Utah Valley University Top Questions

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

Andrew

How much it would cost it is little but still cost alot for a student but cheaper than the bigger schools is utah

Tiffany

More about the different degrees available.

Michael

That some courses in the behavioral science department require service learning.

Israel

I wish I would have known how to study more, what area of study I wanted to go into and what classes are necessary for that area.

Karlie

That the students are so laid back! I had no idea that the students AND professors would be so nice and welcoming. All I heard about college teachers were that they were so mean and unforgiving, but it's been the opposite for me. It's been so refreshing after going to high school for 4 years. I didn't know that I would actually enjoy going to school, either. It's been a wonderful experience.

Curtis

I wish I'd known how much better college is than high school. It may have led me to work harder back then so I could have been farther ahead. High school was discouraging and demotivating. Teachers were tired, students were bored. College is full of people who are there to learn and help one another to succeed. Both teachers and students have a genuine interest in bettering themselves and society as a whole. Go to college !

Melissa

What the true meaning of responsibility was. It took me a good three years for responsibility to finally take on meaning. And when it finally did, I realized I missed all sorts of opportunities for growth and learning.

Clarissa

Before coming to Utah Valley University I wish I had known how big the school is. It is a big college with not a lot of students and so even though some of the classrooms are large there normally isn't more than half filled. I like the large classroom size, but for some weird reason the emptiness of it distracts me sometimes. In some of the classrooms that are a bit smaller it is nice to be more one on one with the professor.

Karen

I wish I had known that UVU has small class sizes and that all of the main campus buildings are connected, as this would have helped me to be even more excited about coming to school. The cozy, homey atmosphere of this university helps students, especially me, to enjoy school, rather than dread it.

Bethany

How to get involved with student programs and student government committees.