Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Top Questions

To study and do your absolute best in your classes freshman year because your GPA will suffer terribly.

I wish I had been aware of the lack of a "community" feeling SIUe has. The school was originally a commuter school, meaning the students had little connection to the campus or each other - and it shows. The campus itself is cut off from the town by great swaths of prairie, there is little on-campus housing, poor dining options, and an unorganized club scene. Most students live off campus and out of town. All these things combined result in a student body that is disconnected from each other, from Edwardsville, and from the school itself.

I wish I would have realized how hard it would be to leave my family, and get adjusted to school two hours away.

That the teachers are not as easily accessible as they should be and that some of the teachers cannot teach.

I wish I had known more about the various fees (such as for a year-long parking pass, room and board, etc).

I wish I would have known more about what I wanted to study. Originally I choose art. I switched majors to Mass Communications. The Mass Comm department at SIUE offers great classes, but lacks assistance to students. There are never any scholarships, flexible class schedules, or major interest in your future career from your professors. There are not enough professors and class offerings to accommodate the large number of students in the program. It has been an extremely stressful four years.

I wish I had known of the many programs offered to students that have learning disabilites.

I wish that i had known what the landscape of the campus was, there are a lot of hills. Otherwise I love the campus and the school itself.

I wish that I had known what the campus was like. I wish that that I had visited ahead of time.

I wish that i would have known that I would move a half an hour away from the school before attending, so I wouldn't have to drive that far everyday.