University of Georgia Top Questions

You can't do everything. Get settled in slowly and put keeping your GPA high over everything else.

I wish I had known the importance of time-management. Even though I got excellent grades all throughout high school, I procrastinated a lot. When I got to college, I realized I was in a little bit over my head, considering I was taking 16 credit hours (13 of which were from very difficult, high-level classes), working 15 hours a week, playing intramural volleyball, and being a member of a sorority that required time for meetings and volunteering. If i had known how to manage my time, my first semester wouldn't have been so stressful.

Nothing. I was aware of everything.

Going into college, I wish someone would've told me that college is nothing like high school. In high school, I didn't need to study to get all A's, so I never actualy learned how. In college, you have to work for every grade you get.

I wish I had known how to manage time better. My first semester was difficult because I didn't manage time wisely. I spent so much time studying for one class and devoted so much effort, which didn't pay off, and it caused me not to do well in my other classes. I also had a hard time fitting in time to eat or sleep.

I really wish I would have known how to manage my time effectively.

How much I really would have to pay, especially compared to in-state students. I had to pay 50,000 per year whereas most instate students paid nothing at all due to the HOPE/Zell Miller financial aid. So it was hard to relate and there were very, very few financial resources for me.

I think one thing that surprised me was UGA's lack of ethnic and racial diversity. Many members of my class came from affluent suburbs of Atlanta, so I sought out opportunities to learn about other cultures and backgrounds byjoining clubs and taking classes that specialized in diversity.

I wish I would have known to not stress about finding friends among the crowd. Just join clubs and activities and theyll come!

I wish I had known that by applying early action, I would have been eligible for scholarship money by the University. This would have greatly helped me toward paying the dorm and books.

Prepare to study more and make sure that one of your initial priorities is to find a group of individuals similar to yourself that truly care about their performace academically so that you can form a functional study group.

Before I came to the University of Georgia, I wish I had known more about socializing in such large groups. I went to very small private schools Kindergarten thru high school so coming to UGA without knowing a single person was difficult at first. I wish I had made an immediate effort to search out a smaller group of people, rather than trying to blend into the background.

Honestly, the one thing I wish someone had told me freshman year was that you should enjoy classes you register for. It's important to take your core classes and get them out of the way, but if the Professor doesn't teach the way you'd like, especially for a difficult course, your freshman life would be miserable. Oh and don't take more classes than you can handle. Your brain will fry and you'll stress yourself to death.

Before coming here, I wish I would have known how big of a shock it was going to be to live on a campus that huge. My first class was in a giant lecture hall, and my class had more people in it than my entire high school had had. Because there are so many students, I did not get the teacher-student relationship and help that I was used to having in such a small high school. I wish I knew that I would need to know how to learn effectively on my own.

I wish I knew that I was uncertain about my major and also knew how to balance my college life better.

I wish that I had known about parking, bus schedule and the actual size of the campus. For my first week at UGA, I had a very hard time getting to class on time because of my lack of knowledge about the buses and parking. Also, the size of the campus was a lot larger than I had expected. The walking that I had to do from the bus stop to my class was suprising to say the least. I now schedule my classes close to each other and try to get parking near my classes.

I wish I had known better ways to study. In high school I never had to study but now I do all the time.

I wish I'd known that the English and History departments would soon receive almost no funding, and that I'd have to fight for a semester before I could get a proper advisor for my major. The Honors program looks great on a resume, but there are almost no Honors classes available; I've had to do most of my work through Honors options, meaning that I double my workload in some classes. Overall, if you don't fight to be heard, you won't even exist to the school.

Athletically: I wish that I had known that scholarships vary year to year. When you coming in on a full scholarship you are under the coach's discretion at the end of the year. Also, time management skills are critical to success as a student-athlete.

I wish I would have known to take more AP classes in high school so I would not have to be taking lower-level classes that are not going toward my major. The classes here are rigorous and more AP credit would have been nice. I wish I could have told myself to go and branch out and meet more people! There are numerous activities and I wish I would have been involved in since my freshman year in addition to the few that I am in. I also would want to tell myself to have more of a balance.

I wish I had known how much emphasis is placek life here. I did not want to join a sorority, but most girls do. So, if you aren't Greek, it's easy to feel like you're on the outside looking in sometimes.

