University of Washington-Seattle Campus Top Questions

I wish I had known college is not that easy. You really need to do the work, otherwise you can't succeed.

large class sizes at the beginning for general ed courses

That it is important to attend as many social activities as you can to network with others.

I wish I would've known to get my language requirements out of the way early! I waited until my senior year and almost didn't graduate. Also, that you can overload classes by emailing the professor during registration.

I never knew it would be this overcast...

I wish I had known about how slippery slick red square was so I hadn't slipped the first day it rained!

The area surrounding the University is very unsafe.

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That this school has a very heavy emphasis on research. Therefore, professors have very limited and interest for their students. Classes available to the freshmen are usually very big, 200 plus students per class. Even though some professors take the time and try to reach their students, it's just not possible with the size of classes. Usually only upper-level classes have 40 or less students.

I wish I knew that time management skills used in high school is very different from college. You have to put more effort and time into studying in order to learn the materials. Learning in college is at a much faster pace than high school, therefore you have to allow yourself enough time to do everything you want in one day. You must be more organized and on top of things. There is no teacher or parent there to remind you to turn off the TV and study!