University of Washington-Seattle Campus Top Questions

I wish I was sure of what i wanted to major in so that when I registered for classes I would not have trouble deciding what to take. I also would have wished I knew more about financial aid because it was a little difficult figuring out how loans worked.

my major

How the finanacial aid system worked.

How cut-throat things really are. Getting into your major probably won't be easy unless you're very, very good at what you do.

I knew everything

That it's very difficult to really get a feel for what you want to major in, because there's a lot of pressure to pick a major immediately. It helps a lot to know what you want to do before you come to college.

I wish i had come into college with a major and career in mind. That way I would have extra motive and drive to excel in my studies because I would have a goal I was working towards. I took a lot of classes that were uninteresting and that I had no passion for, which was a waste of time and money and took a toll on my GPA.

I wish I knew how to study correctly.

I wish I had time to figure out how to plan my 4 years to double major, be athletic, and have an internship every year to get work experience

I wish I had realized what a big school it would be. The dorms are so far apart that I didn't even see my friends from high school very often. Compared to high school, it can be really lonely.