Oklahoma Christian University Top Questions

Before I came to school, I wish I had realized that, even though it feels like it sometimes, graduating high school is not the end of the journey. Rather, it is the beginning. I wish I had known that in college, you build yourself as a person from the ground up, using the foundation that was laid in childhood. I wish I had known that there was so much more to the big picture than that which I could see at home.

Find a degree plan and stick with it. Do not simply trust your advisor to make sure you take the right classes.

What I wanted to major in. The teachers here are so great, and you get into your major classes so fast, that now that im switching majors I am a little behind.

That it was so small and that there are a limited amount of activities to do

While the school offers a degree in animation (what I aim for), its greater focus is on gaming (what I don't aim for). I wish I had been more prepared for this before going in.

I wish I would have known how judgmental some of the people would be; it's difficult living a more liberal lifestyle in a conservative, Church of Christ university.

I wish I had known how fun it is to go to Earn Your Wings. That is where all of the Freshamn meet other incoming Freshman. It is also where first time transfer students go with a transfer group. Since I transferred I wish I would have gone.

If I would have been an engineer, I wouldn't have to pay anything for college!

Honestly, I would do not wish that I had done it any other way. I was prepared and optimistic before coming to college and I believe that having a positive outlook on any knew adventure you go on is very important. If anything, I wish I had known that a little extra effort can make huge improvements, weather it be academically, socially or spiritually. The professors here want to help you. You must be willing to go and seek and accept their help and expertise.

I wish I had known more about the Church of Chist faith.

I wish I knew my way around the campus more easily. There are maps everywhere but I still get lost. I find this rather sad seeing as we are still only about a fourth of the size of places like OU. My getting lost has nothing on the school, however, It may be apart of the fact that I am from a small town where you can see every major building just by spinning in a circle. Even if one finds themeselves lost on this campus, the people here are so nice and always willing to lend a helping hand.

How much I needed to grow in my faith walk..

I wish that I would have been more prepared in high school for my college education. I wish that I would have learned better study skills so that I am able to do better in the first few years of school. I wish that I had been better prepared financially.

I wish I had known that most all of my tests in college would be given electronically. I was not prepared whatsoever for this and the first semester I had at Oklahoma Christian, a school that outfits every student with their personal laptop, was difficult because professors prefer to give their tests electronically. After getting used to this type of testing, I feel it is more efficient and better for the environment as well.

this specific college seems to have its own "bubble" and though i love this school it is hard at times to feel like im getting the full college experience

Your performance in high school is not always directly related or proportional to your performance in college. Learning and adapting a set of study processes that work for you and your classes is an ongoing and challenging process. One should never underestimate the challenge of balancing all the academic, social, and overall life changes of your first year in college. Though it can be so much fun, taking things for granted early on can dig yourself into a hole that might be extremely difficult to climb out of.

I wish I would have known the difference between the amount of work in high school compared to the amount in college. College is more demanding than high school. They don't give out pointless worksheets and busy work. You certainly learn a lot more here!

That the grass is always dead looking. I honestly can't think of many other things, half of the fun about college is figuring things out.

I wish I had known about the rules and he strickness that is put on the students here. I think that some of the rules were great for keeping the students making good choices their freshman year but after that year we are adults and should be able to live our lives how we pease. I just wich that I had taken this into account before i can to school here. I think I still would have chosen this school but i would have been better prepared.

I wish I would have known exactly what my dream to become a veterinarian consisted of. I just realized, my junior year, because of my own research that it is not what I want to do due to cost, time, and difficulty of acceptance into veterinary school. I think that most professors assume you'll give up on your goal as soon as you discover how hard the science classes are, but I kept pushing. I am still planning on graduating from Oklahoma Christian with a Biology degree, but I know now I want to go into something different.