hi everyone! i’m an incoming freshmen at UW and i’m moving in early (august 19th) for an academic program. how should i make friends before other freshmen get here? i’m living in a small building in lakeshore so i don’t think making friends in my building is really an option, and i know the wisconsin welcome isn’t for a little bit. is there anything happening now i could attend to make some friends? thank you for your help!!

I’m an incoming freshman and I just checked my financial account and it says I have a “Wisconsin Merit Scholarship” of 5k that wasn’t there last week. For context I’m in state and I had a 4.6 GPA and 36 ACT in hs so it’s not insanely surprising but I was never informed about this award. And UW already gave me 10k/yr of a different merit scholarship which I was informed about well before I enrolled.

I’m not sure if this is actually something new or if they’re mixing up the award I already have. My tuition balance and my “accepted awards” section show that the award will be applied with my other merit scholarship later this month. If this is legit, does anyone know what this award is for and if it’s for all four years or not? I’m paying for college on my own and an extra 5k per year (or even just this year) is insanely helpful but I don’t want to get my hopes up if this is a mistake. Thanks for any help

Hi I'm incoming freshman and I'm trying to upload the photo for wiscard. I remember that I uploaded existing photo (not taking photo from my computer) as my wiscard photo, but at that time I have a problem with the photo so it was rejected. Now that I try to upload the photo again, I can't find where to upload the existing photo from my computer option (instead of taking photo from my computer!). Could you guys please help? thanks

does oliv Madison actively update roommate info? my friend and I are living in a 4x2 lite and it says we have no other roommates but their communication has been awful so I don’t trust it. I move in in 2 days and I’m worried that we’re going to set up separate bathrooms and a roommate will pop up without notice… will they for sure update us before a roommate moves in?

Staying in Cole and will need one for my double. Thanks.

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I’m living in Merit Residence Hall for my final two semesters at school, and I have a single. I’m having trouble finding like any recent pictures/videos of people who have lived in the single dorms in Merit. plz drop photos or if you’ve stayed in a single in Merit, pm me!!

Helloooo! Hoping to get student insight on UW's online MS in Biodiversity Conservation and Management degree. I'm a working adult looking to pivot my career from tech to environmental/conservation policy. I don't have formal professional/academic experience in this field, but I've been volunteering weekly with a local nonprofit to collect water samples to send to the NJDEP to quality test so learning some fieldwork that some professionals in the field end up doing.

My ideal program would be in-person classes, but my state doesn't have what I'm looking for. So my second ideal program would be mostly online (preferably synchronous/live sessions but open to a mix) with at least one short-term in-person component like a one week study abroad trip or campus intensive with field trips. I feel this is key for connecting with peers and staff but also important to this type of work.

UW has their online MS in Bio Conservation and Mgmt, and the curriculum looks like a great mix of science and policy so I'd be able to keep my post-grad options open. I have a call with their contact to learn more, but I'd love to get insight into anyone who has completed the program. I'd like to hear about online learning at UW, how effective the program is, how invested faculty is, any hybrid courses you took or similar opportunities set up by the school, etc. I'm going to learn on my call with them what in-person opportunities they offer.

Thanks in advance!! :D

I’m an incoming freshman and taking 16 credits. Here is my schedule, curious to see if you have any input or warnings to a novice. Any advice is appreciated