University of Illinois at Chicago Top Questions

That the classes were so huge and that at a smaller campus I could get more attention

How big the campus was.

I wish I had known a little more about city life. It's quite easy once you get used to it, but I can be pretty intimidating at first . The school feels like its own little town in the middle of Chicago

From living in a small suburb in Illinois, I didn't know the importance of understanding other areas. I was a minority, and unhappy. Chicago has become my new home in less than three months because of how UIC opened all sorts of people. Something that I have been wanting to see in my small-town. I really wish I knew about how happy I would be here and show my home-town how we should really be.

Don't sleep in too late! I wish I would have known that making a class schedule where all of your classes don't start before noon can come back to bite you later. All of freshman and sophomore year I had this amazing schedule where I could stay up as late as I wanted because I could sleep in. When I was a Junior and started the Nursing curriculum, I had to be at the hospital at 6:45 am! Waking up that early took a long time to get used to because of my late sleeping schedule.

One aspect of life that I wish I had known more about before school is the virtue of patience. This one seemingly unimportant quality can improve the quality of the college experience more than nearly anything. From roommates to busy work, patience can aid in creating a much more stress free environment while also preparing one for what lies ahead in life. Reward comes to those who are patient and respectful, knowing that this was true would have spared be countless amounts stressing over the most miniscule events. Patience remains of the utmost importance to me.

Before going to UIC i wish that i would have known how expensive it was to start college and if i knew that i could have taken the same pre requesit clases at a community college i would have. Because it would have been much less expensive . In other words after finishing my prerec courses in a community college and saved money then i could have transfered over to UIC for the remainder of my years to follow my career.

I wish I would have know about the high standards at this school.

I wish I had known how different college was overall, not difficult but different. I thought I could continue my methods of studying that were really effetive in high school and apply them here. Well that wasn't the case. UIC is one of those shool, prospective students look forward to but half-way into their first semester they begin to experience how different it actually is. I wish I had taken dvantage of the opportunity during the summer to do the Summer Workshops to get a small taste of what college expects to better prepare myself.

Many of the students are commuters but there are a certain amount of individuals that are residents. I grew up in a small farming community and found the big city life overwhelming but enjoyable. I wish I could have had the opportunity to a workshop type thing to be able to sit in on a lecture, classroom discussion etc. Many classes are the size of my entire high school graduating class.