University of South Florida-Main Campus Top Questions

It is okay to feel alone in the first couple of months. Everyone else is alone as well and is in the same situation. You don't have to be best friends with your roommate either, as long as you can live with them it is okay. Your RA isn't a bad guy and they are there to help you out even if it means sacrificing their friendships for your happiness. Going 1000+ miles away from home is going to be hard, but it is 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} worth it.

Is wish I had more guidance as to the variety of majors offered and the career paths that followed. Being a naive adolescent, I entered into and graduated with a major I had no prior knowledge of. When starting my career, I found that the avenues this major offered were not in my interest and I was left with starting over. I ended up finding a career that suits me perfectly that is far from my original college major. Additional support and guidance as to the major/career path would have been advantageous in my situation.

The school itself is wonderful and quite safe. However the surrounding areas of the school can be a little sketchy at times, especially at night. Thats why I always carry my pepper spray with me at all times. The school however is quite safe with the police station on campus located less than 3 minutes away from the main residential area. There are also blue lights everywhere in which the police respond to in 90 seconds or less. Overall I feel very safe at my campus but I like to take precautions just in case.

Before coming to this school I would have liked to know how to manage my time much better. It was always easy to manage the workloads that I would get in highschool, but spending some time in college taught me that the there is going to be a lot less time to relax, and a lot more time doing homework and studying.

I wish i would have known how to better manage my time and money. While the environment is nurturing and kind, this is still college, and i do still need financial support to pay for books, tuition, room and board, and my meal plan.

I wish someone had stressed how beneficial and convenient living on campus (or at least nearby) would be. Living in St. Petersburg and having a 45 minute drive (at least) to and from the campus has become extremely tedious. Not to mention, involvement in clubs and organizations would be much easier. Currently, I only have classes three days a week, so going to Tampa on a day when I don't have school just seems unecessary.

Before attending the University of South Florida, I wish I would have better understood the importance of extracurricular involvement, outreach, networking, and service so that I could have fully utilized the resources available to me during the completion of my Bachelor’s degree. Now that I am completing my Master’s degree and am searching for internships, I realize how many doors would have been opened to me if I would have explored all of the opportunities offered at USF in order to better stand out amongst a sea of graduates.

Before I came to school I wish I knew how I would change as a person. Attending college changed my personality a lot. When I was in high school I was a shy not really outgoing person who was afraid to talk to others. Once I arrived in to Virginia State University, I became open to trying to new things and outgoing.

That there was no Biomedical Engineering major for undergraduate students. Also that the MCAT average for the school was a 24

I wish I had known how much time I needed to put into it. I didn't do too bad my first semester but if I had put in more time to studying then I would've had A's in all of my classes. I also wish I could have saved up more money for college or applied for more scholarships.

I wish I would have known just how expensive college really is. It's different when you don't have to pay for school and aren't very independent. Then all of a sudden you have to be responsible, start paying your own bills, waking up to make sure you get to class, and going to work.

I wish I would have known that parking was really expenisve. It's crazy how much they charge students to park. College students don't make enough money as it is.

I wish I had spoken more Spanish.

I was unaware of all of the scholarship resources available to Latinos prior to my first semester at USF. Some guidance in financial aid programs prior to the beginning of my first tenure would have made a considerable difference in my personal financial standing, as I was forced to pay for my first 3 years of college out of pocket.

Before I had come to this school, I wish that I would have known how much time would be crunched, especially considering the finances that I'd be paying for, the clubs, organizations, and student resources I'd have access too, and the load of homework that I would also have to prioritize.

The costs of fees and books. The requirement to take summer classes to graduate on time.

I would have liked to know that while school work is most important, you must remember to have fun and find a positive way to relieve stress. Remembering to save money, if you are working, is very important; there may come a time that you need the extra money when you least expect it and it is nice to have something to fall back on.

I wish that I would have known that the library is not connected to the school before enrolling.

I wish I would have known about more scholarship opportunities before I came to this school.

Nothing. Everything was great here.