Is college much more different and better than high school?

Answer 1

I think so! I went to a large high school (about 3,000 people) and I'm going to an even larger college (around 28,000 people). I think the big difference for me is that no one cares. You can dress however you want--no one cares. You can walk around with earbuds in just going from one class to another, you can sit and take a nap in public, you can have friends or be a complete loner, and no one cares. Everyone is so wrapped up in their own world that no one thinks about you. It's awesome. You're also more responsible for your own work and studying in college, which I prefer. I like to be able to take notes however I want, study how I want, and not have busywork assignments. If you aren't organized and on top of things, you can start falling through the cracks quickly though.
My biggest advice: learn how you study and DO THAT. Study better, not harder. Being efficient is what separates people who stay up until 3am studying for a test from those who are only up until 9pm. Make friends in every class if you can, because if you miss a day you're going to want the notes, and it helps to have someone to study with. Get involved in SOMETHING because networking is everything. If your specific major or program has some sort of club or organization, get in it. GET AN INTERNSHIP. Employers remember good interns, I cannot stress this enough. That is the key to landing a job. Your university almost certainly has someone who can help you find an internship, whether it's within your department or a career center of some sort. Use them. Talk to your professors. Go to office hours. Get help if you need it and do it as soon as you realize you're struggling. Ask questions. Get a planner and stay organized. Write down all your deadlines as soon as you get them (first week = syllabus week = write all your test dates and due dates in your planner and check it frequently).
Good luck!

Answer 2

Why college is so much better than high school

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

College is very different from HS. Both academically and socially

Answer 5

Depends on where you go but where I went was absolutely nothing like high school. No one is in charge of you, you are on your own and it is your life to screw up. They get your money either way.

And that half-*** work product (plagiarized reports; empty essays that say nothing, really; missed deadlines)? No forgiveness. They are not in charge of you. You are in charge of you. Either perform or fail.

Social life in a college or university runs a wide range of possibilities. Some schools are huge, some are tiny, some are strict, some are very lenient. Mostly, no one is watching what you do to keep you in line. All responsibility is yours now. You might see the weird social clics (the football frat is a classic one that most schools have), but mostly there is so much diversity that those folks are not even something you run into much. Just avoid the drunken football frat boys. They tend to have issues playing well with everyone else. Most of the other social groups tend to be good folks.

Answer 6

The Only thing different about college for me was there was no study halls and your classes did not have be one right after the other, but my first semester of college i did have three classes one right after the other on Tuesdays and Thursdays.. . The other thing was the classes were more in depth, and the second semester of American history gets up to the the Great Depression. I started college before they added a third semester to American history. The Vietnam war was current events in 1971 and was escalating.


the other thing i learned is don't go to school or work during a hurricane even Tulane has NOT cancelled classes but every other university HAS cancelled classes..The university of of Oklahoma does cancel clases when the Lloyd noble parking lot becomes an ice skating rink..Tulane was long time ago in land far far away. ( more than 650 miles).

The other thing was you could walk off campus when and if you wanted to.

I went to private college prepatory schools. My first year at public university i went through culture shock and i could be homesick for TWO places, But I learned i could survive without parent in the background to "rescue" me. My father was 1500 miles away and my mother was dead and buried.... Tulane operates in ti's won little psychic universe., or at least the uptown campus does...

My closest friend recently was at the downtown 'campus. she says there's a lot more security than there used to be. especially the pedestrian "bridge" between the medical school buildings and the hospital. The Tulane hospital didn't used to be there.. Charity hospital is still shuttered and closed.. Tulane. Lsu and the Louisiana governor cannot reach an agreement on what to do with charity hospital. there was reason it built in between the two medical schools..

You don't have to go to class in college. Yes attendance usually is taken, but no one calls the office if you are not in class.

Don't believe all the garbage about GPA you get from other people.

For some people College IS better than high school, but for MANY DIFFERENT reasons.. For other people it NOT better. and for some people it is LOT harder, because they have no ides how mage their TIME by themselves. OR MONEY. I was NOT helicopter parented. My last two years of high school. One i left the house with my father until came home with either my father or neighbor, who worked on the Tulane uptown campus. my mother had no control over what I decided to do and HOW i decided to get home... if i wanted to go downtown by trolley or bus and get on the airport bus. i could do that, but i still had to walk a mile to get home.. I will NEVER wear three inch heels again..

OMG. I am not ready for football season. Oh.! it's still June. Whew! It. seems 2/3 of the state of Oklahoma knows all the back-roads into Norman. New Orleans doesn't have that many back roads, and the geography is crazy.. Even the "directions" are different.

Answer 7

lever up!

Answer 8

When I went to a junior college,
o There were ashtrays.
o There were no ringing bells to signal the end of, nor the beginning of, "periods."
o The teacher didn't take attendance.
o At registration I paid a per-unit fee.
o There was a parking lot (and the parking permits cost money)
o For more of my classes there was a term paper or a term project
o There were students from late teen to early senior citizen in the same class

Answer 9

not better but different then high school.

Answer 10

YES!
There is Legal Acohol consumption (and other drugs). More likely to acquire friends.
Likely a Life away from the rigors of Home (with the parents).
Classes scheduled through out the day at various locations some outside the main building. Freedom of attending or not as whim desires.
The ability to get DEEP into DEBT, which may take decades to payoff, if ever.
Unless joining a (N) ROTC program, the search for a job when graduating in the field you trained for, which might be nonexistent.
IF you are very good in the Field you chose, Industry may come looking for you.

Plan carefully, or you might as well seek employment now.