California State University-Long Beach Top Questions

Due to two college readiness programs, United Friends of the Children and West Los Angeles Upward Bound Program, their workshops prepared me for college and am well informed. So there is nothing I wish I had known before I came to CSU Long Beach.

I wish that I knew about how to manage a blanced life with college work and tests. My test taking abilites increased because I learned more of what teachers want on the test now then when I first began the school.

What I wish I had known before coming to this school is that it doesnt have a football team anymore because of budget cuts. I also wish I would have known that living on campus would cost me more than taking classes here. Staying here on campus has cut my finances down completely and used up all of my financial aid to the point where I have none left over and still have payments left.

If I had a better insight as to what I could expect from my academic load and the amount of work that was going to be expected from me by my teachers, I feel that it woud have better transitioned me from high school to college. There was a signifigant difference between the way classes are taught and homework and projects are assigned from high school to college. Had I been fully aware of this difference, I would have know what to expect from my college courses, and would have been more succesfull in completing reading and homework assignments.

There are several things I wish I had known before choosing my school. I wish I had known that the school fosters no sense of community, harbors a poor quality education, and there is no freshman integration program. Though there was no way to tell at the time, I also wish I had known that my tuition and fees would increase another four thousand dollars between the time I enrolled and the time the school year started.

As a incoming freshman, I wish that i had become familiar with the campus because it is a big campus compared to high school. In addition as I wish that I had known about the competition for classes rather than just thinking that classes would be open. In addition, I wish that I known what you were personally responsible for getting your books and personally emailing the professor so that you would be prepared on the first day of classes.

I wish I had known about the different sorority group opportunities because I feel that being in a sorority or fraternity is a really important univeristy experience. It offers students a family like environment in which all members are around the same age and can learn from eachother and grow with one another during their college years. It also provides friends one will have for a lifetime.

Primarily, that everyone is diverse by culture and their aspirations to be there. Every student that I've spoken with has enriched my understanding; that our world revolves around creative, insightful, and hopeful people. High school limited my ability to see beyond a South Los Angeles, gang affiliated atmosphere, and I couldn't learn to respect the culture that people held deep within. For instance, during my first day in the library, I noticed a muslim woman in a meditative prayer and I laughed. But, when she asked me to join her, I began to understand the beauty of culture.

If only I knew how much money it costs to go to college, that would have definitely affected my decision in choosing which school to go to.

I wish I knew the area better and how difficult the classes would be. This school is a new experience that i am glad I am able to endure. I also wish I had knew how large the school was in terms of people and acres.