Colorado State University-Fort Collins Top Questions

How hard the sciences are! I love science and love my school, but CSU is very difficult. I'm happy with 3.6 GPA in college though compared to my 3.0 in high school.

How my financial aid worked. I did not really understand the system until junior year, when I realized how much money I was racking up.

I wish I would of known how much time I was going to have to devote to my studies outside of class. coming from high school and then a junior college I didn't really have to study all that much, but at CSU studying outside of class is a big part of you success.

Before I came to CSU I wish I knew what the dorm I was going to be living in looked like. I live in Edwards and if I knew about the bathrooms and how it looks like a dungeon I would have picked to like elsewhere.

Job opportunities for the first year.

That it is a lot harder than I thought it would be, but worth it. To try hard and not give up, but also not to worry too much.

I wish that I would have known about the Greek life at Colorado State University before I came to school. Although Greek life on the campus is relatively small compared to schools in the south, it is still a strong organization. The sororities are small enough that you can really get to know your sisters as well as most of the other Greeks, which makes events more fun. We can all get together on campus for a guest speaker and all get along and have fun together without the ?sibling? rivalry.

Before I came to Colorado State Universtiy I would have probably liked to know just how energetic and lively the campus and the whole Fort Collins area was. Instead I was in a new place expecting a whole different situation and wasn't expecting to be able to adapt as well as I have. If I would have known how great the community here was I probably would have been more calm and prepared to start classes, meet new people, and find really cool places to hang out at and study with friends.

Coming to college one has the chance for a fresh start and a chance to reinvent oneself. I wish I had known how important it is to stay true to yourself and what you believe. I wish I had known how important a good nights sleep is and the folly of procrastination. Mostly, I wish I had memorized the dining hall open hours.

I wish I had known all of the different majors offered at CSU, as I changed majors sophomore year to better suit my goals. If I had known that a Family and Consumer Sciences Education concentration major was offerend at the time that I applied to CSU, I would have saved thousands of dollars. Take some time to look at each different college within Colorado State, and at each major offered within that college - it could save thousands.