University of Arizona Top Questions

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I wish I had known that even the upper division courses would be filled with up to 200 people in a lecture hall.

I wish I had known more about the different activities and extracurriculars available as an incoming freshman.

Nothing at all. Overall my experience at the UofA has been great. I grew up in Tucson and had no surprises coming into the university.

I wish I would have known how difficult it would be to live off campus. Living off campus means I have get up 5 o'clock in the morning for an 8 am class.

I wish things had been more clear about food costs. The University's food plan website is terribly at suggesting which meal plan you should buy; no matter what it will tell you to buy the most expensive meal plan, even if you are only planning on eating one meal on campus a day. It was also hard to know how much food on campus would actually cost. Prices at the University of Arizona are not too bad but they are definitely a bit higher than out in the real world.

Before coming to this school, I wish I had known that sharing a small space with a roommate is not as bad as people make it seem. Throughout most of my life, I have had my own room with my own "everything." Before living on campus, the concept of having a roommate was advertised to me as being a difficult experience and hard to get acclimated to, but after experiencing it, it really is nothing like that. You learn to adapt to living with another person and get along just fine. It is defintely not as bad as it seems.

I wish I would have known about the facilities and programs that may have helped me through most of my first year going into college. That would've helped because it could have been easier to get around to places and make my class scheduals go through like a breeze. Also that someone would have told me about the activities you can get involved in, which is what makes the school time there to be more exciting and fulfilling. With these things, I believe that the school year may have been much more enjoyable to go through than not knowing.

There's one thing every student should know: commit yourself fully to the experience. Being immersed into an entirely new academic and social environment was the only way to learn who I am. The time spent forming friendships, which eventually led to campus involvement, and eventually to leading my own club is what led to me to what I am today - a content, eager, and passionate person ready to better the world. If I hadn't taken the time to use the resources the university gave me, then I would be a much different person, one with much lower ambitions.

I wished I would have known how popular Greek life was on campus. The first semester I was overwhelmed at how much sorority involvement there was and I almost felt as if I was missing out on some college experience. It wasn't until my second and third years that I realized that my school has so much more to offer than that.