<p>My high school schedule is heavy, and I burnt out a little this semester. Everytime I try my best, I don't get As anymore. I heard that the second semester reflect the first year in college. Is that true? I'm just worried that if I don't do well this semester, I won't do well in college too.</p>
<p>No comparison really..........you will do fine in college. High school is soon to be over and then you can wonder why you got so stressed.</p>
<p>I dunno, I'm doing more work now than I did in high school. That said, I'm an aerospace engineering major, so that could be a contribution. However, much of what you take in college is based on what YOU want to do, so even if there's more work, you will likely still enjoy a good deal of it.</p>
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<p>I think it depends on the college. I visited two colleges where students were "hanging out" on Sunday night; on the other hand, I live on a campus where students resume their studying on Sunday. So, it depends.</p>
<p>It is highly dependent on the college and program you go to, but as karthikkito said, you'll be (hopefully) studying something you enjoy, therefore though the amount of work might increase, it will feel like less of a burden.</p>
<p>It's really dependent on the major, and even you. While there's more work per class in college (for me), I have more time to complete it, and usually, am less stressed out. I'm only in my second semester; I'm currently undeclared liberal arts. But my first semester my GPA was higher than I ever saw in high school, and aside from the 2 weeks before finals I don't think I worked any harder than in high school. You WILL survive college. I didn't think I could, but so far it's going smoothly. My grades are good, AND I have a social life, two things I wasn't sure it was possible to combine</p>
<p>I guess it matters by the school....</p>
<p>I heard of kids who took many AP's in high school who went to places like Vanderbilt, Emory, and Notre Dame saying that college wasn't too much harder (or in some cases easier) than high school. </p>
<p>And of course, that Ivy in Cambridge is much easier than any high school in the nation. :p</p>
<p>Places like MIT, Caltech and U of Chicago... that's a different story.</p>
<p>However, no matter where you go, if your schedule is really hard & you are managing grades slightly lower than A's. You'll definitely survive any college you go to.</p>
<p>The best gauge of "difficulty" in terms of academics would be to confer with students who came from your HS & took a courseload similar to the one you're taking at your HS & going to a college similar in academic rigor to the one you're thinking of.</p>
<p>Kids from my children's HS are all over the map about whether they find college easier or harder. Partly, it does depend on your major, partly it depends on how well HS prepared you (including study habits), & partly it depends on how well non-academic things affect you (like housing, living "on your own," adjustments, etc.)</p>
<p>Most kids that do OK in HS do OK in college. For me, my grades were about the same in HS & college & the workload was similar both places. Professional/grad school I found MUCH more challenging.</p>
<p>as HImom mentioned... try to talk with some kids from your high school. My high school brings back the IB kids to talk to the IB Jrs and Srs about how well the program prepared them (or didn't prepare them, but the comments are about 95%+ positive) for college.</p>
<p>Enjoy high school while it lasts. Though your academics may get easier in college, the social part of college sucks.</p>
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<p>Er...it all depends on if you choose the right college. If you do, the social part certainly won't suck. If you choose the wrong one, then I can see how it would suck.</p>
<p>If anything the academics will get harder because of the social life at college.</p>
<p>To the OP: Yes.</p>
<p>Many top high schools are harder than most colleges. Kids from my high school, which sends 30 plus percent to ivies, report that college is a breeze compared.</p>
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<p>I can't help but think those kids aren't challenging themselves enough. College shouldn't be easier than high school, you can always make your program challenging by taking the right classes.</p>
<p>It really depends on what "easier" means & the balance that is achieved. Because I wasn't studying all the time in college, I had the time & energy to devote to my part-time job, volunteering as a teaching assistant, volunteering to serve on the steering committee for the National YWCA, chairing the campus Y Board of Directors & a whole host of things I would not have been able to do if I was spending ALL my waking hours studying. I was lalso able to write an honors thesis and graduate with honors & get to know the faculty in the department I chose to major in, as well as explore classes and ideas I never was exposed to before. These can all be part of what makes college such a special time & place--more than JUST books & academics--stretching ourselves and finding ourselves.</p>
<p>HImom - I have to say, I do disagree with your statement that "These can all be part of what makes college such a special time & place--more than JUST books & academics--stretching ourselves and finding ourselves." I think that some people definitely "find themselves," as you put it, reading books and participating in academics, rather than through extracurriculars and whatnot. There definitely is a bad societal perception towards concentrating solely in academics, but is it necessarily less legitimate than also putting time into non-academic activities? I don't think so.</p>
<p>Well if you go to a high school where your're doing calc freshman year, taking college level classes in everything, have classes some or all Saturdays, must p-articipate in sports....college can seem like a vacation.</p>
<p>drbott,
You say you disagree, but it seems we are actually agreeing that it is the ENTIRE experience that makes up college. I have never elevated the importance of classwork above my other experiences or vice versa. I found all aspects of my college experience to really help prepare me for my future & career.</p>
<p>HImom - I'm sorry if I implied otherwise; no, I know that you weren't stating that extracurriculars are more important than schoolwork. But, I was simply saying that, for some people, I think that the schoolwork can be possibly the only important part of the college experience.</p>