University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Top Questions

I wish I would have known that in college, you really learn about what it's like to gain true independency. You will not be around your friends for most of the school week, so it is important to remember to schedule times to meet with your friends and take a break from studies. Also, I wish I would have known it is expensive to join clubs and participate in the music program.

I wish I would have known how academically rigorous my classes were. I came into college underestimating the difficulty of my major and the work involved. It was not clear to me that these classes were going to require so much studying. I did study for all my classes but I could have done a better job doing so. With that being said, I am glad that my classes were as difficult as they were. I learned so much from them, such as study habbits, and it makes me that more excited to pursue my undergraduate career in biology.

I wish I had known how to practice better study habits, as well as learn better methods for saving money. It was a shock to come to college and see how quickly the money I had saved was spent on classes or bills. I also had to focus more on classes and studying because the teaching methods were so different than my high school classes.

I wish I had known how cold the winters were before I came to this school because walking across the bridge can really be painful at times. I am still happy with my decision to attend the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire though never the less.

I wish I had known what dorm life was actually like, if I had known the truth about dorm life I probably would not have been as worried as I was and would have taken the opportunity to move in early.

I would have liked to realize the reality of tuition costs, and been driven to prepare more by saving up for school and being more careful with my money. It also would have been nice to be more driven to seek after truth and God. Most of society is focused on this life, almost assuming that there's nothing after death to be worried about, but if there is, I believe that should be of upmost importance.

I wish I would've known how expensive everything is. I should've had a job in high school, and now I regret not ever having one.

I wish that I had fully understood the importance of doing well in high school because that GPA follows you. It doesn't take much for your GPA to start to slip, but it's a lot of work to pull it back up.

I wish I had known to get involved more than I had freshman year.

I wish I would have known that college was not as scary as it was portrayed to be. The amount of resources you are provided with, the moral support of your teacher and friends, and the yummy food is a great learning atmosphere.

I wish I would havea gotten a general overview of the material. I wish I would have known about this school earlier. I wish I would have taken care of all my school loans before coming here.

It is very secular and there are many different viewpoints other than your own as far as religous and political views. Often times professors will rant about a political or religious issue they feel very strongly about can be close-minded to other opinions. Also, there is no such thing as "an easy class" and each one requires a substantial amount of reading, completion of assignments, working on projects, and general studying outside of class time.

How bad the hill really was.

I wish I knew how to manage my time well at college. I know I have done real well with my studies previous years, but knowing what class to focus on more was challenging. My anatomy class took a lot of time, but I did not want to forget about my other classes.

I wish that I had known that you can start earlier with applications for scholarships. I applied for alot my senior year, but I think that if i had started earliuer than i would have had more sucess.

That financial aid is difficult to understand.

Before I have arrived to this school, I wished I knew how to prepare myself for education. I wasn't scared about being alone but I was scared of what I had to dealt academically.

It is okay not to know what you want to do with your life. Your freshman year just focus on taking generals.

I wish that before transfering to UW-Eau Claire I knew that my accounting credits I took at UW Oshkosh would transfer over to the Eau Claire system. I looked over all my electives and other classes but I assumed my accounting credits would transfer to another school within the same system.

The major I wanted to go into