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<p>My D1’s experience at Haverford is very similar. There’s a midterm and a final in every class but also numerous papers (some long, some short), quizzes, graded projects and presentations, graded lab assignments, sometimes graded class participation. Mostly, it’s just a lot of work at a rigorous level with very high expectations, and it requires focus, discipline, excellent study skills, writing ability, and strong time management skills to pull it all off. </p>
<p>Hard to say if there’s a correlation between HS grades and college grades; probably not so much. D1 is doing very well in college as she did in HS, but she knows lots of kids who were academic stars in very highly regarded high schools who pretty much bombed in their freshman year of college. Partly it just requires more self-discipline and better time management skills; in HS pretty much everything is spoon fed and as long as you do the assignments and turn everything in on time, you’re golden. College offers more independence and some kids don’t handle that well, or it may just take them some time to find their footing.</p>