University of Denver Top Questions

One of the things that I wish I had know before attending the University of Denver is how to talk to other students that are more like you. I went to a high school where everyone was different than I was and did not have the drive that I did. At DU most everyone has the same motivation as I do and I never reallly learned how to communicate with someone like myself before because I never really thought I would find a school that would fit me so perfectly.

I wish I would have known more about the financial aid process.

I wish I would have know how much time and effort it really does take to do well in your classes. Half the battle is showing up to class and participating.

I wish I had known how to snowboard!

I wish I had known how much the professors really do care about their students. During my first quarter here, a few classes provided quite a challenge for me, and I never went to a professor for help. Partially because I was intimidated, but also because I felt like I would be bothering them, or wasting their time. When I finally approached one of my teachers, he told me, "I wish you would have come to me sooner. I would have happily gone over it with you." Now, I always go to the professors if I have a question.

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I wish I had known how helpful the advisng staff and teachers are, because in my first quarter I did not know this until I went and talked to them. If I would have known this before, I could have gotten a lot more help on what to do for my major than I orginally started with.

I wish I would have looked more closely in if it would have been financialy possible for me to stay here without having to get so many student loans.

I wish I knew the kind of people who went here. when I was looking into colleges I only looked at the academic view and the price. i should have done more investigation on what the campus life was like and what kind of people i was going to surround myself with for the next four years. It was intersting to find out on my first day.

I wish I had known what a lack of diversity there was. The student population is predominantly white, upper class.