Texas A & M University-College Station Top Questions

How much more time I needed to take out for studying and less time out being social.

That a University is nothing like High School. It takes much more work to get your desired grade. You have to keep up with your class work on your own and keep on track with what your professor is teaching in class. Nothing comes easily, when it pertains to grades.

College is far harder than high school. Study. Talk with professors. Get involved. See what's out there. Only then, can you really start to understand who you are.

I wish I had known that the mindset you are forced to have in high school does not prepare you at all for college. In fact, I wish I had never been in that mindset at all.

I wish I would have known just how much walking I would have to do each day. I was not at all prepared to wear the right footwear in order to make it through the day without my feet feeling like they were going to fall off.

The only thing I regret about my college experience thus far has involved drug and alcohol use. I wish I would have known how easy it is at this University to live a wild lifestyle and have no one question it. Prospective students should know that drugs and alcohol are common at this school, and that getting mixed up in them has disastrous results. Thankfully, my GPA has transcended my freshman mistakes.

I wished I would have known some of the school's traditions. I was admitted in the university in the spring semester so I wasn't able to go to any of their fish camps and learn about each tradition.

I wish I had taken more time in looking into campus life. I lived off campus and regret never on campus. There are so many advantages to living in a dorm the first year, like learning the ropes of the campus. It is a large campus and I often had to carry a map with me the first year but the friends I had knew where everything was within a month. Also it saved them a lot of time because they did not have to find parking and walk across campus to get to class.

I wish I had known more about financial aid

Honestly, I enjoy everything about the school. If I were to say I wish I knew one thing about the school before I came here it would be that I knew what all my professors expected without having to go through the whole guessing process.

There are lots of great resources at Texas A&M, and the school does a good job of informing incoming students of the resources available to them. Looking back, I wish I'd taken better advantage of these resources. I made several changes to my major, and never really found what I wanted to do in life until graduate school. If I'd known how difficult it would be to find the right field for me, I would have sought help from the career services offered on campus to help me find a purpose for being at this school.

I wish I known how great A&M's traditions are. A&M is all based on their traditions and it makes you proud to be there and fulfilling those traditions. A&M gives you a new perception on life in itself. Going to this school isnt just a well spent education, but a grand experience.

I wish I had known more about the extra-curricular activities on campus.

In high school, I always did very well without having to study very much or at all. I just wish I learned how to properly study during my time in high school, because if I had, things would have been a lot easier on me now. Studying, and studying A LOT, is necessary for every class in college. However, I have managed quite well and now know how to study efficiently.

I wished I had been a little more prepared for the rigor of the study load to make a great GPR at college. I had to quickly learn how and when to study for classes. Once i learned how to study, then I was able to excel, but in the beginning of my freshman year, I did not and struggled quite a bit with my class load.

I wish I would have known that the food is not the best and that it is not crucial to live in the dorms.

I wish I known how big the school actually is and how willing the professors are to help you. Texas A&M is a school that is very spread out. It takes twenty minutes of walking sometimes to get from one class to another. Also, as a freshman, you're in class that has more than two hundred people, which makes it feel impersonal. However, if you go to you're professor's office hours, you don't feel like a number, you feel like a person, and they are willing to give you the help you need.

Before my first semester at A&M, I, like almost all freshman had butterflies in my stomach about these next four years would pan out. Even after one semester here, I feel at more at home here than anywhere. I wish I had know just how friendly and truly unique the atmosphere at A&M is. Nobody should be nervous about meeting people or just asking how to get to class--there is an unspoken bond here, where somebody will give your their shirt off their back without a second thought.

Texas A&M University did an awesome job at informing me about everything I needed to know before I came to college. There isn't anything that I wish I had known before coming.

Thankfully A&M has been a very friendly and helpful school; but I wish I would have known how to manage my time wisely, as well as how to study properly.