University of Central Florida Top Questions

I did enough research on my own to find out enough about the school.

I wish I had known that classes would go quick once registration started. You pretty much have to be the first person to sign up or you won't get the class you want.

I wish I knew that I was going to have to study seriously. Going to college, I expected it to be hard. What I did not expect was the fact that the classes seemed as easy as my classes in high school. With that mind-set, I studied for classes as if I were in high school. My laziness caught up to me when I realized that my GPA was below a 3.0. Now I am working very hard to make up for my GPA when I could have saved myself the trouble by studying in the first place.

I wish i would have know that University is not at hard as people say it is. The staff is friendly and the classes are easy to identify. The guidance councelor is personal and became my good friend to go to with any questions i have. I feel like i belong to a family when I am at school.

workload

Before attending the University of Central Florida, I wish I had known that help was available after class in the Math Lab for anyone taking a mathematics course. Towards the end of my fall semester of Calculus, I discovered that the Math Lab was available to help students if they did not understand a problem or just needed extra help outside of class.

There is nothing specific that I wish I would have known. I am very happy here.

How to be informed of school events and functions.

Before coming to this school, I wish I would've known that it was so GREAT. Rather than starting in the Spring of 09 I would've started in the Fall of 08. It definitely wasn't one of my first choices. I ended up at another school in the Fall of 08, which was my first choice school and it didn't work out too well. I felt like I wasted my time and I miss out on a whole semester which could've been spent at UCF. It was definitely a learning experience though.

Before I came to this school, I wish I had known about the many ways to get involved, such as social clubs and the student goevernment association

Housing has been a challenge. I received 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} bright futures based on my academic career for tuition only. Of course, housing was not given for free. If I would have known that I was not going to receive any aid for housing, I would have chosen an institution close to home. I was able to find a part-time job, but it is still not enough. At this point, I would like to search for any help I could get from scholarships. The help is out there, I just need the lending hand for these troubling expenses.

I can't think of anything.

I wish I would have known about drop/adds and how they worked. Also I wished I knew that it is cheaper to buy your books online and not from the main book store.

Before I came to UCF, I wish that I knew what my direction in life was. I have changed my major a few times, and finally now, at the age of 37, I am ready to go into the world of Technical Communication. Had I known that there was a need for people with my talents in this area, I would have pursued this major sooner and gotten started on the right path. However, I'm here now and ready to conquer the world ahead of me!

Im not sure that there is anything.

I wish I would have known that the rumor about the parking was actually true!

I wish I had known to be way more involved my freshman year in activities on campus.

I wish I had known how differently the class structures would have been in comparison to high school. How you're literally on your own and it quickly becomes apparent if you're going to sink or swim. I wish I researched financial aide more vigorously because the rising costs of schooling doesn't sync well with a pay check stretching to cover five costly individuals. Most importantly I wish I had known how amazing college really is if you put forth your best effort and leave the slacking in the past.

I wish I had known about the different leadership opportunities available. I was aware of some but not all of them. I could've planned my involvement based on various organizations and leadership positions I would have liked to have held.

I wish I would of known college is what you make it. If you stress out about everything and also worried about how things are going to be your grades will reflect it. If you have a balance between books and life you experience will not be as dreadful as many others. College is the prime of life and if you stress that part of your life away you might just be as stressful in your career and family life.

That it's not that difficult to take general education/entry level courses at a community college and transfer them in -it's less expensive and gets you ahead in coursework.

That there is a lot of opportunities to be involved.

I wish I knew that it was going to keep growing. There are so many students at this school it almost seems over crowed sometimes. Most of the classes are large lecture halls, and I would prefer to have more classroom type classes.

I wish I knew that most of the administration expect for most college student to be immature.

I would have wished and known that everything around here is a lot more expensive that it should be. I knew college is expensive, but I didn't believe it was that much!

Nothing really.

I wish I had known more about the campus itself. I didn?t feel that much was explained to me as far as where everything was located. The campus is so spread out that it is very difficult to get lost, so it would have been nice to have been taken on a more detailed tour. I also wish I had known more about the area surrounding the University.

I need a car.

Not entirely, although it would have helped if I could have had more time to inquire the staff about what I should expect.

I wish i would have gone to it striaght from high school.

Administration was more helpful. I have never been to talk to advisors or administrators without leaving frustrated or upset.

I would say that I was pretty well prepared for the overall atmosphere of the campus. I have not run into any real surprises.

the quality of campus

Nothing. I liked finding out new things and meeting new people. It was an experiance.

That they were all about getting the money out of the students and less about giving the education equal to the payment in return.

everything was covered in orientation

That it was full of bicycle theves.

I wish I had known more about facilities available to first-year students to help guide them in their educational process.

I wish I had known how much it was going to cost to live 6 hours away from home. I also wish I knew how boring the night life is if you're not greek or have money to go to the clubs.

How much walking I would have to do!

I wish that i had known more people. I am currently aware of only one other person that is attending this school that graduated from my high school. In addition, I have only run into them once.

I've been really satisfied with this school. I've found the drive I've needed to succeed here, I've gone from a 2.9 in High School to a 3.8 in college, so UCF has been great. The only thing I wish I had known was how difficult it is to get into certain classes at times.

That even though the school is beautiful it does not mean the professors are good or even decent.

Not really anything.

That many classes required for a major or minor are not offered or are only offered off the main campus.

The one thing I wished I had known before I came to the University of Central of Florida was how difficult it would be to figure my class schedule for the summer term to transfer from the state college closer to home.

I wish I would have known how different college is from high school. For instance, attendance isn't always required and the workload is much greater. Also, not all professors will be helpful outside of the classroom. A better emphases on time management should be given in high school because if you mismanage your time you will not do well in college.

I wish I had known better study habits and how hard the adjustment into a 4-year university was going to be.

I wish I had known how much the first semester is the most important semester.

The only thing I wish I would have known was to not go to the other school I went to my first year in college and just went straight to UCF. I only went to the other college because it was closer to home. But I hated it there so came to UCF the next year.