California State University-Northridge Top Questions

That I should have saved a lot of money.

I wish I had known how the housing works. I lost my dorm room because I miss the deadline. I wish the school would do a better job in informing students.

I wish I had that some of the core classes required for my major had waiting lists that start a school year in advance. I'm in my 5th year now but I can't help but think I might have been able to graduate in 4 years if I hadn't had to wait 2 semesters to get into some of my core classes.

How hard it would be to get a job post graduation. Also, how impacted my major (journalism) was.

Nothing really. My highschool had me very prepared for college life.

I wish I had taken a tour of the actual classroom buildings instead of the outside. The lack of efficient air conditioning, and the overall run down appearence would have made me question attending this school.

CSUN is a very good school for a few specific areas of study, such as film or accounting, but the rest of the academic community (including to a small extant CSUN's professors!) tend to look down their noses at CSUN. This is not a problem for most students, but for those of us who plan on going on to graduate studies it does hamper our efforts a bit. I

I wish that i had known a lot more. Like not taking any advanced or honor couses in high school. i was told that high school is supposed to get you ready for college, but it doesn't unless you take advanced courses because those courses actually teach you what you learn in college. the regular classes did nothing for me and that is why it isn't that easy for me to get good grades, i have to learn from scratch instead of at least having an idea of what to expect.

That just because your in Pre CTVA doesn't mean you will get accepted to CTVA.

that college life is tougher then you may think in high school and that working and being involved and going to school full time is tough.