University of California-Irvine Top Questions

How I am going to pay off my student loans, and how I will pay to live on campus next year.

I wish I had already known a lot of freshman before coming to Irvine. I wish I had more connections; since there are very few people from my highschool here in Irvine, I had to push myself and create brand new relationships. I never consider a disadvantage as an excuse to quit what I'm trying to accomplish. If you search and you can't find something important, then search elsewhere. Since I'm a business major, it is important for me to make as much friends as possible; making a noise in the crowd will get you noticed.

I wish I had known that UCI has Business Administration major. I like Business Economics, but I think Business Administration suits me better.

I wish I had known about certain major requirements and which major I was really interested in because it could have saved me a lot of time and effort since I took classes I did not entirely need to. That is not to say that I did not enjoy them or benefitted from them, but it would have been helpful if I was not travelling so aimlessly. Especially since I intend to study abroad and I will need to plan ahead in order to utilize my time and effort to its optimum level.

I wish I had known what colleges want from students. I knew that grades were important but now I know that there are many different things colleges like from potential students.

I wish I had known that it was mostly a commuter school, besides that, nothing. I did intensive research on the school before I chose to attend here.

Before entering college, I wish I would have known about the dynamics of this college. Coming from a small town, I was in a culture shock coming to UCI. There were many asians that I have never met before, but I love it!

I wish that someone had told me that the first few days will be awkward and to embrace the awkwardness. I wish that I had been more open so that I could meet many more new people. I wish someone had told me that campus life can be a very new and exciting experience, and that it is nothing like high school.

I wish I would've known more about their clubs. Clubs are a great way to meet people and get involved with school. UCI has a lot of clubs and a huge club rish at the beginning of the school year, I sort of brushed over a lot of them and now I regret that

Before coming here, I wish I could've known what a great school UCI is. I thought of UCI as one of my backup schools, therefore I was not entirely ecstatic to attend. If I had known of the great possibilities and opportunities, I would have spent less time frustrated with my high school academics. In addition to this, I wish I had known that the Science Library always runs out of toilet paper during finals week. Thank goodness a friend had napkins that I could use instead!