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Well, I'm going to have to agree w/ pretty much everyone who posted in this thread. I grew up being a Florida State girl, but I am planning on applying to *gasp* UF for law school...because academically, they're a much better school. FSU for some reason can't keep their accreditation. Every few years something happens and they lose it for a year or so. Another good law school to look into is Stetson.
As far as humidity, well, ALL of Florida is just hot and humid as hell. Especially if you're moving there from out of state. When we were down for my friend's wedding last June, it was the first time I had been home that the heat actually bothered me - it was so freakin' hot! I guess I had forgotten what it was like. When I was in high school, my P.O.S. car didn't have air conditioning, but it didn't really bother me then - I just rolled down the windows and opened the sun roof and I was fine. Now, whenever I'm in FL, I have to have my a/c on full blast!
As far as beaches go, the panhandle is just not a very pretty part of the state. The beaches get better the further south you go. Actually, the only reason to be in the panhandle is if you're going to school in Tally.
If you're looking for decent history and computer science programs, I would look into USF, and possibly UCF. They're both good schools, and locationally they're much better than Tally. Lots more things to do (if that's a factor in your search).
Oh, and be prepared for the thunderstorms. There is nothing like them anywhere else. Although the ones in Alabama and Louisiana come close, but not quite. It will be sunny out, gorgeous day, then whoosh! Flash flood on your car. The streets can't drain fast enough, so you're practically floating down the road. And it rains HARD and LOUD. Then, all of a sudden, bright and sunny again like nothing ever happened. During the summer that happens every day around 4 pm. You can set your watch to it. Sometimes you can watch it rain in your front yard but it will be bone dry in your back yard. And the lightning! It scares the bejesus out of me.
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