University of California-Irvine Top Questions

I wish I had known how difficult it was for a student as an “undecided major” to graduate with a usable degree due to the limitability of exposure to other classes, departments and the lack of assistance from counselors and advisors.

Parking is ridiculously expensive

I wish I knew how costly this university would be. I was expecting college to be expensive, but not this expensive. Housing, food, books, and even basic school supplies all add up to be a pretty penny.

How to form strong study habits and learn how to procrastinate less. High school study habits die hard if you never had study habits in the first place, same goes for procrastination but thats a common trait in all students. The point being, a good study method that works for oneself can make studying less tedious and more effective leaving time for other tasks.

It has no college town atmosphere

I wish I would have known that I should have not finished all of my GE's so early in my university career so that I would have a balance between my required classes for my major and my general education courses. I wish I would have known you could take a general education requirement course as a pass or no pass. And I wish I would have known all the available resources I had to my disposition, as well as having a back up plan when classes fill up quickly.

I wish that I knew more about what the school has to offer. There are tons of clubs on campus, but I've only heard about a handful and none of which interest me. I know that there has to be one club on campus that will draw my interest but as of now none have. I want to get the full experience out of college and I feel that knowing what else beside academics a school has to offer wiould help anyone get the college experience they deserve.

I wish I had known it was a commuter schoool. I think I should have already known that based on my tour, but I did not find this out until later.

I wish I had known all of the different opportunities I could have taken to familiarize myself with the campus and it's different organizations so I could get involved in more things quicker than I did. Also, I wish I had known all the ways while still in high school that I could have advanced my education such as going part time or in the summer to a community college to gain college credits beforehand just to open up more space for your class schedule once you arrive at UCI.

I wish I had learned the layout of the school before coming out here. I visited a few times, but never really knew where everything was. I constantly have to refer back to the map just to know if I'm going the right way!