University of Iowa Top Questions

that grades and studying would be this important and parting can hurt in bad. so basically i wish i didn't learn it the hard way. highschool did not prepare me for college. and i also wish i would've known that no one is going to tell you if you miss an assignment or if you are doing well or bad. no one cares if you succed or fail, you need to find self motivation.

i wish i had known how really expensive it is. If i would have known how much i would be struggling financially i would have looked for more scholarships during high school.

I wish I would have had a better sense of what the climate would be like at a huge college. It amazes me now to see so many kids who don't try or even study. They seems not to realize how much college is costing them(or their parents) and how important their collegiate record will be in garnering a job after graduation. I also wish that I would have known how unfriendly a major college like Iowa is. I now wonder if life would have been better at a small private college.

How easy it was for me to fit right in regardless of my age. How the hours it fit in with my schedule outside of school having 4 children in school and 1 not of school age. I wish I had know about them years ago i probably wouldn't have waited so long to continue my education.

I don't feel that I was unprepared in any way when it comes to attending the university itself. I was a transfer student and was able to easily assimilate into a friend group suitable to my interests, and I adjusted to my classes quite well. I only wish I had been more prepared to manage my personal finances before moving out of the house. I did not save my money well my first semester away from home.

I had a pretty good idea of what type of school Iowa was going to be and I love everything about it

Some of the things I wish I had known before attending college include knowing the buildings, realizing how difficult choosing courses is, and how independent one must become. Some of the buildings around campus are fairly large, so acknowledging the blueprint of rooms would have been helpful, but there was always a friendly face to help guide me. I wish I would have been set in my decisions regarding classes, it starts the educational journey off on the right foot. One thing students will likely gain in college is independence, which I believe has definitely made me a better person.

I wish I would've known who I was before I came to this school. This school showed me such a different view of the world. It showed me different ways people live their lives. I wish I could have seen this before I came to school, because then I wouldn't have had to go through changes in college. I could have come here set on who I was, but I'm glad the University of Iowa gave me that experience.

I wish I had known that college is not all that different from high school. As long as you successfully manage your time and truly make an effort, college is not extremely difficult.

How big of a leap it would be from where I'm from (Washington state). It caught me off guard.