University of Central Arkansas Top Questions

I wish I had known how to take care of myself. My parents are both retired military and I have been supported, and sheltered. Most of the time I went home at least three or four times a week, receiving gas and spending money as well as tuition from my parents. Now, as a sophmore in college, I have decided its time I try to support myself and act like an adult. I will be getting a job, renting an apartment, buying my own food, and paying for my tuition and books. Its overwhelming, the prospect of being independent.

That it is not equally diverse and that the advising would be so terrible.

Before attending the University of Central Arkansas in the fall of 09', I wish I would have known to learn better studying habits in high school.

I wish I would have known what the real world was like. As a high school student, I was not prepared for college like a student should be. Your under strict supervision, then bam.....You have freedom to choose whether you go or not. I think students now days, need to have more opportunities to take college classes in high school and need to be taught more responsibility. College is not easy, and extremely hard if you go into it with a carefree attitude. Its very IMPORTANT. Im 30 years old and discovering that!

I wish I would've known more about the school and what it offered. It's kind of hard to learn more about the different groups and activities that go on around campus.

There were more schools in the area

I wish I had had a better understanding of the financial processes and how aid was disbursed. I hadn't done much worrying or research about money situations during college and wish I had found a job before school actually started.

I wish I had known about the division 1 Baseball team before I came to the University of Central Arkansas.

I wish I had known more about the science professors so I could pick a better one. I ended up with all hard ones.

I wish I had known that I didn't want to be a Business Major.