Virginia Commonwealth University Top Questions

That no financial help is available for out of state students!

I wish I had known all the scholarships I could apply for, wish I had better idea of what major I wanted to study.

I think that I am comfortable with what a knew up until I came to school, because the things that I wasn't aware of were taught to me as I went along.

It is safer than people say it is

I wish I would've know the tuition was going to go up so much each year

It would have been nice to know that on-campus housing after freshmen year was hard to obtain unless in a special program with the school.

Coming to VCU I wish I knew that transfer students get treated differently than non transfer students. I also wish I knew that it would be harder to make friends coming in as a transfer student rather than making the friends during freshman year. It's a hard transition coming from a two year school now attending a four year institution. I knew it was not going to be easy but I wish I would of found more people that I have things in common with.

That money is not just rewarded with receiving good grades. In order to continue with your education one has to dig deep for scholarshps. It is not wise to depend on academic or financial aid advisors alone, because your best interest may not always be at heart.

I wish I had known about all the different clubs and when they met. There is just so much to do at VCU. However, I did not know about them until much later, or I did not know when or where they met at. I would have loved to have been active member earlier on in the school year.

I wish I had talked to someone that had gone to college and told me the real pressure that was on you . I thought that college was going to be a peice of cake I didn't have to study for test in high school so I thought it was going to be the same way in college. I had to learnt he hard way but it was worth correcting my mistakes on my own.

I wish i had known that the local Quizno's used the school's meal plan, all of the first semester i wanted to get a sub but didn't have the money and didn't know i could use my meal plan for it.

I wish that I had known more about my major.

I wish I had known that there are no 24 hour restaurants. It would be nice to have somewhere close by for those long nights of studying.

I wish I had known more about the actual people behind the Pre-veterinary medicine program here at Virginia Commonwealth University because there is really no one to fund or to really advise it. I wish that one day I will be able to come back to VCU and hopefully start a real Pre-Veterinary Medicine program with advisers.

I wish I had known about the bonds you make with classmates and how strong those friendships are. I have made amazing and probably life-long friends that i will never forget

Dont screw things up from the start

Even though I am a student first , I have also collected a reasonable amount of bills that still need my immediate attention from time to time. Balancing academics with a work schedule has become a daunting task. Finding employment on campus grounds is nearly impossible, with t he economy like it is . Virginia Commonwealth is/has currently laid off about 260 employees including faculty, staff, and working students. Majority of students employment that was available was relisted under the work study program.

I really didn't know what to expect coming into VCU which I feel is the best thing. There were no preconceived notions based on other people's perception. I was able to form my own views about the school, in this way I held no bias view or couldn't be disappointed by something I expected that wasn't there. A minor thing I wish I would have known as an incoming freshman was th meal plan and how I was able to do meal exchanges and did not necessarily have to go to the main cafeteria.

I wish I had known to take school and classwork more seriously. Some people think this school is easy to get in, but it does require a lot of effort from you as a student. If you don't put in effort you will not receive the type of grades you want to reflect on you. This school is very competative so you have to strive from the very beginning. I wish I knew to take it more seriously in the beginning.

I wish I had known the neccessity of a parking pass before classes started!