That there are a lot of opportunities here, but you must seek them out. Just like in the real world they're not going to find you, you must choose a path and make something for yourself.

I wish I would have known how to ride a bike well!

I wish I had known how expansive the campus really was and I wish I had known more about the town of Athens itself. Finding my way around campus and around Athens has probably been the most difficult thing since I came to the University of Georgia.

I wish I would have known the responsibility at first. I was somewhat careless at the beginning and let my grades slip a bit. I have since then recovered and now am on the right track.

I wish I had known that you can truly reinvent yourself in college. I was told that many times, but it really didn't sink in until my junior year of college. I wanted to fulfill outdated dreams of mine and for that, I suffered, but am quickly bouncing back in a university of many possibilities.

Before I came to UGA, I wish I had known how much work is involved in the courses. I expected it to be more like high school, and I ended up doing poorly my first semester. You really have to stay on top of reading and homework in order to do well, which is something that I did not have to do in high school. I just wish that someone had told me before I signed up for classes how hard the coursework can be if you get behind.

Before attedning UGA, I wish I had taken the time to get to know the City of Athens better and its surrounging locations. By doing this, I feel that I would have felt at home quicker. I say this simply because it's hard to call a place home when you really dont know where anything is.

I wish I had known how insignificant one student can feel on such a large campus.

I wish I had known not to buy the meal plan. It put me over 10,000 dollars in debt to be on the meal plan and to live on campus since my scholarships only covered tuition. My second year, when I went off campus, I was able to save almost half of what I put into my Freshman year to live in a small room with another girl and to eat foods that made me sick for days. I also wish I knew to search ugakey.com before signing up for classes.

It is probably best to stay in the dorm your first year so that you can make friends for may different people. I stayed in an apartment when I started and because this school is so big, it is hard to meet people outside the classroom.

I wish I would have known that politics plays a huge role on wether or not you are accepted into your field of study...the bigger the school the greater the politcis. I learned this the hard way. However, I haven't learned this too late. This semester I plan on getting to know as many people as possible and making the right impression on people who can help me get a foot in the door.

I wish I had known to retain more information, so that I could remember more now. I wish I had not been wary of many things. I wish I had known that each quarter would be different and that the decisions I made there would be important(but not defining) for my future career and life.

Don't be afraid to talk to people in your classes! Be sure to make friends and find things to occupy yourself with on the weekend

I wish I had known that I would meet so many great and diverse people before I came to the University of Georgia; then maybe I would not have been as quiet and shy the first few weeks and I could have made more friends quicker.

I wish i had known about the courses offered at UGA (University of Georgia) that were made to boost freshman GPAs, and about good sources to search for scholarships. When i signed up for my courses i chose courses that were very advaced and very difficult to master. I passed with B's and B pluses , but i wish i had taken the freshman courses so that i could have raised my GPA even higher so i could be eligible to receive as many scholarships as possible to help me pay for school.

I wish that I had known that there is more going on at the University of Georgia than just Greek life. Although the Greek system plays an important role on campus, there are SO MANY more outlets for people's creativity, beliefs, and interests. There are many clubs, organizations, and groups. I needed to know that I would find my niche, even if it wasn't in a sorority.

Before coming to the University of Georgia, I wish I would have been better informed about the majors offered here. I came to the university declaring a Business Major. Once I found out the courses required for this class, I immediately switched majors because the major included subject-matters that I tend to not excell in. Enlightened by this fact, I decided to go into a major that was of more interest to me. If I had known about the majors before coming to the school, my judgment in declaring a major would have been much different.

It would have been nice to have done a little more research on the classes available, but such past mistakes have since been learned from.

I wish I had known more about the local music scene as Athens is very music oriented. Also, I would have liked to know more about the intramural sports

I wish I knew how to study and work more effectively to help me in my classes.

how to study

How difficult college actually is. High School was a joke.

It was ok to be unique.

What majors that I would settle on and the logistics of living out of state.

Nothing really. I've always lived in Athens, I knew what I was gettting into.

How much fun it actually is.

I was already decently aware of what I would be dealing with when I came to college.

The importance of actually learning the material and being able to apply it, as opposed to just memorizing the material

I had two sisters attend prior to myself, so they pretty much told me everything I needed to know.