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I wish I knew how to plan out my classes better for these four years of my undergraduate degree.

Before I came to the University of Rhode Island I wish I had been more aware about the space in a dorm room. Growing up I always had my own room which was decent sized so it was okay to have many things and it came as a shock to me when I was moving in with how much stuff I had. Only bring things that you need to college at first, or want desperately, but be careful of the excess "might" needs.

The course selecetion at URI is extremely self directed for a liberal arts major. I sometimes wished there was more structure so these students could be guided to take a wide variety of classes in different subject areas.

I wish I knew living on campus makes making friends alot easier.

I had decided to live with my best friend from high school upon coming to this school. I put myself in a social bubble throughout the first semester of my freshman year of college because I thought that I had all that I needed. However, I know now that this school has given me so many opportunities to meet new people and make even more lifelong friends.

Before attending the University of Rhode Island I wish I had known that the weather was going to be so cold. As silly as that sounds, the weather in the New England states can be brutal.

I wish I had known how much fun I was going to have and how much I was going to learn so I wouldn't have been so worried.

I wish I knew many things before attending the University of Rhode Island. First I wish I knew how vital it was to have a pair of rain boots. My first week of college it rained so much and I had nothing to keep my feet dry! What made it worse is that URI is one big hill, so when you go to class the rain is streaming down like a river and soaking you to your knees! Also I wish I knew not to sell your textbooks back to the bookstore because they don't give you anything!