Indiana University-Bloomington Top Questions

I wish I had known more about myself and what I wanted to major in.

I wish I knew the amount of work required outside of class to maintain a good GPA. For the first two years I tried to "coast" through college like I did in high school, but my grades suffered (after 5 semesters of school my GPA is currently a 2.95). I also wish I knew the importance of attending class, I assumed I could just cram before exams and still excel, clearly I was mistaken.

I wish that I had been more familiar with the existence of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. My introduction to this school was completely by chance and had I not been around the right people at the right time, I may have never found it. It is also disappointing because the school has some nice programming and scholarships for incoming freshman that I missed out on because I did not know about the school until later.

Before arriving to Indiana University I wish i would have known how difficult it is transforming. The high school curriculum is very different from the college. College requires ten times more studying and more determination. I wish i was able to have a mentor to help me understand that before i entered college.

More about the interests of the people who lived in specific dorms.

Before I came to Indiana University, I wish I knew what a culture shock it would be moving from Southern California to the midwest. The greatest shock was the weather. The winter days are snowy and cold and going to class in such conditions can be burdensome. Also, in the spring there are tornados that took me a long time to get used to.

I wish i had known that going to IU would be the best decision of my entire life. I wish I had known how truly happy I would be and how many wonderful friends I would make.

If I were to redo my freshman year I wish I would have known how challenging and demanding the Kelley School of Business was. Coming in I figured it would be like most other college freshman classes but I soon found out they were very demanding and challenging and I was very unprepared.

I wish I would have known how differnent it would be from high school. I wish I could have been better prepared by saving more money for school.

I wish I knew more about what majors were available.