Ohio University-Main Campus Top Questions

I wish I would have known that college classes were actually going to be fun. When I was finishing high school I was worried that college was going to be very difficult and dreadful. However, so far in my fall quarter of college I have had really interesting classes that I enjoyed and learned from. Now that I am in my winter quarter my new classes are also interesting and actually fun! I would also tell my high school self that there are so many different and diverse people to meet in college which makes it nothing like high school!

The career path I would change to so I could have taken education classes freshman year

I can't think of anything I wish I'd known. On my campus visits, the students who showed me around told me exactly what I was getting into.

I wish I had stopped to consider different majors more from the getgo. The university encourages students to try different things, but I thought I was already set in my path and did not stop to consider other interests.

I wish I knew what I wanted to major in before attending college

To intern more. To talk more in class, and remain in contact wth professors. To volunteer more.

Its a very secuded college town, the only things to do in the area are on campus, and you must walk to get there.

I wish that I would have known more about things to do outside of the Athens Community. Since it is a small college town there is no supporting city and it is easy to fall into the bubble of college life in Athens and lose contact with the rest of the world.

I wish that there wasn't so much pressure on kids to drink alcohol.

There's almost too much to mention in 100 words! The first would be that college is one of the two rare opportunities where you get to reinvent yourself if you'd like. You don't have to be the same kid you were in high school - if you'd like to evolve into another being, you're welcome to. I also wish that I had known just how much hard work it would be going into my field - the class work isn't difficult, but the hands on work involved can be strenuous and very time consuming.

How hard it is to keep work and play in balance.

I wish I had known just how much, financially, it was going to set me back so that I could have prepared more.

I wish that I had known that this school has little to offer off campus. The campus life is eventful, but once you step foot off campus, there is literally nothing to do for a college aged student.

I wish I had known how to study for college courses better before I came to college. I also wish I knew how very little there was to do outside of campus (like shopping, restaurants, etc.) before coming to Athens.

I wish i knew how strong of Academics there were.

how off the beaten path it is

I wish that I knew how to get more involved my first year of school and also to interact with my professors more. They are really helpful when students ask for help. It took me a while to get involoved and it changed my experience drastically when I did.

I wish it would have really been stressed to me the opportunity you have to meet new people. I kept to myself a lot freshman year and then branched out sophomore year. I will never regret the friendships I have made because of it and I have met some of the most amazing people.

How much faster everything is, and how expensive it is.

I wish I had known all the drug use and anti semitism on campus