University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Top Questions

I wish I would have known how to balance work with school. I wish I would have know that it is OK to take out loans. I wish I would have applied for more scholarships before/during school so that I would not have had to work so much. I also wish I would have tried harder to become familiar with campus resources my first year so that I could have fully appreciated all that the University has to offer.

Though college is the place to explore new ideas and opportunities, I wish I would have known myself a little better before moving to Ann Arbor. There are countless groups to be a part of and also a huge list of academic concentrations to select from. Had I known more about myself prior to my first year of college, I feel it might have been easier for me to discover what I wanted to be a part of and what I wanted to pursue.

That was so expensive that i cant affort it

I wish that I had been more informed about scholarships available to students.

I wish I had known how many opportunities there were to get involved early on. I came from a small high school and was very shy so I did not start getting involved in clubs and such on campus till later and I missed out on a lot of awesome opportunities. I also wish I had known about more resources on the campus and taken advantage of them as well earlier on in my college career.

How big the school and classrooms were. I really wish I had attended a smaller school. I also wish I would have learned about the career paths earlier and been able to pick one, it seems very rushed to declare a major.

Before attending the University of Michigan I attended a few events, including orientation, that prepared me well for the 2010-2011 school year. I suppose if anything, I could have been given more information about the dorm I would be living in. I didn't know anything about it.

I wish I had known to apply for more scholarships before coming to school here. Many scholarships are offered exclusively to high school seniors who plan to attend or haven been accepted to an accredited college program. Certainly there are also scholarships available to college students, but high school students (especially during the summer before college) tend to have more time to complete various scholarship applications.

I wish I was better prepared for such a large school. I come from a very small high school, and having large classes and such a large student body was disconcerting at first.

There's no need to change yourself. You are who you are, and the real you will emerge in the end anyway.