University of Miami Top Questions

I had no expectation for this school when I entered. At first I attained the school that was closes to me and my family and now I am glad that the choice was right even if I did not have any expectations. I had wish for nothing more than to excel and that is what I am doing at this school for all the resources it provides me.

Financial aid is hard. Books are expensive.

The cost. I need an immense amount of money to complete my degree, and knowing this in advance would have allowed me to make more money before coming to college and saved me from taking out as many loans as I now have to.

I wish that I had known just how much fun I would have. I have to force myself to study instead of hanging out with friends or going to parties. While that is the social scene, its only acceptable to be seen there if you are doing okay academically.

I wish I had known that this school is seemingly large, but when you come into classes the school becomes a smaller unit, where you often see friends from other courses and would be able to develop friendships with those students and new ones every semester.

I wish I had known how to manage my time better. But that's really something you can learn only with experience, and it's a lesson I've definitely learned in my first year.

I wish I had known how to manage my time better and had established better studying skills. As a college student, your time is your most valuable asset, so learn to use it as efficiently as possible. Do things on a schedule. Also, get use to studying. Like most high school scholars, I didn't study much in high school, but at the university level, its a whole nother ball game. So learn to study consistently and manage your time.

That it is a lot smaller than you think. It isn't Florida state or University of Florida. It is a nice, medium sized college with around 9,000 students.

I wish I had known the exact major, minor, and courses I wanted to take. I wish I had known how valuable resources the facilities on campus are, such as library, the gym, and the music school. I wish I had known the importance of clubs and amount of leadership opportunities they provide. I wish I had known how much fun fraternities could be and how important mine would become to me, but I also wish I had made a more thorough evaluation of all of them before choosing. I wish I had known how to study more efficiently.

I wish I had known just how un-diverse it really was.