University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Top Questions

Know excatly what classes you need and plan ahead so you can apply to your field in a more timely fashion.

How cold it can actually get! But other than that I love everything about the school. I already knew a great deal about Oshkosh and what it was like before I came to it, I wanted to make sure I knew where I was going and what I was going to be in for once I got there.

I wish I would have know of all the great opportunities that it has. I would have gotten started in all the clubs and activities sooner if I had known about them more right away.

How to handle the finacial aid more easily and where to find more scholarships. I also wish I knew about the benefits of AP classes more in the amount of money they can save you.

I guess I found myself never really thinking about the price of the school, because I knew that's where I wanted to go in order to get the best education for my Nursing career that I could and now that I go there I find myself stressing out about paying for college a lot.

Declaring a major is not something students need to do their first year.

I wish I would have known that it is nothing like high school which does not prepare you enough for college. My freshman year of college I took 18 credits and did not study enough. Therefore, I did not do as good as I know I can and I am still paying for that today. My course load is getting harder so I have to work twice as hard to make up for my mistake but also do really well too.

I wish before transfering to UW Oshkosh that i knew that there was not as much tutoring services and office hourse for the teachers. I wish i knew that living so close to home would be a bigger distraction than helping me focus.

I wish I had known the large amount of drinking and partying that happens in the dorms.

How difficult the staff (other than faculty) could be to work with sometimes and how difficult some of the programs would be.