Marquette University Top Questions

Before coming to Marquette University, I wish that I had looked into all of the opportunities to meet students at the beginning of the year. Marquette offers great programs for their students, as in a "Preview" to Marquette, which is an opportunity for incoming freshman to come to campus and meet other incoming freshman before the school year starts. There was also a Christian Leadership Retreat, which was another opportunity to connect with other freshman. These opportunities were all available, but I did not take action to learn more about them and participate in them.

I wish I would had known the actual worklaod and how much effort the "average " student there actually had to put in. I transferred in to Marquette, so my last school was a lot easier. When I got to Marquette I was caught off guard and at one point felt in over my head. Now I know that at Marquette you don't need to be smart but just be detemine to put in a lot of hard work to succeed.

I wish I knew back in high school the degree I wanted to work toward before I went off to college. It was not until the summer after my senior year that I knew what I wanted to do for a living. By the time I started college, I had to take some classes that I could have taken in high school, such as anatomy. Though I would not have received any college credits for taking anatomy in high school, my college anatomy courses would have been much simpler.

When applying for college, I was very occupied researching possible areas of study that I could pursue. Marquette offers many opportunities and excellent programs for a wide variety of studies, and the staff works very hard with students who are unsure of what they would like to do. I wish that I had known that a career decision did not need to be made by Day One of college, and that I could have taken time to see what truly interested me.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would inform myself that Marquette University was definitely the right school for me. After visiting friends at numerous other colleges and comparing their schools to Marquette, I am certain I made the right choice. Due to the incredible connections and knowledge the professors at Marquette obtain, the sense of belonging, community and friendships I've made thus far (that I know will last the rest of my life) and the academic achievement I've gained, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Before I came to this school I wish I had known that there are so many nice and friendly students and faculty. If I had known this, I would not have been so nervous before starting school. Instead, I would have realized that there was nothing to be nervous about because the people at Marquette are more than willing to help you with the transition into college life.

I wish I had considered how long and hard I will have to work after graduating to pay off the debt I am accumulating, and whether it was worth it to me.

I wish I had known that I would be so alone.

I wish I had a better idea of what the differences in the types of engineering offered at the school were.

I wish I knew how expensive things are in the city.

Before coming to Marquette University I wished I would have known that there was going to be a lake near by. This would have impacted my decision even more about coming to Marquette or not. I also wish that I would have known that the professors at Marquette were friendly and easy to talk to along with being very helpful.

You'll meet people that will become your life-long friends.

I wish I had discovered ear plugs sooner. Coming from a rural town to the middle of a city it was an adjustment to get used to the noises native to this area especially in a high traffic area.

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I wish I had known how competitive it would be so that I would have applied myself more during high school. Otherwise, nothing has shocked me in a negative way, and what I've learned has been a positive, growing experience.

a lot of the students come from the same areas. Like, a suburbe of Chicago, some place in Wisconsin, or even Milwaukee itself.

You may not make friends in class, but don't worry. Friends will come. Orientation is slightly overwhelming and made me really homesick, but once school started and I got into my routine I found wonderful friends who I can go to for anything. I wish I had known what I wanted to major in because I switched many times, but that is the nature of college, so don't stress!

A lot of walking, especially in the cold winter

I wish I knew how much time playing a varsity sport would take up outside of practices. Soccer came first, and then school. The program forgot the meaning of a "student-athlete."

That I didn't need to be a biology major to become a dentist. I could have majored in anything.