University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

I had gone to a small high school, so I wish I had known the difference in intensity of coursework and length of papers (namely lab reports). With that, I could have better prepared for my first semester and done better academically, which would have then extended through the following semesters. Knowing about the extracurricular activities that I participated in when I finished when I began would have aided in my growth as a person, academically, but moreso socially.

I wish I had know how the housing system works and about where to find part time jobs.

More about housing. No fault of university, mine for ignoring all info they gave me.

The only thing I wish that I knew before getting to school and still wish I knew is what I want to major in, it is a daily stressor of mine not knowing what I want to do with my life. Since I'm a townie, I had a huge heads up about my school, I knew how to get around, where classes were, what campus looked like, about sports and facilities, and the school spirit. Having a heads up about my school is one reason why I wanted to go to the Uofi because I loved it here!

More about the majors offfered and what they are about. More about which classes to take and when.

I went in knowing everything I wanted to.

How broke I was going to be.

I wish I knew that just because it was difficult to get into the engineering department, that does not mean the rest of the students are intellectuals.

I wish that I had known from the beginning that it is different from high school. High school came easy to me, but this I need to work at, which I do now. But, I wish I had known it then. Also, I wish I had known that a person needs to keep up and not wait until the last minute to do the homework.

I wish that I would have known more about living on your own for the first time away from home. I also wished that I would have known about all the resources on campus and how to actually survive staying on a big college campus like the University of Illinois.