Hey, I'm at UF now. I don't know if I'll still be here next year (keeping my fingers crossed for Pitt), but I'll offer some help nonetheless! Don't do anything through Paradigm properties, and I'd stay away from Trimark as well. A lot of the apartment complexes are FULL of undergrads and are extremely loud/disgusting. Do not stay at the Courtyards. It is cheap and close to campus, but mushrooms started growing out of my friend's carpet bc of how nasty it is. I'd stay away from Gainesville Place, the Estates, and Jefferson 2nd as well. Hope you like football - anywhere around the campus goes nuts on game days (but it's so much fun!!!!) Gainesville is also a little expensive without roommates, but you can find cute little places if you just drive around. I suggest living in the area directly northeast of campus (off 13th st and university ave. Oh, and I don't think it's too easy to get around here without a car. Just sayin.