Concordia University-Irvine Top Questions

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

Christopher

More about scholarships prior to starting. That would have been to any college

Elizabeth

I wish i had researched more about the science department here at Concordia.

Paige

I wish that I would have known about the core courses that were being instilled into the curriculum for new freshmen in 2010. I had previously taken online classes to fulfill general education requirements only to find out that they would not count at Concordia because they were part of the core classes required to be taken at Concordia only.

VICKY

Before coming to this school, I wish I would have known how active I should be in pursuing extracirricular acitivities and things I could do earlier to get ahead in my academic career.

Cassandra

That I would absolutely fall in love with it and want to come sooner!

Lizette

What I wish i would have known before I came to Concordia University, was how strict some of the rules were. When i mean rules i mean the living situations. Other than that i am pretty satisfied.

Christopher

I wish that I would have known more about the core curriculum, the university's required general education program.

Jessica

I wish that before college I had realized how much scholarships helped and I had applied for a lot more. I also wish I had realized how much I loved tennis and had put more effort into in high school so I could be on the team now.

Piedad

If there were sororities, because they help make the first year feel less hard and you don't feel home sickness.

Angela

I wish that I had known how to properly write papers. I went through high school and junior college without knowing how to write a paper. Luckily, this school taught me how to as my first class.

Christina

I wish I had been more aware of the steep tuition.

Heather

That the food was so terrible on campus

Adam

What college was going to be like. That I was going to meet my wife.