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I wish I had known more about what I wanted to do as a career, and more of a specific plan for my education. There are many resources here and I think I missed some opertunies to utalize them fully.

Ohio State had been my home long before I came here. My family has a long history at this university, and because of this I was already familiar with most of the campus. The only issue that did arise when I first stepped on to campus was that although the student population was so large, class sizes can still be extremely small. If I had known this before I would not have felt as aprehensive to ask professors for help. In smaller classrooms, the connections I have made with professors have been much easier than I first intended.

I wish I would have known how I was going to pay for it since I can only get about half tuition from FAFSA.

I wish I understood the insignifance of the problems I've faced throughout life. Coming here has opened my eyes to an entirely new population and I'm able to step back and realize how grateful I truly am. In high school, people stress about the little things. People set their problems above all others. When it comes down to it however, somebody else is always going to be dealing with something more severe. It's eye opening experiences like these that I wish I had had sooner.

I wish that I would have realized how difficult it would be to get in-state residency and how difficult it would be to keep up financially. Off campus housing is expensive, even though it is a lot cheaper than living on campus. I currently have two jobs, am in the interviewing process for a third and just applied for a fourth. Since I have to be financially independent due to residency, I have to work a lot in order to pay rent and bills and I have to take out loans. This is a great university, but also expensive.

Before coming to this school, I wish I would've known about the quarter to semester switch. Although it was made evident right before me freshman year, when applying to and choosing a university I didn't know my school would be switching to semesters after I would complete one year on quarters. The university did its best to make a smooth transfer to semester, but some flaws have set students like myself back on their graduation times because of the change in requirements.

I think I knew everything I needed to before coming to this school

I wish I would have known how great the distances are on campus. I had visited campus before deciding to apply, but I did not realize how big it really was. A trip from end to end can take upwards of 20 minutes and the amount of walking us students do gave many of our feet blisters during the first week. There are buses that make the trips much easier, but the hours can be limited and drop off after a certain hour of night. All in all, it's more than managable it just took an adjustment.

I wish I would have known that this school is not too big to ask for help. I felt horrible to ask my professors who had many students for help. All the professor deal with many students but they are very helpful and responsive to students. Also I wish I would have known about the various help center around campus and all the aid the campus helps provide.

The Thing I wish I had known before coming into college was that it would take a lot of hard work and dedication in order to be successful in having a quality education. No one tells the high school student that college requires more attention and flexibility than that in high school.