Temple University Top Questions

I wish I had known how much different college and high school really are, how much work is required from you as a college student, and how much time you truly have to dedicate to your classes and school work.

That every hour spent in college has meaning. Your time can be spent working, or it can be spent partying. I had no intentions of partying when i came to college, but I wish I had known the importance of organizing your time and having priorities as well as good hard work. I wish i had known the level of work that must be spent. As an art student I am up in the late hours of the night doing my work.

I wish I would have known that most students do not live on campus after their sophomore (and many times after their freshmen) year. Because of this, the residential sense of on-campus community is comprised of primarily freshmen and sophmores. There is a different on-campus environment on weekends versus during the school week as upperclassmen are generally not on campus during the weekend. This can be a positive point for some and a negative point for others.

I like spending time with people, sometimes more than I enjoy school. I probably would have considered an additional major or minor just to be able to pursue this. Because of the way my schedule is built, there is no way for me to work around that now and still graduate on time. I wish I had known all the options when I started school.

I wish that I had known about Indiana State University's LPN to BSN program sooner. The school has a great program for working adults to advance your nursing career.

I wish I would have known more about clubs and activities before starting classes.

I go to the Japan Campus of Temple University, so I expected complications with the language barrier, as English is my native language. As an incoming freshman, I had no idea about the complicated bureaucratic processes at this school. It was difficult to get everything set up at first, but once I got the into the swing of things, it became routine. The campus is very small, so there aren't many majors and the available classes are limited.

I wish I would have known that the University had a transfer agreement with certain two-year colleges, one of which was with the college where I recieved my Associate's Degree. This agreement eliminated the need to re-take gen ed classes. I was unaware of this until several weeks into the semester and as a result found myself in several classes I actually did not need.

I wish i had known the school faculty was not very inmormative with there requirements.

I wish I was more aware of what the school and the city had to offer beyond the academic prospects. However, it has been a lot of fun discovering all the interesting and rewardings activities and events I can participate in on and off of Temple's campus.