University of Colorado Colorado Springs Top Questions

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

Jenna

There is little sense of school spirit, it does feel like a real college. I transferred after my freshman year to UCCS but I wish I had stayed where I was orgionally going to school. My college experience was not what I was expecting by means of non-academic standards. However, I enjoyed by classes and many of my professors in my degree.

Tam

I wish I had known how hard it is making friends as a commuter.

Jennifer

That college was really a big difference from the high school life. You should really read the material because many test questions come from there and not your notes. The amount of time I spent studying. To have an active social life you hav to leave your comfort zone and put yourself out there. Waiting til the last minute is not a smart idea in college. Team work is a big one. People skills are something you must have. Be ready for group work and tons of it.

James

I wish I had known what I wanted to do with my life before starting college.

Sara

I wish I had known that UCCS didn't really have enough parking for all of the students who pay for parking. Thankfully, there are areas off campus where they shuttle you to and from campus without you having to pay.

ZACH

how awful parking is.

Stephanie

When I first went to college, I really wish I had known a better way to purchase books for cheaper. There is the school book store and I knew about a few online websites that rent and sell used books. It is all about getting the best deal and saving as much as a student can. I would also have helped to know that if the class really was not going to use a certain book, then we should not have to purchase it. I bought three extra books that I never even opened. Fortunately, people learn from the past.

Katherine

I wish I had known about more financial aid and scholarship opportunities.

Jen

I wish I would have known that to be eligible for in state tuition I needed to not only be living here for a year but actually be paying for my own rent. My parents were helping me but they lived in North Carolina. So even though I lived here a year I still am paying out of state tuition.

Laura

I wish I had known how spread out the campus was.

Kara

I wish I had known how great the classes are and how small the class sizes are compared to other schools. Even compared to other schools which are relatively small, UCCS has great class sizes in which you really get to learn and the teachers really care about you personally and your success.

Autumn

I would have liked to have known all of my options in regards to housing. There really is nothing about this school that I dislike.

Kelsey

How hard is was to get the information you need .

Promise

I wish I had known that although you pay $160.00 for special parking there are never any parking spaces available.

Brittani

How long the Nursing Wait list really was. But the wait list no longer exists, the program is now competitive.

Kevin

That I there would be more on-campus jobs.

Kelsey

How crafty colleges are at getting you to dish out more and more money all the time. I definitely would have tried to live off campus.

Alex

size and impact of the surrounding city

Erika

I wish that I would have known how to manage my time better and how to study more effectively.

Anna

I wish that I had known that it was a commuter campus.

Zach

i WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE ACTUALL AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL AIDE I WAS GOING TO RECIEVE. IT WAS A LOT LESS THAN THOUGHT. i THOUGHT ALL MY SCHOOL WAS GOING TO BE PAID FOR WITH FINANCIAL AIDE. NOW I HAVE TONS OF STUDENT LOANS. NOT FUN. I FEEL LIKE I WAS TRICKED

Kyle

How incredibly boring it can be. And certain courses are only offered once every several years, it really destroys your chance to graduate if you fail something.

Daniel

I wish I would have known my parents were going to move and leave me with no place to live; I would have gone to an out-of-state school had that been the case.

Perri

I wish I could have known more about the city of Colorado Springs before I came to live here. I was a bit disappointed in the city.

Mary

Much more emphasis is palced on Nursing and Engineering than other schools, that the Criminal Justice program was so new, and that the recent issue with Student Body Government denying funds to a LGBTQ group was going to happen

Emily

A list with the cost of extra materials that you are required to buy. In each nursing class the prefessors have extra materials that were not on the class list and it is hard to find the money last minute.

Kari

That you can get all A's for the semester with just one A- and still not have a 4.0 GPA. However, even if you have 4 A+'s and only one A-, you will not have a 4.0 GPA. If they are going to lower your GPA for an A-, they should at least raise it back up or let it be balanced out by an A+ in order for hard working students to maintain a decent GPA.

Victoria

I wish I had known more about the financial aid process and how to best make use of the financial resources here.

Sarah

I wish I had known about the possible career choices in psychology and about the school's resources for deciding a major and for planning out school and grad school. I was clueless and thus a 4 year degree has taken 8 years.

Meagan

That the arts program was last on the list of priorities. Im a fine arts major and they have us do studio classes in a temporary trailor set up. :(