Syracuse University Top Questions

Before attending Syracuse University in the fall of 2009 I wish I had known how much you need to rely on yourself in order to get what you need. Everyone assumes that you are fine until you ask for the help that you need. It is very important to advocate for yourself, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to get where you need to be. Communicating with advisors and professors is the key to success and getting youself to where you need to be. I wish I had been better educated and prepared in this area .

I wish I had known that majoring in engineering is even more challenging thanI had expected in high school. Had I known this fact, I would not have wasted a minute of my time in high school and make better preparations for college.

Nothing really, I think I was aware of everything I needed to know about the school to make a decision as to where I wanted to attend college.

I wish I had known the job opportunities within the campus and community before I went to Syracuse. I was fretting quite a bit about finding a job; a work-study job at that. I was banking on federal work study to help me out with my tution and financial aid. The job website didn't have all the options, but there were so many when I finally got to school that all the fretting was a waste.

Before I came to this school I wish i had known exactly how heavy the work load would be. My teachers had told us that college would be tougher and the we would get more work. They also said they would treat us like college students. They did not and I feel I was unprepared for college although I was able to keep up with my work.

That it's freezing in the winters and the summers are just as bad! Basically the weather sucks year around!

That it was so heavily focused on drinking. There is almost nothing to do for fun at this school aside from drinking. Going out at night and going to sporting events both involve drinking. I enjoy beer, but so much enthusiasm for alcohol gets pretty boring after awhile. I also wish that I had known about the engineering building before I joined. The computer labs (where most of our work is done) are in horrible condition in comparision to all of the other schools within the university.

Although I have no regret in my decision to attend this college, I wish I had known more about the program in which I am enrolled. I wish I had known that there were not as many classes related to my core major, Photography, than about other subjects surrounding it.

Very career oriented

that my major was gonna be hell. i wish i was better prepared

I wish had known the amount of money I need for each year. I wish I had known the financial aid earlier. I wish I had known how important it is to know what I was to major in. I wish I had known it is important to take college serious.

I wish I would have know that the surrounding neighborhood was dangerous. There not much to do off campus. I wish I would have known as an African American business student I would be the only African American in most of my classes. Lastly there are alot of hills on this campus.

I wish I new that Syracuse University offered a huge variety and amounts of different activities and clubs to get involved with. If I new about some of the things earlier in my first semester I would have tried to get involved. I also never knew how much spirit and pride the students and staff have for the school and I am happy about becoming apart of that atmosphere. Overall nothing I learned about this school after coming here has lessened my opinion about it. Everything that I have learned as helped me grow to like the school.

I wish I had known exactly how big the school was because sometimes the school because impersonal because it's so big and coming from a big school like myself its hard to find friends who you really connect with because there's so many people.

I wish I had known exactly what I wanted from college. This is a steryotypical campus, academics, drinking, and sports are all major focuses on this campus. I wish I had known how dead of a city Syracuse is, there is nothing to do outside of the campus. If I want a break from campus I really need a car to get out into nature and the mountains or a car to drive to a real, thriving city.

I wish I had known my classes sooner so I could mentally prepare myself. SU wasn't very good about providing that information early. The transfer process was a little difficult too.

I wish that I had known about more of the on campus activities. As a junior now im just beginning to discover some of the fun things there are to do and I wish that i had gotten involved earlier.

Before I matriculated to Syracuse I wish I would have known the extent of how important time management is. At a university like SU , you must have superb time management skills, if your the social/outgoing type, because there is something to always keep you busy. This is most important your first year because that when you will be establishing yourself. Be sure that what ever school you choose, that you go there with the intent to stay focused, while enjoying yourself. Come to SU, learn, live, and trust that it will help you in return. YEAH SU!!!!

Everyone kept telling me that the next four years would be the best years of my life. I wish someone would have told me to go out and make those memories happen. It's so easy to get caught up in academics, especially if you're pursuing a major you absolutely love, and not leave time for creating those small moments with your friends that you'll look back on and laugh 20 years from now.

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