Ohio University-Main Campus Top Questions

Honestly, I wish I would have realized how hard it would be to visit home as often as I wanted to. I enjoy being able to live on my own and get to experience life, but I wish visiting my family wasn't so difficult. I wish I knew that being three hours from home would take such a toll.

The first few weeks of college were one of the hardest times of my life and I wish I would have known that everything would be ok. I should have realized that I wasn’t going to find the same type of friends I had at home and that that was okay. I have made some amazing friends with the girls on my floor and my roommate and I plan to room together next year. I wonder how much further we would have been in our relationship if I would have came to Ohio University with an open mind.

the transition is harder than you think it will be but if you stick it out everything will work out in the end.

I wish I has a better grasp on what I wanted to do with my life. Knowing what I know now, I would have focused on a healthcare related field.

How to study better.

I wish I had known that Athens, Ohio has a lot of hills so that makes it hard and tiring to walk to class. The campus life is fun and alive, but outside of the campus there's not much going on. It's a quiet town and is said to be very poor. So if you enjoy shopping at malls, then you can not find any of that around here. People say Ohio University is a party school, but if you aren't much a partier, you'll be fine because there are many people who do not party.

The biggest thing for me would be realizing how much a college education is worth, in a sense of money. With our global economy taking a turn for the worst, one of the biggest impacts it has set on is the amount of money it costs for a college education. You need to go to college in order to make money, but you have to have money in order to pay for college. Having the opportunity to go to college makes me ever so greatful, but knowing I will graduate in thousands of debt, makes me sick.

In high school, I was excited to move away from home and did not think a college four hours from home would be challenging. In retrospect, I wish I would have realized that I did not need to move as far away from home to be inderpendent.

Athens is such an interesting place to be, exploring is a must! When I first got to school I only scratched the surface and played it safe studying and focusing on grades. After I gained confidence in myself I tested the grounds and broadened my knowledge of the area. While I still have several years to enjoy the environment I wish I had known that there can be a healthy balance between responsibility and fun and still manage to keep the grades!

I wish I had known how much work would actually go into each class. I would also have liked to have known how to manage my time, you have so much free time in college.

Before I came here I wish I would have known about all the awesome bike trials in and around campus. If I would have known this before coming down here I would have for sure brought my bike my freshman year.

I wish i had known more about the dorms, like what you need and everything like that. Also figuring out what i owed the school, and how my scholarships and loans applied was extremely confusing.

I wish I knew about the amount of reading that is needed for the classes before I came to the school. Also I wish I had known about the dining halls and which ones are the best to eat at.

How important it is to request a dorm room early. The best go fast. How much time marching band would take from my studies.

I wish I would have been more prepared for the "harshness" of college. I was not fully prepared to study and spend my time wisely. I do not think this is my college in specific, but all colleges in general. I was not physically or mentally ready for college as a whole.

I wish that I knew how there is so much partying, and that there are ways of avoiding it , by finding other people with the same values and by joining groups .

That I would have needed more financial aid than what I had. Money is really a problem for me.

I wish I had known about the amazing people and aweasome experiences that I would have. I wish I would have known that there was nothing to be afraid of, nothing to be nervous about; that I would find a great grouip of people to be friends with who like me for who I am.

I wish I truly knew how expensive it was going to be compared to the previous 2-year school I attended. Also, knowing what classes I needed for my major before I transferred here.

I wish I would have known that it is okay to not be a partier. I was worried that I would feel very out of place since I don't party, but, really, it's not that big of a deal.