Northern Arizona University Top Questions

I wish I had known how small the actual city of flagstaff is, and how cold it gets in the winter.

It has an amazing area for hiking, bikin and anything outdoors your heart deires. It is at 7000 feet so it is a great place to stay/get in shape. I issed out on most o this for my first year. Plus, there is an Aspen tree forrest ou hae to go see. Ask a local...a real local and they shoul know.

how cold it got here. And that there was a majority of white poeple.

I wish I had known what my passion was. To be able to come in and say " This is what I love and I want to have this incorperated into the rest of my life. " College is a place to explore and create new opportunities, and one I would have loved to take would to delve in deeper to my passions and learn new aspects of them and challenge myself. I now know they are photography and dance, yet it would have been helpful to know before entering college.

That the cost of living is so high.

There are two things that I would have liked to know before I came to NAU. The first one is to bring a fan, Flagstaff is an environment that doesn't need air conditioning but there can be some days where it gets hot! Secondly, I would have liked to know the importance of introducing myself and getting to know my instructors as early as possible. My instructors are knowledgeable and have had prior experience in the fields that I plan on pursuing. Their advice is invaluable during school and their recommendation will be invaluable after school.

I wish I had known to bring a bike! Although I had heard a little bit about transportation on this campus, I didn't know exactly how many people relied on bikes. The campus is actually rather small and extremely bike accessible.

I would have liked to know more about the professors on campus and how the classes are ran. It would have been nice to know an upper-classman that was already a student there so I could hear their thoughts. Campus tours give you a very skewed view of the school, whereas an actual student that wasn't there to give tours could have given me a more accurate representation.

I live two and a half hours away from NAU and I did not realize going up that I could come home whenever I chose. There were several weekends, especially on the holidays, when most of campus was gone. It would have helped my fear of leaving my original home! I also did not realize how well-developed the school is in tutoring, providing resources, and opening doors of opportunity for all aspects of a students life. I brought too much extra food, extra supplies, and extra "worry" that I would not be as satisified as I am now.

I wished I had known more about the study abroad program, because I probably would have planned ahead and been able to do it. I also wish I had known about jobs offered on campus; then I would have applied for them. If I knew more about the town of Flagstaff, I would have gotten involved much earlier in the community and things the city offers, like the art walk and dancing in the square.

I wish I'd known how difficult it is to get a job in Flagstaff, or on campus, before attending NAU. I also wish I'd had an incling of how expensive alot of housing off campus can be.

I wish I got more involed with student instruction programs and tutoring.

Other students. I was not from Flagstaff and I wish I would have known other people.

More information on the study abroad program.

The cost of living.

There is really not much I could have done. I still have to commute 40 minutes to get to campus.

I wish I had known more about financial aid. Paying for school by ones self is not only hard, but distracting from school at times. When one must worry about the expenses of college it takes away from the precious time that should be devoted to studying and keeping a level mind during rough times at school. None the less I believe that I have academically excelled while having the worries that I do have.

I would have wished to know that the cold weather during the late fall and early spring semester are very disorienting for people used to warmer climates.

How hard it would be to be a Christian on campus.

More people! I came to this school from a completely different state. I made a few good friends right away, but I somtimes wish I had come to college with a friend or two from high school.