Kent State University at Kent Top Questions

I wish i had known about the open enrolment policie at Kent State University, this would have connvinced me to enrol here as a freshman.

How important it is.

I knew more than other students, due to the fact I joined an early summer program called Acacdemic S.T.A.R.S program. The Academic STARS Program is a freshman year transition/retention program that begins with a seven-week summer program. The summer program offers a unique opportunity to earn up to 7 credit hours that will be applied toward graduation and an introduction to a wide range of resources available at Kent State University; therefore, I wish more students were aware of the same program.

I wish I have firmly decided on what I wanted to do with my life, because I feel as though I'm behind because I picked up another major.

The one thing I wish I had known before coming to Kent State University is what classes exactly I had tested out of from my upper level high school courses. That way I would have not scheduled a class my first semester that I did not have to take.

I never thought I would be homesick until I moved away. My family lives in the area and I can go home on weekends, but it isn't the same. I suppose its natural to miss your family, but it's also the day to day routine and the little conveniences of home. I have made sure I have plenty of pictures and I now truly appreciate those special moments I took for granted before. I also wish I had spent more time learning the area. I have a car but it is still hard to get around town.

What I had wish I've known before I came to Kent State University is the direct I wanted to head to and the type of degree in which I wanted to pursue. I'm a transfer student from the University of Findlay, and I was trying to find myself and in some ways I believe that my freshman year of college was a waste. I was questioning a lot of my actions and I wasn't feeling comfortable with my surroundings nor the way I presented myself as a freshman college student.

I wish I would have known you were able to create your own student organizations or non-profits because I just started an on-campus organization as a junior. If I had started this group when I was a freshman I would have more members and could have established multiple organizations to serve the Kent community and provide aid to non-profits such as World Vision, Unicef, and others that fight poverty around the world. There are many ways to get involved at Kent State University, but often times prospective students and underclassmen do not know what is available.

I wish I had known that they have a TEFL program before I went to a different school for my first semester of college. Kent State University is one of the few schools in the U.S. that has a TEFL program that offers you experience teaching and also the opportunity to study abroad to receive certification to teach English as a foreign language, which is my main career goal.

Before I came to Kent State University, I wish I would have known how extremly competitive it is for admission into the various colleges. Especially Kent's College of Nursing.

How long I would spend driving back and forth from home.

I wish i would have come to this school when i was younger instead of now that i am older and have children

Figuring out your major can be tough. It's also perfectly natural to change your major more than once. However, I wish I would have been sure of my major before I came here. A goodn plan is always the best tool for college. If I had stuck with one major, my experience would have been much easier.

I wish I would have known how to study. I know that sounds funny, but in highschool your not taught how to take notes and study efficently. Your treated like a toddler in high school. In college nothing is given to you. You need to know how to take important notes without a presentation, just someone rambling. You also need to know how to study not only words and definitions, but situations.

I wish I knew it was going to be this fun.

Nothing. I believe my councellor informed me accurately.

Straightforward priorities. If you dont have a goal set in mind, it becomes continously difficult to stay focus. Although you will make life time friends come to school ready to take care of oneself first because the competition is high.

Kent's social life evolves around partying. Most of the people who go here come from families with money, whose parents do everything and pay for everything- making it hard to find real people who know how to live in the real world.

I wish that I had known that the academic advisors had no clue what they were doing.

I wish I was more aware of how much the social aspect of the college environment effects how well you sleep, study and prepare your course work for the next day.

I really do wish I would of lived on campus. I live at home now and it is very hard to make freinds at school when you live at home. I have to make extra effort at school to make freinds then everyone that lives there. I wish I would of gone to school and lived at school. The food is better and the life experience is worth it.

I wish I would have known to master my time management skills. There is always something going on that you would rather be doing than studying, but you need to know how to balance that time so you can get everything done that you need to while also having fun in the process.

I wish I would of known how diverse this school was.

I wish I knew what I wanted to do with my life, before I came to Kent State University.

Was pretty wel informed

I wish that I knew it was located in the snow belt of Ohio! I also wish that I would have known how easy it was to transition from high school to Kent State University. Amazing school!

Kent State is very tolerant of all types of people.

I wish I would have known how windy and cold it is. That way I could bring warmer clothes!

How hard it would be to adjust

Before I came to Kent State University I wish I would have know about some of the programs they offer in the summer for incoming freshmen.

How to write a proper english paper, and a higher level of math.

Protect your GPA

I wish I would have know exactly what major I wanted insted of changing it a few times.

N/A...I did my homework.

The different things to do on and off campus.