Grand Valley State University Top Questions

I wish I had known that College is an all round lifestyle. Everyone told me college was time to study and work hard and there was no time for other activities. Little did I know, that college is about balancing life, and the skills I learn from that are used throughout our lives, no matter what major I decide to do. I need time to look at my phyiscal, mentakl and social life and college was there to teach me that, which I was not expecting.

I wish that I would have done in-depth research on possible fields of study that I was pontentially interested in. One of the reasons for attending Grand Valley was because it is Liberal Arts school. This meant that I could take general education courses until I figured out exactly what I wanted to do. The truth is that for every class you take money is being spent. College is an investment, and it should be taken very seriously. If this was explained to me before attending, I would have thought more wisely about the courses I needed to take.

I wish I would have taken more AP classes in high school, to get me more prepared for college. I wish I would have known how much homework there really is and how much time homework consumes out of my day.

I wish I would have known that I would actually miss the people that went to high school with but I would also meet great individuals at college.

I wish I had known what "lake effect" is truly like.

The total out of pocket expenses , and other scholarships available.

All is good and happy with this school.

I wish that I had known that I would be attending the second toughest school in the state.

What can one wish to have known, in retrospect? I admire my university and was impressed with the ease that students are accepted in and made to feel at home. I can not think of anything that would have been good for me to know that I did not. Some of the glamour and excitement of coming to a new school is its mystery; my experience in starting at Grand Valley was appropriately stimulating.

I wish I knew that the campus dies down on the weekends.