University of California-Irvine Top Questions

How I am going to pay off my student loans, and how I will pay to live on campus next year.

I wish I had already known a lot of freshman before coming to Irvine. I wish I had more connections; since there are very few people from my highschool here in Irvine, I had to push myself and create brand new relationships. I never consider a disadvantage as an excuse to quit what I'm trying to accomplish. If you search and you can't find something important, then search elsewhere. Since I'm a business major, it is important for me to make as much friends as possible; making a noise in the crowd will get you noticed.

I wish I had known that UCI has Business Administration major. I like Business Economics, but I think Business Administration suits me better.

I wish I had known about certain major requirements and which major I was really interested in because it could have saved me a lot of time and effort since I took classes I did not entirely need to. That is not to say that I did not enjoy them or benefitted from them, but it would have been helpful if I was not travelling so aimlessly. Especially since I intend to study abroad and I will need to plan ahead in order to utilize my time and effort to its optimum level.

I wish I had known what colleges want from students. I knew that grades were important but now I know that there are many different things colleges like from potential students.

I wish I had known that it was mostly a commuter school, besides that, nothing. I did intensive research on the school before I chose to attend here.

Before entering college, I wish I would have known about the dynamics of this college. Coming from a small town, I was in a culture shock coming to UCI. There were many asians that I have never met before, but I love it!

I wish that someone had told me that the first few days will be awkward and to embrace the awkwardness. I wish that I had been more open so that I could meet many more new people. I wish someone had told me that campus life can be a very new and exciting experience, and that it is nothing like high school.

I wish I would've known more about their clubs. Clubs are a great way to meet people and get involved with school. UCI has a lot of clubs and a huge club rish at the beginning of the school year, I sort of brushed over a lot of them and now I regret that

Before coming here, I wish I could've known what a great school UCI is. I thought of UCI as one of my backup schools, therefore I was not entirely ecstatic to attend. If I had known of the great possibilities and opportunities, I would have spent less time frustrated with my high school academics. In addition to this, I wish I had known that the Science Library always runs out of toilet paper during finals week. Thank goodness a friend had napkins that I could use instead!

I wish I had known more about all the awesome places on campus to hang out or study. I spent my first quarter here figuring out where to go when I had free time or when I needed a quiet place to get work done, but it would have been helpful to know beforehand.

I wish I knew the classes required for my major. If I has known what classes I would be taking in the college for my major then I would take those classes or take classes that would prepare me for my major in the college.

I wish I knew that public transportation is sometimes difficult.

I wish I would have known more people before I came to this school. I am from Fresno, california which is about 5 hours away from Irvine. There were only 2 people from my high school that were going. But it didn't end up mattering because I made friends so fast. Mostly because I live on campus with 66 other people, but I think again it has to do with the people. So of course it would have been nice to know more people those first couple days after move-in, but it ended up turning out okay.

There are a few things that I wish I would have known before coming to this school. I wish I would have known more about what classes were appropriate for my major; I never took calculus and/or physics. I realized I needed this two subjects in order to help me with my major but I never took notice to that through high school. During high school I wasn't fully aware of my options but when I entered college I realized there was so much more out there that I never knew about; I'm glad I now know.

That Irvine was such a family/rich place to live - it really shortens the list on what young, poor, and immobile college students can do for fun.

I wish they would've given you a map of the surrounding cities with store's locations. Irvine is an expensive city so you have to do your research for places like Food 4 Less to save your money.

Right now I have nothing I wish I knew rather than the course material that I need for my current undergraduate curriculum. I love everything about this school and I regret nothing about it.

The police officers are way too strict when it comes to traffic violations. They would literally tailgate you all the way back to your home if you drive after 1AM. You get noise complaints when there are only you and your roommates watching TV at night causing police officers to come to your house and then giving you a 30 day warning.

Before I came to this school, I wish I was more aware of the advatanges that we can take from the school