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.