Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Top Questions

Before coming to SIUC, I wish that I had known a little bit more about the campus. I went to the campus orientation and came down an additional time before classes started, but the community college that I went to before transferring was nowhere near the size of SIU. It definitely took some time to figure out where everything was on campus.

I wish I had known more about financial aid and other options to help pay for school.

I wish I would have known I was pregnant before I went to school, that way I could have decided on what I wanted to do. My pregnancy affected my grades by making me sick majority of the day leavingme unable to make it to my classes. I wish I would have known so my grades wouldnt have been affected.

There was nothing I didn't know because I di visit the school prior to enrollment.

What I wanted to do with my life besides have fun. I wish I had been a better high school student. I guess I just did not realize the importance of taking a school career serious at that period of my life.

I wish I knew the value of bulk shopping.

I wish I would have known that there was going to be so few scholarships offered. I assumed because it was an in- state school for me I would be better off attending, but I probably would have gotten more help going out of state. There are very few scholarship opportunities for anyone outside of a music/theater background.

I wish i knew that there was alot of partying and distractions.

What my prospective major was going to be.

I researched the school and visited the campus before enrolling, but I was not aware of how expensive it is to live by myself. I was used to living a home with my mother.