Johnson & Wales University-Providence Top Questions

The only thing I wish I had known about coming to this school was how the classes are taught. Because we work in trimesters, the classes are very fast paced, where beforehand I did classes in semesters, where they were slightly slower. However at this time I have now adjusted to the pace of the courses.

How truly beautiful the school and surrounding area looked.

I honestly feel like i knew everything i needed to know before I came into this school. They informed me with all the important information i needed befor emy first day of classes.

I wish I knew how fast paced the courses were.

That the feild hockey team wasent a team and was a varisity club and that if you have any culinary experience labs will bore you to death and you will learn nothing.

The only thing I wish I could change before coming to Johnson & Wales was to have more experience with jobs relating to my major.

I wish I had known the quality of the different dorms available to me. Although I ended up with a good dorm, several of my friends were stuck in very bad dorms away from the main campus.

That there were more services and extra help out there that I did not now about. I would have also liked to now about the study abroad programs earlier that way I could have planned to study abroad next year but I do not think that will work out now.

I wish I had known how expensive it is to live in Providence.

Currently there is nothing i wished i'd known before i came to Johnson & Wales University.

My only regret is that i didn't discover what i wanted to do with my life untill after i pursued a degree in another field, wasting time and my hard earned money.

Before I came to this school I had known everything I needed to know and theres not one thing that I didn't like about it. Johnson and Wales University was the perfect fit for me.

I wish I had known, that the dorms weren't going to be like the ones we see on tv. I also wish I had known that they can put up to four people in one room.

I wish I had known how many different types of people I was going to meet before coming to college. I could handle the classes, and the professors, but I spent the majority of my first few months at school not meeting people because they were a little different from me. The kids most unlike me are now my best friends.

that laziness isn't tolerated here and if you fail to come up to standard you are destined to fail.

the only thing i wish i had known before attend JWU would of been was time amangement. the reason being is it plays a huge roll in college because there is so much free time after your classes or over for the day. But you would just thing its time to hange out but its not its really designed so you havetime to get your assigments completed adn study time. i really had to adjust to the changes probably like the first few weeks into trimester, but i have learned how to balance it.

I wish I learned how to save my money!

How much of a step up college is from highschool workload wise and that i will need to be a little more focused

I wish i knew i wanted to come to JWU right after high school and not have wasted 3 years thinking about it. I could of been finished with school by now but im just getting started. JWU is the only school i want to go to and i love it.

I participated in the career explorations program over the summer before applying which provided everything i needed to know about the college and I even got to stay in the dorms for 2 nights so I knew the majority of what I needed to before orientation.

I wish I knew that everything off campus is pretty pricey, I would have saved more money over summer.

I chose this school mainly on the field I was trying to pursue. And its location. And from the orientation and speaking with people from Johnson & Wales, I learned alot. So I can't say I wish I had known anything more before coming to this school.

I might need to see how much I need to focus on class and work. It needs lot of passion and hard working for the class.

I'm glad that I went into this school not knowing or having great expectations, I think that's what made me appreciate the education and resources even more,

I wish that I had been disciplined a little more due to the fact that there is a lot of work that goes into this school.

That there is little money to be made in the foodservice industry; specifically in my associate's degree of culinary arts. I wish, I had persued an education at a school that was notorious for highly successful graduates in highly lucrative fields. However, I must say that my culinary education is irreplacable and without it, I would likely be seeking it again.

I just wish i had known that i didnt' want to cook.

How liberal it was.

I wish that I had known how many people transfer during their freshman year.

i dont know

How to pack for doorm life as a freshman, also wish i started a fund or saved for loans coming up.

i dont wish for any new knowledge to be attained before i came to this university

nothing

If there was one thing I wish I knew before I attended JWU, I would like to have known how hard it was to deal with the Financial Services department. This is my fourth year attending JWU, and every year I have had some sort of problem with Financial Services, ranging from not receiveing notices about my finances to the Financial Services office actually mis-calculating my tuition statement, and then not notifing me when they realized their mistake!

I wish I had known how out of place I would feel. Being surrounded by people who have good income, and me coming from somewhere where money is valued so much. I often feel like some kids are not as grateful as they should be for the things they have.

Before I came to Johnson & Wales, I wish I had attended an orientation session to get aquainted with the area and maybe even some people. I know the school just began running an orientation program where incoming freshmen are required to attend. I wish I had been able to do that. Also, I wish I had known more about Providence, and Rhode Island in general becuase there is actually so much to do in this small state!

Nothing, I came to this school alone not knowing anyone or anything about it, and I have grown to build the strongest friendships I have ever had, also the classes were very much what I expected and there were no huge surprises for me when I attented this college.

I wish that i had lived on campus the first year here. I would also have liked to know how large greek life was on campus

I wish I had known that the campus was spread apart adn seperated byt street and other buildings.