University of Colorado Boulder Top Questions

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.