Every Thursday during the summer we will offer some words of advice, wisdom, and encouragement from Spring 2024 UNIV117 (Exploring Your Academic Path) students to new, incoming University Studies (UST) undeclared students.

“My advice to an incoming freshman is to first of all, get involved. I did not get involved at all this year because I didn’t know what interested me or where my place was, but I wish I just tried things I figured I wouldn’t like because I think I would’ve had such a better experience here if I connected with others and tried to discover any possible interests. That is my biggest regret, so to those incoming students, do not wait to try something new.”

Every Thursday during the summer we will offer some words of advice, wisdom, and encouragement from Spring 2024 UNIV117 (Exploring Your Academic Path) students to new, incoming University Studies (UST) undeclared students.

“One piece of advice I would give to an incoming UST student is that being undeclared does not make you less of a student than others who have chosen their majors. Being around other people who knew what they wanted to do made me feel smaller than them or like I was behind, but this is not the reality. Every class you take can be helpful towards major requirements so you are never really “behind”.”

Every Thursday during the summer we will offer some words of advice, wisdom, and encouragement from Spring 2024 UNIV117 (Exploring Your Academic Path) students to new, incoming University Studies (UST) undeclared students.

“A piece of advice I would give to incoming undeclared students is talk to people in fields you’re interested in to see what skills it takes to see if you really want to do it.”

“Throughout my time as a University Studies student, one thing that really helped me out choosing a major was assessing myself as a person; look at yourself and consider your skills. Are you good with people? Are you good at working in groups? What types of things did you enjoy doing as a kid?”

Every Thursday during the summer we will offer some words of advice, wisdom, and encouragement from Spring 2024 UNIV117 (Exploring Your Academic Path) students to new, incoming University Studies (UST) undeclared students.

“My advice that I would give to incoming undeclared students would be to not let your fear tell you lies. Having worries and concerns is perfectly ok and expected but you cannot deny yourself opportunity to try and learn about things because you think that it isn’t meant for you. Going off of that, nothing is “made” for anyone, you need to be the one to claim it.”