University of South Carolina-Upstate Top Questions

The one thing I wish I had before I started attending school was the money to afford it. When people usually tell you about school theydont really talk about the expenses. You also think you’re covered because of financial aid but not really. When you get the bill for the rest of the tuition you have to pay out of pocket you will be very surprised. The thing is you just don’t have to worry about paying the tuition back but then comes along book fees. I just plan on saving for next semester.

That some of the professor's are not going to help you and are not going to care how well you do in their class.

Before I started college, I wish that I would have known how to study properly. In high school I never had to study. Now that I am in college I have had to teach myself how to study and how to manage my time. I have learned how to balance all my work and extra activities and i has made me a more reliable and organized person. Even thought teaching myself a new skill was very time consuming, it was worth it.

I wish I had a stronger grasp on english and grammar. Writing is one of the most important parts of a college education. I could have excelled in a foreign language if I had known my own better.

That the administration is not very helpful and they don't communicate with the students very well about acceptance requirements and deadlines.

More about how to get involeved and the diffrent activities they offered on campus. And things to do around the city the school is in.

I wish I would've known what was expected of me. For example I knew it wasn't high school but freshman year the work load was about the same. Then going into sophomore year it changed completely and work was just piled ceiling high. I also wish I would've known that there was nothing to do in Spartanburg.

I wish that I had known the difficult that I would have finding financial aid after my freshman year of college. With the economy in the distress that it is in, it is very hard to find a way to help pay for school.

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There is not anything different I would have done.