Hofstra University Top Questions

I wish I had known how to finance my life better. It is very difficult to financially be stable especially in an independent environment. To understand the meaning of finance is to know how to control his or her expenses and his or her income. At a university, it is difficult to keep up the grades and have income at the same time. Therefore, I wish I had known and had honed the skills I need to stay in school by maintaining my finances.

How people range in their academic motivations

That the school has alot of students that commute and alot of people go home on the weekends.

the lame required liberal arts classes

The Long Island culture.

How important it is to take advantage of the extra-curricular opportunities available exclusively to freshmen and stay on campus during the weekends.

that college would cost so much

I wish I knew that in order to get a scholarship you needed to be out of high school at least a year in order for your SAT scores to be ignored for evaluation. I graduated high school with a 98.3 GPA and ranked 76 out 456 students, but since I am not quite as good on standardized tests as one would like, I did not get scholarship when I transfered here because it was during the spring of my freshman year.

how many people smoke ok campus its gross

I wish I had known more people before coming here because the school tends to be very cliquey and students form social groups very fast.

That the administrators don't cooperate well with students.

drinking is the main activity and there are many people who are use to having everything done for them

Nothing. I love it there.

I wish that I had known that on campus was the only pretty area, the surrounding area is not pretty and not safe. It becomes a problem once you want to move off campus.

The number one social activity is going to "The bar".

I wish I knew how important it was to have a job to keep up with social events, as well as the cost of food on campus.

I wish i had known more about the type of people who live in the area. I also wish i knew more about finincal options before going

I wish I would have known how to manage my financial aid because I still have problems with that part of attending college.