SUNY at Albany Top Questions

I wish I would have known where everything is, I still get lost.

I JUST WISHED I KNEW NEW MORE ABOUT THE SCHOOL.

I wish that I had been throughly advised about which classes were necessary for my major, so that I could graduate on time.

I should have been born darker becuase I would fit in easier here.

I wish I knew how to study better, learning how to study was one of my biggest challenges for my first year.

Before coming to Albany, I wish I had known how accepting people are. Halfway through my Freshman year I chose to switch living situations, and was terrified that I would get along with my new suitemates less than I got along with my previous ones. However, all of the fear and stress was for nothing, for I found an amazing group of people, not only in my own suite, but my entire floor of my building brought me in and we soon became as close as family. Albany has an extremely genuine student body; which I was previously unaware of.

How to deal with the opposite sex. That I wasn't incapiable of getting bad grades even when I did my work. That getting a job would be hard with a car.

I wish that I had known to email the heads of my departments for an advisor when I transferred. I didn't have one and I ended up taking classes that I didn't need and it threw me off track.

Don't stress about what you're going to do when you graduate or what you will major in, because the school's advisors and services can help you find what your interests are and what you'll enjoy doing, and you are allowed to change your field of study as many times as you wish. Just do your work to get a good education and start off well.

Exactly how many classes were in large lecture halls.