University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Top Questions

How the scholarship process works.

With being an incoming freshman, I wish I did more research into all the different options you have when choosing a major, also I wish I would have known how the Quest Program at UW-Oshkosh worked a little better.

If there was something I wish I had known, it would be where to find scholarship information and just resources in general; both academic and social. With the technological revolution everyone pushes online resources but it was not until late in my sophomore year that one of my friends pointed me to the scholarship board in Dempsey hall, I wish I had know about that sooner as it would have saved me a lot of anxiety about where I should even start to look for scholarships before I even started at Oshkosh.

I wish I would have known more of the course options that I had! While academic advisors are super useful, I basically let mine choose all of my first semester classes for me. I wish I would have been more familiar with the course catalog so that I could have made my own decision.

Before coming to Oshkosh I wish I would have known how much of a challenge it is to get into the nursing program. I am trying so hard but I am afraid I won't be able to make it into the program and then I would not know what else to do.

I wish I would have known to take advantage of more volunteer oportunities and clubs at my school. I also wish I would have known to pick an earlier registration date so I could get into all of the classes I needed before they were full so that I would not be behind of the four year plan.

I wish I would have known how hard it would be to get financial aid service. The school does not provide many scholarships for my majors (music performance and music business) and I do not fit many of the requirements of the ones they do have (most scholarships are for music ed majors or voice majors). It is difficult to apply for work-study as well.

I wish I would have been more informed about the freshman meals plans and meal plans in general. I know now that meal plans don't roll over every week, but the next week your meal plan resets. The university also has certain periods of time that one can use their meal plan, which is in three seperate times a day and one cannot use two meals in the same period. It all makes sense now, but took some getting used to.

I wish I had known better time management skills. I have some tough classes this semester, and sometimes my time management is not the best, or I put too much effort into one class and then fall behind in my others. This is something I have been steadily working on, and it has progressed over my year and a half here. I expect it to improve as I move further towards graduation.

I wish I would have known about the new University Studies Program that they are making the freshmen take. I feel as if it was a waste of my time and money.