University of South Florida-Main Campus Top Questions

I wish that I would have known how much scolarships there are available for students who transfer to a university. I would have been more proactive in writting essays and working to get my GPA higher than a 3.2 so that my 'resume' would be more impressive.

I wish I had known how large the class sizes were. I have come to realize that I like a smaller class setting.

I wish I had known that there are never any used textbooks in the bookstore. The bookstore is supplied by Barnes and Noble and I think they charge students more than you would pay if you went on the Barnes and Noble website. I wish someone had told me to go to an off campus bookstore to buy my books.

I wish I would have known how many scholarships the school had to offer. Financial service information and scholarship oppurtunities would greatly have helped me with my internal struggles of always worrying how I was going to pay for my education. Also, I wish I would have known exactly how important the SAT and ACT were and how to study for these crucial tests.

I wish I would have know how different college is from high school. I wish I would have prepared more in high school and took it more serious because I could have gotten more scholarships. College is very expensive and there are a lot of fees.

Nothing really.

If I had come into my first semester of college with the knowledge that I would be swamped by an incredible amount of paper work, then I would not have been as stressed out about it. If I had come in with the mental mind set that certain things have to be done by myself and not my mom or advisor, I would not have minded the many processes of becoming a full time college student, and I would have accepted it as something everyone has to deal with. As it was, I thought I was not going to survive.

I wish I would have known the entire process of transfering credits from other colleges. Before I enrolled at my current institution, an advisor told me that I only needed 16 more credits to recieve my bachelor's degree. I ended up taking almost three times more credits than that amount. If I would've known that I could've taken similar classes at community college, I would not be a three year senior.

More about tuition and fees. As of right now I can not afford school.

I wish I would have come to this school first rather than going to a private college then community college and finally to USF.