Santa Clara University Top Questions

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

Laura

There is no information that I wish I had known. I think it is important to be independent and know that everything happens for a reason. Don't worry because everything works out in the end.

Caitlin

I wish I would've known how small the dance department is. I enjoy the department very much, but I feel that a bigger program may have been able to offer me more classes and resources.

Stefani

I wished I had known more about myself before I came to Santa Clara University. True, college is for self discovery, but I wished I had held more confidence to get involved in campus life earlier in my academic career. There are a lot of ways to get involved in the community, whether it be the arts, politics, social sciences, etc. If I had known more about myself before joining the university community, I could have become a larger part of it sooner. Of course, I eventually found my way into the community and loved serving with my friends.

Chloe

Freshman year of college is a whole new experience with so many things that you don't know before getting there, but I wish I had realized before getting to school that everyone is just as new as I am so there is no need to be nervous.

Peter

The people I met here

Giovanni

I wish that I would have known that I needed to prepare more financially.

Miranda

There aren't very many things that I wish I had known but one thing I wish iI had prepared for was the increase in tuition from year to year.

Olivia

I wish I would have known the importance of living on campus.

Kristyn

I wish I knew what I wrote above.

Chinae'

I wish I knew that it is a bit harder to get into the scientific realms of the school without being committed prior to beginning freshmen year; I would have liked to gone into something pre-medical but now that I am a sophomore I would be too far behind to choose that as a major.