University of Kansas Top Questions

College is very different from high school. In high school, it is easier to do a million different extra curricular activities and still maintain a high GPA with ease. In college, you have to be focused from day one. As soon as you get behind in a class or do not perform well on a test, it is hard to climb the hill to get back on top of your grades. Stay focused!

I wish I had known about the construction that was coming up on the Hill. The dorms are located there, and they are putting up two new ones, which is taking up all the parking. One of the older dorms will be torn down, but until then (after the 2014-2015 school year) parking is going to be horrible. Plan on having to walk to and from parking frequently. It's a minor problem, but it is pretty inconvenient.

I wish I had known about the amount of outside work one has to do. The classroom time is wasted by the professors talking about one subject for the entire period.

Let me start by informing you how naive I was as a high school student. My senior year, I learned I was moving to Kansas from Illinois. I thought to myself, "I want to stay with my family so I guess the only wise decision is to go to KU." I wish I wasn't in such a rush to go to the University of Kansas, because I probably would have actually been able to afford it if I started at a community college. I could have found a major in that time.

I wish I had known that it is ok to not declare a major your first day of class. I started out as a Dental major and quickly realized I do not like science. I am now a Business major and have loved my courses, but that may change. My step-mom attended KU so I was very prepared and new the campus.

I wish I would have known more about Greek life of the University level.

I wish I knew that my school had a very lengthy and confusing study abroad process.

I wish I would have known how difficult the gen eds really are, and how much everything costs from an actual student's viewpoint.

I wish I would've known what studying for college was like in comparison to high school. I came from a very small, rural high school where studying was very easy and didn't take long at all, and heading to a big, public university was a huge transition for me. I had to teach myself new ways to study, and it was very taxing my first year at school. It was very stressful, adapting to the college workload and the studying it required. Now, however, it's fine, and I feel I can tackle anything.

Before going to the University of Kansas, I wish I would have known how competitive the graduate programs are. This would have given me more motivation to strive harder my first semester. It would have also encouraged me to open up to my professors more for help right off the get go.

There is a difference between being good at something, and enjoying something.

I wish I would have known just how big this campus is. It takes about 15 minutes to walk from one side of the campus to the other. I would also have liked to know what sort of Christian organizations I could get involved in.

Most of the things that student's need to know before choosing to go to the Universtiy of Kansas are very well taught to the students. There is a very helpful orientation and people are always here to help.

I wish I had known all of the Kansas basketball chants and traditions that take place at every home game.

What I wanted to do with my life!

Before I came to this school, I wish I had known more opportunities for recent high school graduates in terms of routes to be taken in college. I wish my high school would have offered a course that outlined various paths that could be taken and various opportunities that colleges have. By the time I got to college, there was not a lot of time to decide what I wanted to do or what major to choose.

How important Greek life is here

I was well informed before I came to KU but I wish I had taken advantage of freshmen scholarships. Out of the 40 languages taught at KU Romanian is not one of them. However, I am studying advanced level Arabic and I am very happy.

I would have liked to known more about scholarships and I would have liked to had more time to speak with my advisor. I think that in being able to meet with my advisor I could make more profitable descisions that could help me towards my goal in graduating. I was put into classes that I did not need and although I protested I did not know much being a freshman so now I have taken unnecessary classes.

It is a very large school in terms of the amount of students, so make sure you get involved in some kind of club, group, campus job or a small group activity. It helps shrink the size of the school and gives you someplace to start. Other than that, it's an incredible school and very real. What you see on tours and tv is very realistic to what it's like.