Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Top Questions

I wish I would have know how diverse college is socially. I go back and forth between classes ranging from twenty-five people to five hunded fifty people. Everyone is unique in their own ways and I know as I'm sitting at my ant-like desk in a world-like room, that I'm just as diverse as all the other students. It truely impresses me to see how other students and I adapt to the diversity of the college as a whole. I never knew the human race could adapt to something strange so easily.

I wih I would have known how little diversity there was at the school. It was a big culture shock going from a place like California where the people around you are used to different cultures and traditions to a school where some students see having one or two non whites in the class as being diverse.

Campus is big, but it isn't that big. I was so nervous my first week of classes, but after two days, I already knew my way around campus. Don't freak out, because all the other freshmen are in the same boat as you. Just carry a map in your backpack, plan to get there early incase you get lost, and you will be fine.

Better time management needed. Ways to save myself money.

Before I actually attended my very first semester of college, I wish I had known that my interests as a young adolescent were in fact the very makings of what my career path and goal would turn out to be! As a young boy, I had interests in math, efficiency, and understanding how things worked, both technically and socially. It turns out that a path towards a career in Environmental Psychology has all of that! So I am attending PSU as an Applied Psychology major. I was so indecisive as a Freshman.

I wish I knew more about the cost of Penn State and the activities available to get involved with. Currently, I'm feeling a little overwhelmed about my finical situation so I wish I would have tried harder in high school to win scholarships. I would have also liked to know more about some of the clubs and events at Penn State so I could have been more involved from the start and have an easier transition from high school to being away from home at college.

I wish I was told to be more out going and get more involved in campus life and activities.

Penn State is huge with an enormous amount of people and just as many things to get involved with. Don't wait to start getting involved and meeting new people. Your time at college will be tremendously better if you stop caring whether or not you look cool and just put yourself out there. Try new things and talk to everyone.

I wish i had known that it would be difficult to travel home on random weekends without a car, and that taking the bus really adds up.

I wish I had known more about the classes, exams, and grading. Coming in as a Freshmen I was thrown into hard sciences, like Biology and Chemistry. I didn't know what to expect on the exams and feel as if I could have done better and had a higher GPA if I was more familiar and comfortable with the grading criteria.