Chapman University Top Questions

I wish I had known more about the enviornment. I only visited the school once before I came, and I didn't have a chance to see school in session. I also would've liked to know that there is no cellphone reception in the buildings.

That proximity to home is nothing to worry about. You won't lose your old friends or get incurably, disablingly homesick, especially after the first month or so, and living out of state or not should not change anything. There is something to love and something to complain about everywhere you could possibly go.

The type of people that attend and that dorming freshman year is important to making friends for the rest of the college experience. Many of the students pay a lot of attention to the way they look every day and the style/brand they are sporting.

How having a car isn't necessary but makes things a lot easier

How to apply for more financial aid, and sign up for more varied classes.

I wish I had known how small the campus was going to be.

Nothing! I love Chapman. It is a great school.

How unfair professors can be sometimes. How it's better and cheaper to just go to a junior college the first few years.

That I wanted to pursue the digital arts, specifically 3D. That way, I wouldn't have spent the first two years in the dark.

Psychology majors need to go to graduate school to do something in that field.

I wish I had known that there is not much of a social scene and if you don't join a frat or a sorority, your weekend activities are limited.

Nothing really, I'm pretty happy with my situation

How hard each class was and how much time you need to dedicate to each one.

That it is even better than what I could have ever expected - except for the high tuition.

I wish I had known the amount of money it was going to cost me. A lot of the reason it ended up costing me more than I expected was that my personal situation changed a lot, not necessarily because of the school. I could have gone to schools of the same quality for cheaper. I love it here, but I dislike the financial situation I am currently in. I also wish I didn't come to college without any idea what I wanted to do as a career. Advisors didn't really help much here.