Oregon State University Top Questions

I wish I hadn't been afraid to take adavantage of some of the amazing opportunities on campus. Two years into my schooling I finally got a job at the campus rec center. Never before have I had a job that put so much faith in its students and employees. It was a job that truly prepared you for your future career. Before that job I was too afraid to leave my comfort zone but because of that job I became part of a family. I gained a whole new network of people and a new outlook on life.

Before attending Oregon State I wish I would of known all the exciting events that take place through out the school year. From battle of the bands to the recycle fashion show there is always something going on at the campus. I also wish I would of known all the different business clubs that are on campus. These business clubs help you prepare for your future and really get a hands on experience with your passion. It would of been helpful to know other ways to purchase books for more affordable prices such as buying books online.

I wish I had not been afraid to declare a major on my application. That way I would have been able to begin specific course work sooner, however I have been working on general education and all the education classes that I can. The only issue was going through the process of having to change my major.

While there are plenty of things I wish I would have known before entering college, but the most important things include being more aware of prerequisites required and finding cheaper text books rather than buying new books from the campus bookstore.

I wish I had known change was OK. Before I went to a secular college I had gone to private school. I was taught to believe solely in the Bible and that doubting was a sin. This only led to severe conflict within me as I tried to make sense of the "real world" while at the same time seeing it through the lenses my sheltered society had given me. Before the world was static, as unchanging as the day it was divinely created; but with a liberal education I now see it for the dynamic enigma it really is.

I wish I had known how helpful the advisors, counselors and professors were at Oregon State University before I first started taking classes and tried to do everything school related on my own. They really want to help and are very knowledgeable when it comes to giving you the best options to make your education successful.

All of the little things that you figure out as a freshman becuase I had to figure them out as a transfer and junior.

There was nothing really that I needed to do or know in particular to prepare when coming to this school. It was a smooth easy transition coming to this school from my community college.

It is important, not just for this university, that students know how different college really is. I thought I knew what college classes would be like, but I was sadly mistaken. Every incoming freshman should be prepared to be completely self motivated, it is up to you to get your work done. Having 400 other students in class can be overwhelming at first, but don't worry, it will get better!

I wish I knew how much school would cost me at the beginning of the term! I had a fairly good idea of how I was going to pay for m school, but policy is the univeristy charges on a by term basis, not month by month.