The University of Montana Top Questions

I wish I had more direction before I came here. There are a lot of helpful resources that would have come in handy towards fulfilling my education, and path to grad school, had I known about them sooner. I have an amazing advisor now, but did not when I was a Freshman. Knowing a staff member is key in finding your direction, and ultimately your success. Never be afraid of your professors, they are there to help you.

I wish I would have known that college is completely about yourself. If you don't like who your roommate is then change it, because you need to be comfortable and enjoying the first year by yourself. Also, that the classes you take you get to choose so if you end up not liking it in the first few days, transfer into a new class. The University offeres so many different classes for generals that freshman are usually taking.

I wish I would have been propared for the artistic and diversity focus. This school is focused on promoting diversity over all else, and almost distracted me from my learning at first.

I wish I would have known that teachers are welling to help you even in a large class. If you go in when they have office hours they are always willing to sit down with you and help you understand the class better.

I wish I had known how to search for scholorships and obtain more help with financial aid. I wish I had known that it is harder to connect as a commuting student than if I had stayed on campus.

Before I came to the University I wish I had known how to manage my time better. It was often very overwhelming to think about how much homework and studying I had to do for each class. I wish I had known to schedule time to work on homework and to focus on one assignment or class untill I finished all of the work for that class. Once I learned to do these things it kept me from getting too stressed out and helped me get my work done on time and often well before the due date.

I wish I would've known how liberal this campus actually was. I always heard rumors about it, but somethings that are aloud to go on here are just mind blowing and I don't agree with them.

Opportunities within the theater program are not handed out, one must work hard and engage oneself in order to achieve personal success and fulfillment.

The only thing I wish I would have known before attending the Uinversity of Montana would be the very cold climate in the Missoula area. Even though I was born and raised in eastern Montana, Missoula County is quite a bit cooler year round. Other than that, there were no surprises at the university.

When I enrolled in The University of Montana, there was a lot of confusion about how to get registered for classes. Advisors were helpful, but sometimes you couldn't register for essential classes as a freshman. Since then, UM has been working on their orientation program to assist with these issues, and it seems to be working better. I would also have liked to see more professional advising available and advertised, so that I didn't feel like I had to rely on my professors for career counseling.