University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Top Questions

Now that I'm in college there are a few things I wish I would have perfected or known. First, I wish I would have learned how to study in a way that worked best for me. Secondly, I wish I would have known that professors aren't scary and that it's worth your while to talk to them during their office hours even if you don't have a question about the reading or any homework. Good study habits and forming a relationship with your professors are two mandatory tools for success in college.

You must be fiercely independent because no one is there to help you except for you

better studying techniques, how to prep for exams better. The cost of living and surviving, and an easy way to find a job.

I wish I had known how how it is to find a good adviser.

I wish I'd known how hard it is to get As on the honors track. I had to drop out because my GPA was too low for graduate schools to consider me.

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I wish I would have known that even though it is a large campus and there is a lot of diversity, it does not necessarily make it easier to meet people. Sometimes I feel it would have been easier to meet people at a smaller school.

I wish i had known how much it actually cost to recieve a good education, that way i would have been able to save my money. Maybe that way i wouldn't have needed to get a student loan.

How crappy the charge fees are. How they take like 1k or more off from stupid fees that we don't benifit from.

I wish I had known to get a job as early in the semester as possible, because the online job search doesn't get back to you about positions on campus until at least a month later, which is very annoying. This applies to jobs on-campus--I should have just started working at UDS right away while I waited for responses on other positions. Not the ideal job, but it's easy money.