The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Top Questions

I wish I had known from the beginning how vital keeping up with your classes online would be.

I wish I would known more about how to get involved. The campus sends out so many brochures that it's hard to find right where you belong because of so many activities. One thing is to check for application due dates before you even even start school and know that if you're rushing a sorority it's best to go in with recommendation letters for as many of the sororities as you can get.

I wish that I had known that I needed to let go of my insecurities. Coming here and meeting so many new people that I love has really opened my eyes to who I am, but it would have been a faster process had I come out of my "shell" the first semester, instead of waiting a couple of months. I also wish I'd known to get more involved in my major(since I knew what I wanted to do) my first year.

I wish I had known about all of the different ways to get involved at the very beginning of school. On the pedestrian walkway at the beginning of school there are many different groups that set up booths for the students to come look at, but there are also a lot that do not set up booths, are often those were the ones that I wanted to join. I advise talking to your teachers about clubs, and also joining the ignite program here at UTK. It provides a great way to meet new people and get involved!

I wish i had know that college is not as hard as all of the teachers in high school made it out to be.

I wish I had known earlier how easy it was to go back to school. I graduated high school more than twelve years ago and had just about given up on my career and degree goals.

How big the school, was.

How hard it was to schedule classes that you required.

I really with that I would have known how much work was really expected of me. High school did not really prepare me on how much you have to study and really how much outside of the classroom things you have to do. As a student I had to learn to study more as well as how to depend on other people through study groups to assist in studying as well.

You have to have a meal plan if living in any of the dorms.

How to really study for a test. I never had to study before I came to college, it is hard to just start studying now.

Sign up for classes early. They fill up quickly!

which dorm was the best.

I wish I had known the true quality of some of the programs available here. I first cam here to be a music major with a focus on voice and opera, but discovered that the music department was not of the quality I had be led to beleive. I have since become a double major in Journalism and Political Science.

I wish I knew how big sorority and fraternity life was at this school. I most definitely would have rushed, even if I didn't like any of the sororities. It's a great way to meet people your first few weeks at the school. It's hard to make friends if you don't rush.

I wish I would've knownhow hard the classes would be. My high school didn't prepare me at all for college and lots of teachers are really unsympathetic towards that. I also have to have a full time job to support myself and teachers do not take that into consideration either, most teachers don't really care about teaching and the advisors don't care about your classes or giving straightforward career advice. I also had no idea that it would be so hard to make friends here without being a partyer.

I wish I ad understood the amount of studying required to succeed in college. I did not have to study in high school nearly as much as I do to succeed in college. My grades in my first semester in college were not what I am capable of because I did not expect the tests to be as difficult and in-depth as they are.

Before attending college, I wished I had known how to better manage my time. In high school, keeping up with multiple classes was fairly easy. College , however, is very different.

Soroities help when trying to adjust and making new friends. Keep up with classes early and start study groups at the begining of the semester.

I really wish I had known how much entering as a freshman would benefit my college experience in the long run. Don't go to a local college then plan on going to a big state university later. Doesn't work out.