Miami Dade College Top Questions

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

Joel

I wish i had studied or had an idea of college before i started this college. I Was not prepared during or after high school. I was not motivated the right away. The ideal of financial aid paying for my courses, being from a poor urban enviorment and the fact that my oldest sibiling had graduated college, was the only motivations. I wish i had more understanding that college is a business. I wish i had understood my rights, responsibilities, and goals, instead of attending blindly and being led blindly by professionals in that business.

Nathan

To know where I planned on transferring to before coming here. Miami Dade College is a great school, but it is not where one should go to obtain a bachelors degree. It is simply not a prestigious college.

Ayame

One thing I wish I had known before coming to Miami-Dade is that I would not get the American Dream Scholarship because my grant would pay for all of my tuition. If I had known this I would have tried harder to fix my situation at FIU so I could take Asian Studies. I also wish that I knew that Miami-Dade didn't have Japanese as a language to study because that was my main area of interest.

Ashley

Honestly, nothing.

Claudia

Miami Dade is a community college, I would rather counselors give students more input in how to transfer to state universities. Also make available more scholarships for students.

ELIZABETH

I believe I was well informed about my college, their website is very accurate, and their advisers are amazing! I love MDC and I am hopeful I can get the chance to finish my A.A there so I can transfer to another university, but overall MDC is amazing, and it has help me grow a lot! I just love it.

James

About they're honors program. This program matches whatever scholarship money you earn from financial aid or any other organization.

Lesa

Before attending this school i wish i wouldve known more about the different campuses

Irving

The honors college program. I wish I would have known it existed before hand. The students in the honors program receive full tuition including books. It is obviously more enduring than the regular classes, but so much more worth it.

Ana

That it was going to be different than high school, because the professors may be great professors, however, they would not be lenient on the grades, and classes are very difficult.