<p>Here on CC.. I've seen many who've done 5,6,10 activities in high school yet maintaining a 3.9-4.0.. Is it possible to do the same at a top notch college? If my first priority is to maintain a >3.9 in college.. how many activities can I expect to take part in? 2,3,4? Thanks</p>
<p>Ymmv depending on your college, major, professor, etc. Some professors are harder than others. In general, expect to have to work much harder in college to get the grades you had in high school. Even though class time takes up less of the week, most of the other time that would have been spent on school might have to be taken up by studying to achieve such a high GPA goal.</p>
<p>Why do you need a >3.9gpa?</p>
<p>iljets10 is exactly correct. At my son's college, the challenge of academics can vary greatly; for example, the work load for a general studies major versus a theoretical math major (not to single those out) is vastly different. That being said, in general terms, college is more challenging and takes more self discipline than HS.</p>
<p>I'd like to have a high GPA because law school/grad school is a very huge possibility for me after college..</p>
<p>I'll most likely major in math/physics or engineering.. which are considered the tougher majors in college..</p>
<p>I'm not saying you won't do it, but maintaining a 3.9 GPA throughout college is fairly difficult, especially if you're majoring in a hard science or engineering. If you're basing your GPA off of high school expectations, you're going to be very unpleasantly surprised. Also be sure to look at the average entering GPA of even the top schools; I think you'll be surprised by their average GPAs.</p>
<p>aren't there some ppl who think college is easier than hs?</p>
<p>I thought my freshman year of college was easier than my junior and senior years of high school. Granted, I was in a rigorous math/science center taking the equivalent of 16 credits of college and was in class 7-8 hours a day. I also retook general chemistry my freshman year. I felt like I had to study to remember it, but I'm sure having it the first time helped some. I do know that I had a lot more time to do homework in college. There are no family distractions and you're in class less.</p>