University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Top Questions

My middle school and high school had been trying to instill the importance of keeping a calender/journal to keep your assignments and deadlines in order; this is very important. You need to remember you are on your own with keeping on task and getting work turned in on time. Another thing to be prepared for is a roommate. While fun to hang out and make new friends, it is a new experience to wake up next to a total stranger and it is helpful to be prepared to have an open mind. My advice would be to get involved in as many activities as your studies can allow. It helps to get out of your dorm and meet people but not at the cost of your grades. Use this as a chance to start becoming independant.

If I had to turn back time and give myself advice, I would cover many aspects of college. I would first tell myself to study a lot more than I did in high school. In college, an overall class grade usually consists of only a few exams instead of multiple little assignments like in high school, so starting off with a good exam score will benefit your overall grade. I would also tell myself to be prepared for distractions. Students are awake all hours of the night and play music, watch tv, and talk loudly so it may disturb both studying time and sleeping habits. So, a college student needs to learn how to work around the environmental settings they are in. Lastly, I would make sure to tell myself to make friends. It is hard to get through college without friends. You are able to study in groups, learn where various people are from and who their friends are and it is also nice to establish life long friendships.

I would tell myself to enjoy life while I can before I have to worry so much about paying for school!!!

Girl, you are not even going to believe all the changes you'll have to endure, like how much you really will miss Mom and the cats, how jealous you really will be with your boyfriend going to Madison, and how shy you'll become. People always say dorms are small, but you have such a great time getting to know everyone. Well, because of working so much and either going home each weekend for more work or to Madison to see Travis, that didn't exactly happen. Talk to people, befriend anyone, don't be so scared! Everyone's nervous, everyone's a bit lonely, it's ok. But what's not ok is letting your roommate walk all over you. DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT let her boyfriend stay over 3 days a week just because she's your best friend and she's lonely when you're at work. She sees him every single weekend, she needs to get out there and make friends too! I know it is so hard for you to break out of your shell, but it's necessary. Also, you actually have to study! A LOT! You can do it.

It has been a real learning experience. I have learned the big responsiblity it is to get an education. With out the education I see no future for me. I have learned alot and how studying is so important. I have a had some ups and downs in my life but since I have started with school it has shown me how important my education can be. It has shown me were I can go and where I want to be in the next few years. Taking care of animals is my life and learning more about them makes me understand the quality of life and that they need someone like me to be there for them when they need help. Thank you.

I have gotten so much out of my college experience. It has tought me what the real world entails and how hard it is to support yourself without your parent's help. It showed me time management and how to be productive and gave me a reality check as to what needs to be done in order to have a successful future and career. It takes a lot of hard work and determination and the "slacking off" I did in high school is over. I have learned to mature and become an individual with goals. Attending college is valued to me because if I would have not attended I would not have been shown what it takes to get the results you want in life.

I have met so many new friends and friends that I can see myself being friends with for a lifetime. I have gone out of my comfort zone by doing things I normally wouldn't do (sports, clubs.) It has been valuable to attend because I have learned how to work smart in school and use my time wisely.

In the year and a half I have attended college I have learned many things. Before college I felt like I could never pick one thing that I wanted to be for the rest of my life because there were just so many choices. As I listened to all of my fellow classmates exchange there future dream jobs, I thought to myself that I was falling behind and that the time that everyone tells you, you have so much of is gone and I still have no idea what I'm going to be. When I came to college with a chosen major that I wasn't entirely sure about, I realized that it's not about signing your life away and dedicating yourself to one thing for your entire life, it's about the experience and the mistakes you make along the way. College has taught me about oppurtunities and that even with a declared major, that doesn't necessarily mean it is what I will end up doing. In fact a major is more of a goal that is set to motivate a person to finish their education; because with education all things are possible.

I have opened myself up to new people and new experiences. College has made me more friendly and outgoing, it has also made me more independent. With the course load falling all on your shoulders it is up to you to make a study program that works for you. No one is there making sure you study and get your work done , it's up to you and that has lead to me becoming more independent as well as more task oriented. It has also made me develop time management skills. With social and acadamic lives clashing it requires a person to develop time management skills quickly otherwise one may lose either social aspects of their life or fail in academic ascpects of their life.

What I have gotten out of my college experience thus far is a renewed love of learning, through wonderful professors and a diverse curriculum.