Georgia State University Top Questions

To never give up! Obtaining a degree is better than working a full-time job dealing with miserable co workers.

I wish I would have known that my anxiety leading up to move-in day was something that all other students were facing if they wanted to admit it or not. I wish I would have been more prepared to fathom the costs of college. I wish I would have worked less at my minumum wage job and focused more in school. Georgia State is AWESOME but its very challenging like any other college. Word of Advice: Always have a goal and try your best to stick to it, but stay open-minded!

That my major was very small and that the details about its nature were left out of the online location on gsu's website.

I wish I had known a little more about the opportunities that the GSU offered. They had a ton of information handed out at their student orientation, INCEPT, but it didn't do much to tell me before coming on campus about the rainbow of student groups and clubs that they offered before being accepted.

I wish that my high school teachers would have better prepared me for college. I also wish that I had known my way around the school before I started, because there are still some parts that I haven't been to yet, and I hope that my next three years are even greater than this one.

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There is one thing I wish I had known before I came to Georgia State, and that is knowledge of financial aid. When I started applying to GSU there were many problems with financial aid. Eventually the problems sorted out, but if I had more knowledge of the process, the application would have been much smoother with maybe, better results.

One thing I wished I had known would be to dress for the weather.

I wish I had know how expensive the manditory fees were going to be.

Security is very tight in Housing. Research all the resources (offices, scholarships, etc.) available to students. Download the GSU app - it comes with a newsfeed, campus map, and lots more! Avoid joining a Freshman Learning Community your first year (they will try to pressure you in to it.) If you will not receive the HOPE Scholarship, do well your first semester and reapply. It will save you 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of your tuition dollars.

It is intimidating at first but once you meet friends it's fun! I love my time here and plan to get more involved on campus soon.

I wish I knew how much I would gain from being at Georgia State University. Truly, I have experienced a lot at this school and I am thankful for the experience.

I wish I knew about the summer program they have for freshman; because I would have joined the program, to help me become more accustomed to the school. As well as learn helpful tips and bits and pieces of information that I need to know, to help me succeed to my full potential my freshman year of college.

i wish i had known there were people in my classes that i could get along with. i spent half of the year trying to find those exact kind of people. i wouldve found them sooner if i had just looked past their apperance.

I wish someone would have helped me choose my classes, because my counselor was no help.

Even though I love Georgia State, I wish I knew how many students went home on the weekends. Since most of the students commute, it is not easy to meet up with classmates to study or just hang out. On top of that, the students who do live on campus are never in the dorms on weekends and most of the time I am stuck studying by myself for my assignments for the upcoming week. It is the second largest university in Georgia, but after noon on Fridays it is a ghost town.

It would have been good to know early on about all the clubs available in school before the semester started. That way, instead of wasting time searching for what is there while already focusing on studies in the middle of the semester, I would already know what was there and check out what there at the beginning, which is convienent.

I wish that I was diligent enought to work with an academic advisor to aid me in taking the most benefit in my academic studies.

I wish I had known how easy it is to loose scholarships in college. I didnt realize how expensive tuition and housing are and I'm not used to having to make straight A's to stay in school. In high school I was content with having a B average but now it is difficult to keep my GPA up so that I can keep going to school.

I wish I knew about HOPE that helps students to pay for college tuition.