University of Maryland-University College Top Questions

I wish I would have known about the cyber security competitions. UMUC has a great cyber security team that competes in contests yearly, and that is something that looks like a lot of fun. If I had of known about it then I would of prepared myself much sooner before enrolling.

I wish I would have checked for the tuition cost before starting this College.

I wish I understood how much self discipline I would need to be successful.

I wished that I would have gone sooner.

I wish I had known about scholarship opportunities to help pay for tuition.

I wish i would have known that some of my professors are overseas. It made language courses with online chats very hard.

I wish I had known about more scholarship opportunites for the first two years I was trying to stretch every dollar and was paying for a lot of my materials out of pocket.

I wish I would have known how to apply for scholarships and financial aid before attending this school because it is quite expensive.

I wish I had known how much fun online learning would be. It took me 18 years after graduating High School to enroll in college, and now that I have done so, I cannot understand why it took me so long to take the plunge!

I wish I would have known that being hard-headed is only going to make my life more difficult. No matter what, the requirements for the degree remain the same as well as the requirements to pass the courses. Everyone needs an academic foundation, so it is important to but forth your best effort in all courses, not just the one you are interested in taking. Becoming a college graduate is very important to my future and I recently graduated from community college and am now finishing my four year degree!