“I am also drawn to this program because it would give me extra time to practice my instrument and participate in a volunteer program at a local hospital.” While you will spend less time in class, and therefore have more flexibility in your schedule outside of class, you shouldn’t make the mistake of assuming you will have more time total. College classes generally expect the student to do more homework per instructional hour outside of class. For instance, if you take calculus 1, the instructional time will be about half as for calculus AB in your high school, but you will still have to master the same material–not half as much.