Kent State University at Kent Top Questions

I wish I would have been more prepared for bigger lecture classes especially coming from a smaller high school. Also I wish I would have known about all the different groups and/or fraternities/sororities prior to attending Kent State to be prepared to get involved because once you become overwhelmed with school you lose those goals.

That going back to school is not so scary as I thought it would be.

I wish I would have known how amazing the library was!

I wish I would have known that there is literally nothing around campus to do.

I wish I had known not to doubt myself and my morals. When I entered college I had ideas of what I would be interested in, but was never certain. I wasted time trying to figure out I might like for a career, and realized almost too late that a career in history and politics, though not "practical," would be the only thing that would make me happy. In addition to my career resolution, I wish I had learned to stand up for myself sooner and be more confident in my abilities and what I believed in.

To be totally honest, I am happy with the way things worked out for my my first year of college. Granted, I made quite a few mistakes my first year such as getting lost, saying the wrong thing to a professor or hanging out with the wrong types of people. Yet because of all my mistakes, I learned strong lessons on how to be a better, more intelligent person. If I had to tell myself something, I would just tell me to relax, enjoy the year and be the person I want to be someday.

Apply for any and all scholarships. Every little bit helps. In college you realize that there are many things you have to pay for on a daily basis. Budgeting and saving money is the key for financial stability.

I wish I would have known the the tips and tricks for survyving college. I didn't do so great my first year because I was so overwhelmed.

I wish I had known just how important it was to get study habits set for college. In high school my habits were not as great as they could have been and becuase of this I believe that if I had focused more on my studies instead of the friends and relationships I had I might have done better and would be even more prepared for college.

The first thing I would tell myself is that I wish that I knew in high school what I know now, and with knowing that then I would be a level higher than where I am now. Before I came to this school, I did not know much of mathematics and other studies that incoming freshmans already know. But working with classmates who know and who are up on the new technology and the new math formulas, they teach me and I learn from them things that I should have known before I came to the university.