San Jose State University Top Questions

I wish I had known what I really wanted as a career choice because San Jose State offers an excellent college for forensic science.

There aren't many good restaurants nearby.

I wish I knew more about the area around the school becuase I am not from San Jose so I did not know what was around campus. I knew what was on campus from orientation. When I was first there, me and a friend from orientation spent about an hour walking around looking for a place to eat but all we saw were fancy resturants, clubs, clothes store, and big buildings. Later on I found out there were tons of fast food right across the street on the west side of campus.

I wished someone told me that I could see what books I needed even before class started. I saved a lot of money going on my professor's website and looking at the syllabus to see what books were required. Then I ordered them on Amazon.com or Half.com for a lot cheaper than what they were offering in the Spartan Bookstore or Robert's Bookstore. Then, after you are done with finals, do not wait till last minute to sell your books. SIf you can't sell them at the Book Buybacks on campus, sell them online.

I wish I would have known that in the transporation that there is around the school, there are many crazy people.

More about financial aid, scholarships and grants. I wasted all my savings in my first semester. :(

How to cook

I wish I had known about how much of a "commuter school" it was. Because people come and go, it is difficult to establish solid friendships and relationships, especially if you are not living on campus (or the surrounding housing).

I wish I would have known that I could have taken classes at a community college while in high school that could have transfered over. I also wish I had known that I should have taken my pre-requisite classes for nursing before taking my general education classes.

I wish I had known what I wanted to do with my life. I had a few career choices that I wanted prior to entering college. My first career choice was in the Biological filed. However, I changed my mind and switched to Business. Since I switched to Business, I enjoy going to class and want to become a sucessfull business entreprenuer.