University of Colorado Boulder Top Questions

I wish that I had known what I wanted to study.

That they only offer certain classes during certain semesters during the academic year.

Had a better idea of what i wanted my major to be.

There's a strong focus on sciences, frats and sororities.

I wish that someone would have told me how beneficial the free tutoring offered to freshman really was. All freshman living in the dorms get FREE tutoring throughout their freshman year if they want it. This is a great opportunity to take advantage of. Please do it!

I wish that someone would have told me how beneficial the free tutoring offered to freshman really was. All freshman living in the dorms get FREE tutoring throughout their freshman year if want it. This is a great opportunity to take advantage of. Please do it!

I wish I had known just how hard college actually is. It's very self-motivated, most teachers don't take attendance, and post their notes online so it makes me want to stay home and sleep. However, attending class is so important to success.

Before coming to CU, or college in general, I wish I would have been more prepared to be exptremely independant and be prepared to "face to world on my own". While I gradually developed this during the course of my first year at school, I still wish I would have been more prepared up front and expected to rely less on other people, including my friends from high school. However, from this experience I was able to grow as an adult and come to understand that people do not always act the way that we may think that they should.

I wish that I had been more proactive in reviewing the requirements needed for graduating, and the skills needed for job finding. I thought CU-Boulder did a poor job in preparing their students for graduation and for helping in making their students marketable. There is little help from counselors or advisors, and any placement programs or internships are hard to find or non-existant. The best way to prepare yourself professionally is to meet professionals in the community rather than relying on CU-Boulder for assistance.

I came from a school, whose main focus was to prepare me for college, all my classes main focus was to prepare me for college. When i went into college i felt like i knew it all, i knew what i could do to make my time in college successful. However my time in college has been a lot different, i didnt do to well my first semester i think manly i didnt realize how different it would be going to a large university. Its a bit overwhleming, but i looke forward to a great second semester.

Before I came to college I wish I had known how to better manage my schedule and my time. I found that in the first semester I was over-scheduling myself and not giving myself an adequate amount of time to study. If I had learned better scheduling skills I would have been better prepared for the workload that comes with going to college.

How much reading would be involved. I didn't feel like my high school prepared me for the amount of reading I would have to be doing on a daily basis at CU.

Most came to Colorado for the skiing. I have never skied in my life and wish I had. As a freshman, I have wanted to try a few times, but couldn't make that commitment and my school work came first. and still does.

I wish I would have known how to balance my money and time, as well as keeping up with the required readings, and spending more time on my homework. I wish someone told me the in and outs of campus life as well as all the responsibility that comes with being 18 and moving away from home. I wish I would have known that to get an higher education costs as much as selling your kidneys, and I wish someone told me the difficulty of getting recognized within a body of 30,000 other students.

I wish I new what dorms to apply for and the intra-college schools that you could be accepted into. Also, I though Boulder did not have an undeclared major option and I ended up in the Engineering school with the curriculum to be an Environmental Engineer. After finding my way through the transfer process I went to the Arts and Science college with an open option major, then transfered to the Environmental Design school where I'm currently studying to get my degree. If these processes were made more clear the start to my year would have been better.

I wish that I had known that this school was going to be very challenging. This school focuses alot on academic course work and is very competitve. I love the stress but sometimes it can get to you and it stresses you out more. However, i love challenges and I enjoy everyday that i attend CU- Boulder.

I wish I had known how to better involve myself in the various activites and progams at CU Boulder. There are so many opportunities that I didn't get involved with when I started college. I wish that I would have known more about the wide variety of activities so that I could meet more people and make friends with those people with the same interestes that I have.

I wish that i would have known how to study. Study habbits are the best way to succeed in college and in highschool I rearly studied. even so, I did well enough to get into college, but you can't just stroll your way though college. Also, the transition in living out of home is not as bad as it seems. getting that worries and nerve racking thoughts of being just another kid in college is no big deal. I am not alone.

That the people are friendly and open. You can find your place even in this big school, you just have to look.

I had no idea what to expect when entering my first year of college. If I could go back in time and tell my highschool self about my current college experience, I would make sure that I knew exactly how to manage my time. I would also tell myself that sleep is the most precious resource you can have at College.