Grand Valley State University Top Questions

I wish I knew more about the gen ed courses I would/would not be required to take.

Theme classes that students have to take

How many general education classes there are because Grand Valley is a Liberal Arts schoo.

I wish I had more information about how to get scholarships after freshman year. I feel that I could have qualified for some, but I did not really know the steps to take.

How focused they were on writing and the amount of papers I would have to write in comparison to the amount of time I would spend doing hands on activities or learning information that I would actually use in my career. How much it would "really" cost to go to this school.

That it was so windy out here. I wish I knew it'd have been better to live on campus from the start, not commute. It is much easier to meet people and study and use the facilities if you live right on campus.

I wish I'd known it would be difficult to learn to live in a dorm with somebody else.

I wish I knew more about different programs to get into such as the Honors program for women with science and math majors.

When I was a freshman I never understood that you control your destiny at college. How ever much you want to be involved is up to you. If you want to be the party animal or the classroom stud you can be. At GVSU we have a campus that will allow you to get help whne you need it but you must not be to pridefull and ask for help.

I am glad I came in with only the knowledge I had; for as many complaints I have about the school and its largely unpleasant student body, I would not want anything to turn me off of attending school here because of all the fantastic colleagues and professers I have been able to share my time with within the department of music.