Christopher Newport University Top Questions

I wish I had realized before first semester that I really wanted to continue with track. I would have had something to keep me focused on the important things like it did in highschool. And I wish that I would have found an off-campus job, that i could've kept for all four years instead of fighting to find an on-campus one.

How the computers worked in the dorms. My laptop was set up for wireless, which most of the campus is - however the dorms are not at this school. They have ethernet connections at the dorms, which I found out when I got there. Not a problem - just wasn't prepared right away.

Lack of cultural diversity and awareness.

Before I came to this school I wish I had known more about AP courses and dual enrollment courses. They really help at knocking out extra classes you may have to take in college and in high school they are free!

The more involved you get the more firneds you will make. I guess it is like that at most universities though.

I wish that I had known how expensive it was to live on campus.

What I wanted to major in.

Get involved from the beginning

I wish I had known it rarely snows here. I miss the snow and cold. I wish I had known I would need rain boots=) and it always rains whenever people come to visit the campus. It would have been nice to know that the Chem professors are not nearly as awesome as the Bio ones, and that they serve the good food when people visit. I wish I had known I was going vegetarian so I could have avoided a meal plan in the beginning... or known that the food here is very unhealthy, despite the good salad bar.

How hard it is to graduate- we are a liberal learning university and you required to fulfill so many requirements and its really hard to meet all of them. and graduate on time.