for dependent students. You must have your parents send a letter (dated and signed) giving you permission to leave campus overnight or for the weekend. In that letter, they should specify the extent of the permission they are granting. This can be mailed, faxed to (813) 899–6772 or emailed to the Dean of Students. You may also bring a letter with you.

• Students must bring a health insurance identification card for their family’s primary health insurance. If you have any medical conditions, medications or other relevant health problems of which you would like to inform us, please make a note on the student health information form.

• Like most colleges, parking space is limited at Florida College. Generally, college students are advised not to bring a vehicle their freshman year. Carefully read the traffic and parking information before deciding to bring your vehicle.

• Florida College provides high speed internet access in each residence hall room as well as wireless internet access from most areas of the campus. Instructions for connecting to wireless can be found on FalconLink. Access to the internet has become an essential tool for college education. You need to bring your own computer (Mac or PC) and a network (ethernet) cable. Network cables will also be available in the college bookstore at competitive prices if you prefer to wait until you arrive to purchase them.

• FalconLink is your Florida College student portal. You should have already received an email with instructions on how to activate your FalconLink identification and set your password. Your FalconLink identification will also be used in your FC email address. A separate email containing instructions on checking your campus email is sent to your home email address after you are accepted. Even after you graduate, you will keep your FalconLink identification so you can access your academic information via the student portal and also access our alumni portal. If you have any questions regarding these features, please email the IT department.

• Students may also use the library computer lab on campus during regular lab hours.

• Phone service is not provided for students. You should consider bringing a cell phone or subscribing to a voice over IP (VoIP) service such as Skype or FaceTime.