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I wish I knew how to plan out my classes better for these four years of my undergraduate degree.

Before I came to the University of Rhode Island I wish I had been more aware about the space in a dorm room. Growing up I always had my own room which was decent sized so it was okay to have many things and it came as a shock to me when I was moving in with how much stuff I had. Only bring things that you need to college at first, or want desperately, but be careful of the excess "might" needs.

The course selecetion at URI is extremely self directed for a liberal arts major. I sometimes wished there was more structure so these students could be guided to take a wide variety of classes in different subject areas.

I wish I knew living on campus makes making friends alot easier.

I had decided to live with my best friend from high school upon coming to this school. I put myself in a social bubble throughout the first semester of my freshman year of college because I thought that I had all that I needed. However, I know now that this school has given me so many opportunities to meet new people and make even more lifelong friends.

Before attending the University of Rhode Island I wish I had known that the weather was going to be so cold. As silly as that sounds, the weather in the New England states can be brutal.

I wish I had known how much fun I was going to have and how much I was going to learn so I wouldn't have been so worried.

I wish I knew many things before attending the University of Rhode Island. First I wish I knew how vital it was to have a pair of rain boots. My first week of college it rained so much and I had nothing to keep my feet dry! What made it worse is that URI is one big hill, so when you go to class the rain is streaming down like a river and soaking you to your knees! Also I wish I knew not to sell your textbooks back to the bookstore because they don't give you anything!

To work harder at school. I received a 3.4 first semester freshman year which has kept my gpa down despite getting a 4.0 for two semesters

I wish I was more ready to take chemistry. The chemistry department is not the greatest and coming from a school with not so much emphasis on chemistry and other classes, did me a disservice in college.

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Before I came to this school, I wish I had known that it was going to be a difficult transition. When I was in high school, I could not wait to leave home and have all the freedom I wanted. When I came to college, I instantly realized all that I had taken for granted. I missed my family incredibly, and all the stability I had once known in routine had changed. High School students certainly need to realize how good their lives are in the moment and respect the journey that life takes them through.

That there was such a large number of programs that the departments supply for you so that you can pursue your own interests.

Before coming to my school I had researched it online and visited four times. There is really nothing I did not know about the school. I Love it at URI and fully knew what I was getting into when I chose this school.

Coming into the university of rhode island, i wish i would have known about how much distractions there were going to be in college. I would have prepared more and settled down and really thought about who i wanted my roomates to be. They are my friends and that is even making the distractions worse. my determination is my drive to success.

I wish I had known that college is only hard when you are not doing what you are supposed to. Once you can learn to follow directions and listen carefully, it is easy.

I wish I knew what I was exactly getting myself into, for instant the speed rate in which materials are taught or that you cannot skate by without either getting the book or even reading the material inside the book. I was lost my first semester but I found my way and I learned from my mistakes, so in all I'm glad I didn't know what I know now, and I wont ever go back in time to fix my mistake because I found a good technique to study and it helped me grow up.

How important SAT scores are and how much the colleges of specific majors depend on them. Also how important each exam grade is towards your overall class grade.