<p>I have no idea what i'm going into
I'm thinking about going to university of michigan</p>
<p>I take all AP classes in high school, about 6.
do you think college is harder compared to high school?</p>
<p>How much harder? 1x, 2x, 3x???</p>
<p>it depends ENTIRLEY on your HS experience. I went to a top Prep school, and then went onto a very solid LAC, and to be perfectly honest I'm finding college much easier than HS ever was for me. Mostly I think the classes are about the same as my HS classes were (actually some are much easier), however now I take 4 classes at a time (16 credits), where as in HS I took 6 classes a semester, with every class at least 4 days a week. Now I have class for 3 hours a day MWF, then an hour and a half a day T and Tr. </p>
<p>But that's just me.</p>
<p>I also know people who went to a different level of HS and yes they took all AP's but their AP's were not the same as my AP classes, and they're finding college a challenge.</p>
<p>And then it also matters, to be perfectly blunt, how bright you are and how quickly you pick things up.</p>
<p>It's completely individual. Ask people from your HS how prepared they felt. That should give you a better idea than asking us random people on this board.</p>
<p>Btw what's T and Tr?</p>
<p>I think Tuesday and Thursday - the poster is talking about the days of the week.</p>
<p>T=Tuesday
Tr=Thursday</p>
<p>equine99 is similar to me: college wasn't hard. College was a continuation with less work and more fun.</p>
<p>oh.. in my college's schedule thing there's R as well! I assume that's thursday! this whole course selection thing is pretty confusing!</p>
<p>I was just about to start a similar thread. SO for someone who will have taken 11 APs by grad in a relatively tough prep school...college ISN'T going to be that hard is it?</p>
<p>I'm hoping college is not going to be that hard. If you want college to be easy you should really start self studying and making notes for your up coming classes the summer you enter college.</p>
<p>I don't understand the concept you propose. I cannot see spending time pregaming for something that isn't too hard to begin with. I can see taking more courses than the least number required. I have way more stuff for my summer than pregaming for courses that one might not have selected just yet.</p>
<p>College isn't really that hard - yes the content is more advanced, but not necessarily more difficult if you get the basics - it's just at a faster pace...And that can take some getting used to.</p>
<p>i heard that HS , u learn AP class in 1 year</p>
<p>in college...1 semester</p>
<p>right?</p>
<p>then HOW IS IT EASIER?
its twice the stuff</p>
<p>Not having teachers constantly holding your hand through a semester can be the 'hard' part. You get the class syllabus on day one, it informs you of an exam 5 weeks away, and your teacher may NEVER say one word about it, but it was on the paperwork. Follow the syllabus with a fine-toothed comb.</p>
<p>This goes for papers and projects due too.</p>
<p>Don't expect little reminders like in HS. They most likely won't happen.</p>
<p>Also if you're stuck in a subject, it's up to YOU to get the help necessary to get unstuck. Tutoring, and the like. Don't wait with the thought that you'll catch up.</p>
<p>It really depends the subject. you can even come close to thinking that a circuitry class in HS, which I had, could even come close to circuit/electric theory class in College. </p>
<p>English is basicly the same as well as History. The easy stuff.</p>
<p>So if you are doing a Subject like Business, english, History,Dance Theater, any art or Humanities majors, then yes College will be easy for anybody, because these are not hard subjects to learn.</p>
<p>If you are a Engineering,medical,pharm,bio, chem, physics or any other science which included econ, as most good schools the econ tries to get away from business. They yes it will be alot harder.</p>
<p>and please dont try to tell me that Business is just as hard as a science, because if you belive this then your crazed.</p>
<p>smug and full of hubris. Thankfully you aren't in my zipcode. Nice comments for a self serving, pat yourself on the back kinda guy. Ewwww.</p>
<p>econ = hard???</p>
<p>college is going to be as difficult as you make it. i dont simply mean that in the cliche 'what you get out of college depends on what you put in' kind of way, either. </p>
<p>more tangibly, are you the person who is going to sign up for that really easy geography class your friend got an 'a' in without studying? or are you instead going to opt for the sociology class that kept another friend in her dorm room studying nearly every friday night? its up to you.</p>
<p>i chose the more admirable route and as such ended up with some amazing professors and amazingly difficult classes. i didnt take the history course where i had to memorize names and dates in order to regurgitate them on an exam. what was point in that? instead i took the course that forced me to think about history on a much deeper level. why is history presented as it is? what are the implications of its varied presentations? what is important for us to know and what is ultimately knowable? prof kirkland didnt award any 'a's that semester, but i was really proud of the 'a-' i had earned.</p>
<p>best course i took in college. most difficult, too. and im working on my phd in mathematics.</p>
<p>Hey Chanman,</p>
<p>I went to U.Michigan (granted, this was in the 70's, so things may have changed.....). Here is my take on how hard it was:</p>
<p>1) It was hard. Real hard. But doable.
2) Here's how hard it was: everything you hear in lecture, class, etc. - you had better know it 100 percent. Period. Whereas in High school you might listen, get the gist of a subject, and recognize this and this and maybe not that, in a test, that would get you a failing grade at U.o. M. Okay? Learn your stuff, like learn it completely, and you'll be ok. Simple.
3) I met some grad students who had done well at other institutions and who were now attending University of Michigan for grad school. Their comments? "This place is haaarrrddd."
4) I went to grad school at another institution. It was pretty easy, compared to Blue. Okay?
5) Learn what they put in front of you. Learn it gude. Not partly gude. It's a good habit to get into.
6) Okay. It's a great place. You'll find friends who are happy to party and study at the same time. Fun? You betcha. Have a great time.</p>
<p>Ericatbucknell--Any particular prof reccomendatioins?? I'm also at bucknell, majoring in Econ with english philosophy and art minors . . .</p>
<p>I honestly do not think college is that hard, and I went to a pathetic little high school in Middle of Nowhere, AL with no AP classes. I made A's and B's both semesters this past year (my first). It might be a little harder than MY high school (I made all A's most of the time) but it's really not that hard in general. The only thing is that more is expected of you which makes people say it's "hard" when really it's just demanding and challenging. The only reason people flunk out of college is because there's so many distractions and fun things to do and it's easy to go out instead of study. It's not because college is suddenly OMGSOMUCHHARDER than high school.</p>