California State University-Fullerton Top Questions

I wish I would have gone to a conselor immediately at CSUF after transfering from a community college. I created positive and helpful realtionships to help me along the way through community college, as compared to the little relationships I built with conselors and staff at CSUF. I needed so much help at CSUF and had multiple advisors help me. I wish I would have built on the relationships at CSUF to help me, specificlly help making important decisions and guidance with whom to speck to. I felt more secure and trusting with the conselors I made strong relationships with.

I wish I would have known about the parking structure of this school. Finding a parking spot is incredibly difficult unless making sure you are getting there one hour before your first class. To help minimize this problem the school is currently building a new parking structure. This will relieve the stress of finding a parking spot. Parking is incredibly important unless dorming at school.

I wish I had known what I wanted to study, because there are so many options. Each time I switched my major I had to restart, and I only lengthened the time I was going to be at Fullerton. I also wish I knew how to effectively study because academic struggles during my first couple of years. If you do not know how to propperly study then it is very hard to pass classes.

I wish I would have known more about the school (because it is a commuter school, it doesn't quite feel like the whole "college experience").

I wish that I had made a three-year class schedule to myself so that I can effectively allocate my energy and time. More importantly, I can use my summer/winter break for career development. The classes that I have completed would affect my intern offers.

The only thing was I tried to be ahead of the game and with the classes i choose and the required books they said you needed, I ended up spending almost $500 and really only needed one of the seven books they required I buy. So I know now to wait until the class starts then really see what is needed and save money.

Its still a university, so do your work early and you wont have to fight 3 times as hard to try and pass.

Not to believe in stereotypes of women's place in society. That women can have viable careers and lead a life other than that of a housewife. There are career options in the visual arts more than a starving artist. Art can communicate messages like no other medium because people respond to visual messages in profound ways.

The high cost of a college education today. I knew that it was expensive, but I didn't know it in a true personal sense. And also how much discipline you need to stay focused with so many distractions of the college experience.

I wish I had known exactly what I wanted to do.

I wish I had known that this school is best described as a commuter school. I would have tried harder to get on-campus housing. Don't take this to mean that people don't see each other after class or outside of school, however. If anything, we socialize on and off campus, and many people live on apartments with comfortable walking distance to the school.

The Dorms aren't fun or like a community, and the on campus activities are bad.

I wish I had known how important it was to attend every class and spend all of my free time studying. My first year, I didn't take it seriously enough. However, I was able to make up for it and I get almost all A's now and I truly enjoy learning and attending school.

The various degree programs available. That the counselors are not very helpful for general education and it is more important to go to your major advisor.

i wish i had known that CSUF has great major AND GE advisors that will talk you through everything you need to do to graduate. i also wish i had known that the career center really helps to guide you to what you want to do in the future and takes you through step by step.

I wish I had known that the number of dorms available is very low. There is a waiting list to get a dorm and if you live close to the school there is a good chance you won't get a dorm.

Take everything seriously.

I wish i would have known the housing was more expensive then I thought. I also thought there was going to be more housing oppurtunities available.

That business is a big part of my college campus.

I wish I had a better understanding of the ins and outs of what it takes to graduate. If I had known the advantages of things like intercession/summer school, I could have graduated a lot sooner. Although the standards were layed out initally, there were a lot of sub context that wasn't as well explained, which I feel left me a little chaotic til my last semester.