What you need to know when you are a Freshman at VCU:

Get to know your seniors:It’ll be very helpful in the future ,because they’ll be able to share their advice and knowledge when you’re struggling with a project.Since you will be starting your foundation year , it’s important that you ask the seniors about their experiences in the different majors, this might help you choose which major you’d like to go into.

Take a tour around campus:Even though VCU is one of the smaller campuses I suggest taking the tour with the seniors, when you get accepted to VCU.It helped me alot and i didnt have to struggle looking for classes around the university.

Attend karak hours and events:You’ll be able to make friends or talk to some of the staff and teachers.Going to university is not only about learning and attending your classes, it’s also about socializing and discussing different topics in these karak hours.

Join Clubs:When I joined the adventure club it made me feel like I was a part of a community.These clubs will really help you destress from the work loads and they’re also super fun!It’ll look good on your resume too.

Time and organization:DO NOT pile up your workload and try to finish everything last minute.You might be able to get away with it in any other major but as fine arts majors, we need to take pictures of our process and explain how we made/built/created our project.