<p>College is easier because I have very few assignments; in my first year, I had perhaps two assignments a week. Now, in my third and final year, I have only 8 assignments total in a semester.</p>
<p>It is stressful during exams, especially when a majority of my exams make up 100% of my mark, but I like it much better than the busywork in high school.</p>
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Then she does not attend a rigorous school at all. If your daughter isn’t learning out of Spivak in first year, then she isn’t doing real mathematics. </p>
<p>The fact that the school is letting her take “honors” differential equations and calculus of several variables speaks more of what a joke the school is and less of her being a genius(not saying she isn’t, she very well could be).</p>
<p>Majjestic – What is your problem? What right do have to insult my daughter and the college she attending?</p>
<p>I did not mean to insult your daughter, and I apologize if I have come off that way . I am just tired of hearing too many students saying college is easy because they attend EASY schools, schools where grade inflation is rampant in the first place. For one of my math classes (which is all proofs), the class average for the midterm was lower than 40. Bear in mind that all the students taking the class are math majors. </p>
<p>If your daughter wants to be challenged and feels she finds her classes to be a joke, then she should transfer to a top 10 school.</p>
<p>guys calm down. College is different for everyone. We’ll all get jobs. We’ll all be successful if we work hard. No need to compare easyness.</p>
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<p>Apology accepted. She never said her classes are a joke. She is being challenged, just not as much as when she went to a very competitive high school. She was accepted at Carnegie Mellon (which is ranked as #1 or #2 for computer science), but she didn’t feel it was the right school for her. So, she’s probably in the top 5-10% of her class at her college, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Every college has students at the top of their class, as well as ones who are struggling at the bottom.</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters what school you go to…some people will find class “A” easy, while others struggle. Sure, some subjects in general are easier than others, but I don’t think math would be one of them. </p>
<p>Also, consider that not everyone can afford to attend to a “top 10” school. Just because bright students are in lower-ranking schools, does not mean they couldn’t hack it or can just transfer out. Maybe she got more aid where she is at, or liked the area better. Umd doesn’t need to share the reasons. She was just getting advice on how other students felt about college difficulty.</p>
<p>There are so many students out there contemplating transfer, but after a few semesters many of them end up enjoying their school, or at least being content with it. Like Burgsoccer said, if you work hard enough at any school, you can be successful.</p>
<p>sticking up for UMD dhtr’s school- the school her daughter goes to IS an honors college, and it is very well regarded, and considered tough. No, not top 10 uni’s, but definitely a competitive CS and math school. Strongly recruited by gov’t in both CS and math. Education is also strong at that school, I believe. My DS has a number of friends that were in the top 5-10% of class at that school. One is “struggling” a little, the others working hard, but not overwhelmed. I think it depends on your background, what you expect from the college, and what you put into it. Sometimes students that needed 15 minutes of review to ace a test in HS, find that they need to learn new study habits to do well in college. It is a learning curve. </p>
<p>Just because the uni UMD’s dhtr attends is not top 10, does not mean that the program is not strong or competitive. Making those generalizations are what people really hate about CC posts, and why students freak after reading posts on CC. Obviously many people do very well that have not gone to top 10 uni’s.</p>
<p>It depends on your college and high school experiences if you ask me. I have an easier time in classes I enjoy here, but for the most part, I am struggling way more than I did in high school. 99% of that is because I truly dislike my current institution, which adds to the burden of the work I am doing. My school does not have the major I want, and most of my time here feels wasted.</p>
<p>Vlines – Thanks so much for sticking up for my daughter and her university.</p>
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<p>I know that when my daughter was in high school, she used to religiously read and post on CC. I know that some of what she read contributed to the stress and anxiety she experienced during the entire college admissions process.</p>
<p>CC is a very biased site. People dont understand that not everyone in the world can get 100 published articles by the age of 15 :P</p>
<p>^^ I see CC as more of a place for students who are coming from very competitive high schools and who are shooting for very competitive colleges. It is hard to find advice from those with different backgrounds. Yet it is also the most active forum I’ve come across, so I guess take the good with the bad.</p>
<p>I’m always amazed when people post about small schools near me, like Muhlenberg. I think, “Really?? You’ve heard of it?? Maybe I’m really not in the middle of nowhere!”</p>
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<p>I am surprised by this thread. I am not struggling but I do not find college easier than HS. I was placed into an analysis (math) course and when I saw the book my first thought was “Man, I am in trouble.”</p>
<p>SadPanda - I don’t think it’s bragging. I think it’s a legitimate concern for a parent to wonder whether their child is getting a good education. I believe I saw this thread posted in the Parents’ Forum as well. I think it’s good to get both parents’ insights from their kids, and insights from kids/young adults currently in the schools. Not all kids share everything with their parents, and some lie =/</p>
<p>I went to a hard high school and I thought the first two years of college were easy. Now, I’m in my third year and I’m a Nursing major taking ALL Nursing courses, not so much.</p>
<p>If she goes to an even decent school, she will be singing a different tune in her sophomore or junior year.</p>
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<p>Yes, that is quite possible. Her second semester may prove to be even more challenging.</p>
<p>I was an IB diploma student, so in college I have found the workload to be lighter but generally the material is harder, so it sort of balances it out. I have more free time now, though, because I haven’t overbooked myself the way I did in high school. It might be worse next semester though, since I want to get a job with admissions and they won’t hire first-semester freshmen. It’s one of the few decent jobs I can get on campus without work-study…</p>
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<p>I wanted to go back and address something you posted yesterday:</p>
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<p>I specifically asked her about this last night. She said that everything in her discrete structures course (comp sci) is proofs. She said that course is more difficult than either of her math courses she is currently taking.</p>
<p>I think college itself is easier in the sense of being able to do work you are interested in, planning when your classes are and what you’ll take, etc - My freshman year I felt was a breeze first semester, but then I started piling on the extra stuff and that’s when life got complicated…
School has proved to be MUCH harder for me as far as time goes on - not from class but from everything that goes with the opportunities of college and hopefully securing a job in my future - I have no time to eat,sleep…breathe maybe? Between two internships, on campus work, clubs, and 6 classes I am busy 8am-10pm M-F and then work about 15-20 hours over the weekend.</p>
<p>I agree college is easier than highschool in certain ways.</p>
<p>Keep in mind I did the freakin’ IB program. I think anything is easier than that, lol.</p>
<p>But college is harder because you have more free-time, less structured assignments and expectations, and several different desires you didn’t necessarily have in high-school (being independent, getting a job, starting a new life, etc).</p>