Hofstra University Top Questions

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

Alexandra

Don't treat college like high school because you'll regret not putting full effort into the work you submit to your professors.

Victoria

I wish I knew how to budget better.

Vanessa

I wish I knew how large the school of business was. Not just in actual size but in ideal. The school I attended previously was smaller, more community-based, so move love for business and serving the community grew. In Hofstra, it was diluted with big exec talk and corporate adoration. It wasn't for me.

Lindsay

Before arriving at Hofstra University I wish I had known that it would be the best decision I have ever made in order to erase all of the doubt that the college selection process gave me. It truly is where I belong and I know that I will succeed in my field of study throughout my life because of the education I will receive from this amazing university.

Shannon

Generally speaking, in college it is especially important that an individual be proactive. Hofstra University is a relatively large campus and there is not anybody around to hold your hand and guide you to various activities fairs and lead you to job opportunities. It is the responsibility of the student to be persistent and repeatedly call offices and meet with teachers if they want something. Other than that, I am thoroughly satisifed with my choosing Hofstra University.

Ethan

That some scholarships were freshman-only, that it is more inviting than the brochures illustrate, that it's meals are expensive, and that the academic atmosphere during finals is the only notable time that spurs everyone to their academic potential (or to the cramming that manages poorly for long-term recall) and therefore that that time of the semester is the only that draws me to my studying prime (which I personally dislike),

Angelika

I wish i would have known that the professors go very quickly over material and that you have to teach yourself .

lauren

I wish i knew where some of my classes were going to be held before hand and how to go about joining a musical group.

Nicole

I wish I had known how much I was going to love it here, because if I had I would have enrolled sooner. At my previous school I never felt like I really belonged there, but here I feel like I can be myself, and I can get a great education at the same time.

Caela

I wish I had known about the difficulty of finding financial aid. Although recieving some, I wish that there were more opportunities on campus to earn money. In addition, I feel like the jobs are very hard to find. If there were more fairs on campus so that the students would be more aware of the job opportunities, it would help a lot of the students in need of financial aid.

Rhina

I wish I had known how much trouble I would have to go through to even attempt to stay here and complete even my first year.

Tiara

I wish I woul have know that this school is completely different from my previous school. This school provides the students with a challenge that will make one want to succeed and more.

Jaden

I wish I had known better ways to save money on my meal plan and other school expenditures.

Catherine

As a senior in high school, I wish I would have kept in open mind as for as my major. Before this school, I attending two other universities. The change in universities was due to a change in my major after my first college. If I was to keep my options open, I would not have been behind in my class status. I would have saved a semester and money.

Elizabeth

I wish I would have known more about the accessibility of financial aid at this school or lack thereof because the university doesn't give out a lot of aid to students.

Mohammand

I wish i knew about the way professors teach in Hofstra. Transferring from Berkeley College to Hofstra, i automatically detected the carelessness of professors towards their students. Professors expect everyone to have a great amount of knowlegde about everything they are taking. Students are let to wander around and find their own ways. There are less teachings going on in the class rooms but students are expected cover everything at their time.This is the reason why my GPA dropped, because i have to discover everything in textbooks by myself.

Davina

I wish I would have known just how big the class sizes really were and how daunting they could be. After graduating from one of the biggest Catholic High Schools in the country I figured that college would be a piece of a cake. I didn't fully realize the enormity of a University Campus and just how daunting it could be when you didn't know a single soul. I just wish I would have prepared myself slightly better for the shock.

Stephen

I wish I knew that AP credit in highschool could help me graduate faster from college.

Alexa

I wish I had communicated with my roommates and suitemates before we moved in.

Ashley

I wished I had known how much greek life meant at Hofstra University. I dislike the fact that students have to go through rites of passages to be apart of a group that apparently is looked up to by other regular students. I dislike the fact that when I do fill out scholarship forms at the university, preference is mostly given to students who are Italian and/or apart of the Greek community. Had I known all of this prior to applying to this school, maybe I would've considered joining one.

Joseph

I wish I had known how to finance my life better. It is very difficult to financially be stable especially in an independent environment. To understand the meaning of finance is to know how to control his or her expenses and his or her income. At a university, it is difficult to keep up the grades and have income at the same time. Therefore, I wish I had known and had honed the skills I need to stay in school by maintaining my finances.

nikki

How people range in their academic motivations

Ashley

That the school has alot of students that commute and alot of people go home on the weekends.

Matthew

the lame required liberal arts classes

Mary

The Long Island culture.

Julia

How important it is to take advantage of the extra-curricular opportunities available exclusively to freshmen and stay on campus during the weekends.

john

that college would cost so much

Leah

I wish I knew that in order to get a scholarship you needed to be out of high school at least a year in order for your SAT scores to be ignored for evaluation. I graduated high school with a 98.3 GPA and ranked 76 out 456 students, but since I am not quite as good on standardized tests as one would like, I did not get scholarship when I transfered here because it was during the spring of my freshman year.

Denise

how many people smoke ok campus its gross

Nia

I wish I had known more people before coming here because the school tends to be very cliquey and students form social groups very fast.

Michael

That the administrators don't cooperate well with students.

carol

drinking is the main activity and there are many people who are use to having everything done for them

Brittany

Nothing. I love it there.

Jillian

I wish that I had known that on campus was the only pretty area, the surrounding area is not pretty and not safe. It becomes a problem once you want to move off campus.

Darren

The number one social activity is going to "The bar".

Christina

I wish I knew how important it was to have a job to keep up with social events, as well as the cost of food on campus.

Danny

I wish i had known more about the type of people who live in the area. I also wish i knew more about finincal options before going

Brittany

I wish I would have known how to manage my financial aid because I still have problems with that part of attending college.