<p>Im planning on getting most of my general education done before leaving high school, so I was wondering how difficult the non quant general education classes (art/lit, history, intrrnational,social studies, philosophy, English) are. I dont consider quant or science because my major prerequisites cover them. Are these classes time consuming, difficult, or in general harder or easier than AP classes in high school? I want to get as many done as possible without overwhelming myself and having never done a class at this level I have no idea how these classes work. I get off from high school at one thirty to take CCC classes. Thank you.</p>
<p>Compared to AP’s, it really just depends. Some classes and professors are hard, some are easy. It varies by school, course, professor, pretty much everything. 
If it helps, I believe a normal course load for a full time student is ~15-18 credits, which should be four or five classes at a time. You’ll probably only want one class if you’ve still got a full high school schedule. (And if you do think one is easy in the fall, you could always take more in the spring semester.)</p>
<p>It completely depends on the high school you’re coming from and the community college you’re going to. My ultra-competitive high school made community college feel like a breeze. A friend of mine in a nearby city who shared a few classes with me felt she was working much harder at community college. You can’t really compare high school and CC so generally. Take a humanities class with an instructor that’s known to be good, keep your eye on the last day to drop without a grade, and see how it goes.</p>
<p>It totally depends. But in general, the easier classes will be classes that cover material you’ve already covered in high school. So if you are torn between taking US history and taking Anthropology, you should go with the US history class because it will cover a lot of the same topics as your high school US history class did. It will not be a repeat of the class (though my college bio and hs bio class were identical), but it’ll still have some overlap. If you had a basic hs schedule (I’m assuming since you are getting out at 1:30 you are not taking special APs like psych or econ), then a class like art history or philosophy will not only not have any overlap with your hs, but their expectations will be new to you too. All different fields have different ways of approaching the subject and writing papers, so when you take a class in a subject you’ve never studied before, you can expect to struggle more than usual. </p>
<p>But for the vast majority of college classes: they are harder for most people. In HS 30-40% of your grade can be based on daily hws which you can get As easily as long as you complete them. In college, it’s all based on papers (usually it’s just one or two, except the english classes), the midterm, and final. Then 10-20% will be on in class participation/small writing assignments/a group project/pop quizzes. This makes it much harder to cheat your way to an A by acing your hw (which could be copied from a friend) and then getting Cs/Bs on your tests, or failing a test but since it’s only 1 of 8 it won’t matter that much. So for most it’s harder. But if you’re super ADD and have problems paying attention in class 5 days a week and doing stupid little hw assignments for each day, a college class might be easier.</p>
<p>Okay, the only part of that that im not particularily familiar with are the papers; are they just essays or are they like assesments of what you’ve learnt? My best grades in high school were always on the finals, group projects, etc. we actually had few just one answer work sheets, so it was practically impossible to copy.</p>