The University of Texas at Arlington Top Questions

I wish I would have known just how expensive an education can be. Knowing the costs, from tuition to meal plans, would have certainly motivated me to apply myself harder in high school.

where all the buildings/classrooms were

I wish I had known the streneous amount of time and work it actually takes to pass these courses, instead of assuming it'll be an easy breezy course in which I didn't have to attend or study for.

I wish I had known the great amount of incentives to living on campus vs. miles away

I wish I had known that my textbook would not always have all the answers to class assignments. In high school, all I had to do was look in the book to find the right answers word-for-word. I never had to worry about paying too much attention to class discussions. However, writing down the professors notes and actually paying attention to the lectures is the best thing to do when you want to get a good grade. Attending class is key to a high gpa.

I wish I had realized how much effort it takes to really succeed in college. My senior year people would always tell me to study hard and focus and take good notes because college is much more difficult than high school. My first semester I did not apply myself like I know I should have and looking back I really think if I had listened to their advice some if not all of my B's would have been A's I'm learning from my freshman mistakes and really applying myself so I wont' look back with regrets.

As a high school student I was only worried about what i was going to do the next day. I always had my parents there to keep me on schedule and on my tail to make sure I got my work done. The one thing that I wish i had realized as a high school senior was that I would have to grow up quicker then I had suspected. Having complete control of your life is a responsibilty that I was not ready for and am currently still working at.

I wish that I would have known to get more involved in school functions and activities. I think I missed out on a true college experience by not getting involved more in school functions.

I wish that I had known the discrimination executed to the foreign nationals because no matter what grades do we achieve are not counted for scholarships . I would have known that the university charge higher insurance for foreign nationals.

limited options for transfer if wanted to

The lack of care for the students. All UTA wants is money and I wish I would have know that because I would not have attended at all.

I wish I had known that although UT Arlington is not as "popular" as many of the other well known Texas universities, it is still a great school and deserves more credit than it receives. Not having a football team doesn't mean there isnt anything to enjoy here. Arlington is full of diversity and new places to go, new restaruants to try and its smack in the middle of DFW!

That there advisors in the College of Business do not help you graduate on time...

How to budget.

That it was more of a commuter school, and that the campus cleared on the weekends. I may have chosen to live at home instead of moving to campus if I would have known this.

Take upper level classes and lower level classes together.

That the parking is pretty bad.

Its funny, but I thought every major city especially in Texas had a bus . If I had known that, I would have factored in needing to buy a car.

Sometimes I feel like there are a lot of opportunities to get involved, but the few times that I have tried to contact a couple of different organizations, I never got responses back.

How many student activities there were, I was really surprised about finding out that alot of the academic majors have clubs and societies for there students as well as intramural sports. It was kind of shocking to see how culturally diverse the campus was, it was a great surprise though. However on the negative list I wish I'd known more about the parking rules, I ended up with a ticket. Opps.