University of St Thomas-Saint Paul Top Questions

To be completely honest, I can;t really think of anything off hand that I wish I would've known before coming here to St. Thomas. All I know is that I really like it here, and I'm glad I made the decision to attend this university!

I wish I would've not put as much pressure on myself the first couple months. Meeting new people, excelling in classes, dialoguing with professors, joining extracurriculars, it all comes in time. Don't rush it, just let it happen.

The school has an extensive network of alumni in the St. Paul/Minneapolis metro and provides its students with several internship and job opportunities. This is further aided by the career services at the school that helps in resume writing, job or internship searches and interview tips. The school also has several study abroad opportunities and nearly 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the graduating students can boast to have study abroad! These opportunities seemed far-fetched to me at first but after being at the school for a semester, I discovered all of these opportunities!

The University of St. Thomas has many opportunies for students which I was unaware of while enrolling. They have a career center in which students are free to review their resumes, job application cover letters and scan through available careers and jobs. Also, the University values its student's wellness by providing free counseling for students who are psychologically ill. St. Thomas also has a child development center that provides help to students who are parents.

I wish I had known that the campus was so "wet". People go drinking every night of the week. If you are underage, do not enjoy drinking or do not enjoy drunk people staggering around your dorm and vomitting outside your building you will not enjoy St. Thomas.

I wish I knew that the tuition was going to go up every year.

I wish that I had known it was going to be harder than what most previous college students made it out to be. Also, study habits, as an incoming freshman of the new year, I had no idea that when it came to finals, how hard you had to study to understand the material and even just the homework. It makes me wonder, what have I been doing the past four years of my life? because coming into college was not what I thought it was going to be.

I wish I knew more about how the meal plans worked. At first, I thought that the plan I selected wouldn't be enough but I soon found out that I had more than enough and I actually had meals left over at the end of the semester. I wish someone would have told me that the meals we have for the semester do not get used if you are away over a break; it would have been nice to be able to learn what students actually use each semester.

There hasn't been anything that has taken me by surprise at St. Thomas that wouldn't have also taken me by surprise at any other college.

it would cost more than i expected