University of Rhode Island Top Questions

That I would be sucked dry of money.

I wish I had known how isolated it was. There isn't a lot of activity around the school. I also wish I had known how social the school was. I didn't feel there was a lot of school spirit and even though there are a lot of extra activities, they hardly get the recognition they deserve. Also the financial aid and enrollment services are very difficult to work with and very unorganized.

I wish I had known not to worry about making friends. I made the greatest friends in the world here and it was far from difficult as long as you get involved.

I wish I had known how much money it would cost me for books and other assortment of things. Everything is so expensive when you are on your own. I wis I had a ball-park of how much money I would have to spend, I probably would have saved more over the summer, or got a second job.

I wish I had known the amount of work you have to put in and the adjustment from high school that needs to be made.

how rural it is and how hard it is for people without cars.

That the tuition was going to go up over $4000 dollars by my junior year. It's ridiculous. I pay over 3 times as much as instate and it's annoying when they complain about their bill going up by $400 when mine goes up by like $1700. Also that there is almost no school spirit. No campus life. I wish I went to a big 10 school with football games and all.

Lack of on campus housing

Where to leave as an upperclassmen on campus.

I wish I had known how to network with professors and peers.