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You really can't eat when ever you want because the diner closes so early so I was ALWAYS hungry. Wish I would have known that

what I need to know

There are so many fun activites off campus but you have to seek them out yourself.

GET INVOLVED. Seriously. Don't just sit in your dorm. Go out and do something. Make friends in the first few weeks because those will be the people you have fun with the rest of the year.

I wish I had really known how much alcohol and drugs is a huge part of alot of students' lives. Makes me uncomfortable alot of the time but I have learned to deal with it by seeking out other types of people that don't party as much.

Something that I wish I had known when making my first semester's schedule was the campus layout. WVU has three campuses, and I wish that I would've known how to block my schedule so that I had classes on one campus one day and classes on another campus the next so that I was not going back and forth between campuses every day. I also wish that I had known that I was not a person who enjoyed evening classes. In addition, I got too stressed and tried to pack too many classes into one day.

I feel comfortable enough to say that I was well prepared for my first semester here. On my first day I learned that as nervous and clueless as I thought I was, I already knew what I needed to know.

I wish I would have known about my mental illness. It made my freshman year very difficult. Due to my hospitalization and experiences with a handfull of medications, I've lost a big scholarship and will be graduating late. I think I would have appreciated this school much more and made a lot more friends if I didn't spend my freshman year engulfed in a debilitating depression.

I wish I had possessed a better understanding of the different majors and classes they offered. This would have allowed me better access at selecting a major that suited me from the beginning rather than feeling the need to change my major halfway through my Freshman year. I also wish I had been able to tour the campus dormatories before I had selected my dorm of residence during my stay on campus.

When applying to colleges I knew that I wanted a big school which made West Virginia University one of my top picks. I knew that big school meant large classrooms, long distance walking, and new faces everyday. What I did not know was information on greek life at WVU. My upcoming sophmore year I plan on rushing for a soroity which I would have done my freshman year had I known more about it.

Before I came to this school, I wish I knew how hard it would be to be so far away from my parents. I also wish I knew that the hills you have to walk to get to classes are extremely tiring if you are out of shape.

How terrible the parking situation is on campus.

I wish I had known about their Music Education program from the very beginning. I attended community college to save money, but transfering in as a Junior was very difficult. Not all of my credits were accepted and I was told that I would have to add extra two years to receive my undergraduate degree. I wish I had attended WVU from the very beginning. I'm sad that I will only be spending two of my four college years here. It has been a wonderful life changing experience.

I wish I had known that the weather would have been as it has been these last copuple of weeks. Coming from a much more southern climate, it has been a bit of a shock to the system.

There are only a few thingsd that I wish I knew before coming to WVU this fall. The first is that everything on this campus is on a hill, and no matter where you go you'll be walking up a hill or stairs. The second is to apply for scholarships earlier. Because I am paying for a large part of college myself, money is definitely an issue so I would advise anyone to start applying early.

I wish I would have known about the different dorms, a better explanation online or a visual to see the location.

I wish that I had known more about the transportation options here and understood better the layout of the campus.

I wish i know more about the weather and how cold it got and the fact that it rains so much in Morgantown. School-wise, i feel like i was prepared well, maybe it would be good to know the importance of going to class on the time.

I wish I knew which textbooks I wouldn't need. Some teachers had us order textbooks that we never used, and it's almost impossible to get back all the money you spend on them. It also would have been nice to know which teachers are best, especially in classes with multiple sections and teachers available. I wish someone had told me to set money aside for textbooks and incindental expenses; I spent money on lots of frivilous stuff in high school, and I could really use some extra cash now.

History class isn't easy.