The University of Alabama Top Questions

I wish I had known that I should wait until my classes start to buy the needed textbooks. I ended up b uying them before term started and had a few textbooks that i never used.

The amount of studying that would be required to be successful in class.

The University of Alabama is a very large school. One of the main words of advice I would give to prospective students, is to get to know the school grounds very well. Move in a couple days before classes begin and take a walk around the school campus with a list of your class rooms. The best way to not get lost and to really know what Alabama looks like is to take time to get to know it. It is a beautiful campus and the more you know about it, the more you will grow to love and it!

I wish I had known that you need to join different groups and try different things in the beginning years of college.

I wish I had known that the libraries are actually such a useful resource, even if you are just looking for a quiet place to study. Also that there are tons of resources that you can use to study, such as tutors and study sessions and writing centers.

How involved and intricate the Greek system is to the social aspects of the school. Does not dominate the whole social scene, but is a very big part and was a scene that interested me from before I entered the school.

I wish I had known or maybe reaized the cost of out-of-state tuition. Also, I wish I had been told to get involved freshmen year as much as possible because it is much harder to do later on.

Take as many AP credits as you can. The lower level core classes are a waste of time. Its so much better to have them out of the way and be able to start on the more upper level classes.

I have attended this school since 1st grade.

I wish I would have known how conservative the University was.