University of New Mexico-Main Campus Top Questions

We've all heard how college is pricey but what I didn't know was just HOW expensive it is. For instance, I live on campus and what I wish I knew was for first year freshmen who live on campus, you're required to have a $1,200 meal plan. This was not something that they tell you when you're signing up. It's not something they tell you when you get the acceptance letter. It's something you find out when you're looking for a place to stay. No wonder housing at Casas Del Rio (where I'm located) is your cheapest option...

I wish I had had a more comprehensive knowledge of the resources (advisors, et cetera) on campus. They're all great, and I would have jumped in immediately to take advantage if someone had told me beforehand.

I would have liked to known that the curriculum wasn't as tough as I would have liked. My personality needs to be challenged and this school had a weak investment in education because of the lowered standards to pass more students. This school has a large percentage of hispanic students that have to drop out after the first semester or year because of the lack of participation in academic work and carelessness of contributing to making the school a better place for academics.

That's a hard one as the school was very good about informing me about all that I needed to know. I think one thing is just learning your way around the system. I mean they give you the information about each department, you just need to know when to go to which one when. Like logging in on the system, you need to do it multiple times a day to be sure you don't miss any information or to keep up with what is happening. Just little things like that you learn as you go.

Before I attended the University of New Mexico, I had done my research in where I wanted to attend for my undergradate education. Put simply, I knew what I was getting myself into, before I attended the school.

What the University may have to offer me specifically.

I wish I would have known how tough it was going to be to juggle everything. Before college I had always heard my older friends talk about the fact that you had three choices: good grades, plenty of sleep, and a social life...you could only choose two. I never really took them seriously until I got here and realized that having a job, going to school full time, maintaining a healthy sleep schedule, and time to hang out with your friends and do community activities is a hard balancing act.

I wish I had known that the academic advisors don't always guide you in the best manner possible. Investigate things for yourself!!

How frustrating the big classes can be and how unhelpful the staff and some professors are.

I believe the most important lesson I have learned this year is that as a student living away from home for the first time, there is no one there to motiviate, no mother nagging to get homework, no father asking to read essays or to complete poster projects, or, perhaps the most missed of all for me, the often not-so-gentle reminder to START STUDYING ALREADY. I wish I had left home with the assurance and the knowledge that I would not miss these reminders, and, more importantly, to not need them so constantly in school.