<p>actually i went to some college websites for their school spirit activities and they showed everyone in pep assemblies cheering for their school</p>
<p>then i thought the ACTIVITIES are the same as in HS. but people in college still judge you according to how you present yourself; they still carry that high school mentality and their senses will determine if you're a dork or not, yes, even in class.</p>
<p>so i guess college is just HS over again but this time you have prior experience and know the consequences of the actions you do/the words you say/even the body language you use, therefore you should use what you learned in HS and put it to use for "High school part 2" -- College.</p>
<p>I loved high school. I loved college. I think I may have loved college a little bit more, but it's hard to say.</p>
<p>They were both great for me, but in different ways. I needed different things from high school than I needed from college, and my needs were met in both places. I grew in academic confidence during high school, I formed the basis of my leadership skills, and I became a responsible and independent human being. In college, though, I took what I'd developed in high school and submitted them to a pretty intense 'trial by fire'. My leadership skills and academic understanding were forged into strong and durable tools, and I completely rewrote the person that I <em>was</em> into the person that I wanted to <em>become</em>, and college was an environment that let me do that.</p>
<p>I liked college more, because with my college philosophy of "live it up while you can," I was more free to throw myself into activities that I wouldn't have done in high school. In high school, I was the Girl Scout, the pianist, the debater, the poet, the science club president, the intramural softball player (I was terrible, but I felt I needed to be more 'well-rounded'...), an honor roll student, and was a general leader and doer. You know, all the things you do to get into college.</p>
<p>So, once I got into college, I was like, I'm really tired. I don't want to do all this crazy-go-nuts stuff anymore, I want to do what I <em>like</em>. So, never having had any band experience before, I joined the Rice Band. I volunteered to be an area coordinator for Beer Bike. I took up ceramics. I helped found a jazz band. I learned to tune pianos. I decided that the point of life is to <em>live</em>, and while I enjoyed being the responsible, straight-laced person that I was when I was in high school, I really felt like I'd freed my soul when I went off to college and encouraged myself to pursue everything that interested me, and that was really enthralling.</p>
<p>I elected to go to community college, and I’ve either been taking courses online or commuting. I enjoy neither. I basically haven’t met anyone through this method. I don’t recommend community college at all. My parents are still so incredibly domineering over me in my 2nd year of college. I am hoping to transfer to a university in fall 2012. I honestly didn’t have the best high school experience, but I would describe it as better than my college experience.</p>
<p>I loved high school, even though me and my friends fell into the “nerd” category. Then I came to a public university, which is all just work, work, and even more work. People fall into two groups at my school: those that are academically driven to the point they are antisocial and study like drones 24/7 and others that just don’t care about academics but partying and getting wasted. </p>
<p>Hopefully, things will get better in graduate school.</p>
<p>High school for me was kind of fun because I went to an art school for musical theatre and I really loved working on shows, etc. I was so into it and I was doing what I loved. But I had a lot of problems with my friends and a lot of just general stuff going on that made me really unhappy. I have some really good memories of high school, but college blows it out of the water in a way I never imagined possible. I never thought I’d be as happy as I am now, that I’d have the amazing friends I do, or that I’d have the amazingly wonderful experiences I’ve had. I live the life I spent 18 years (give or take) wishing I could have, and I finally have it even more than I ever dreamed. High school never even came close to this, although it was fun for different reasons.</p>
<p>haha, I love the “I’m not in college yet but I know it will be better than HS” haha</p>
<p>I liked high school my last year there. Seemed like unlimited freedom just doing w/e I wanted and hanging out with friends. The summer was fun too just doing whatever I wanted.</p>
<p>College is fun too, but in its own, different way. I would have to say I had more “fun” my Sr. year though because I am doing a lot more work in college. That’s not to say it isn’t fun, or that it won’t at some point become more fun though.</p>
<p>And to those that just go “OMG no parents its so much better,” were your parents really strict or were you just a brat of a child? Did you constantly moan about how your parents never let you do anything? I have a great relationship with my parents. Sr. year I could pretty much do whatever I wanted, just like now. I mean, I had to check in and what not now and then but if you are really gonna complain out that then come on. </p>
<p>Hopefully I can co-op next year and hopefully I can do it clost to home. I have my whole life to live on my own and pay bills and rent and worry about buying food. Why not live at home while co-oping while I still can?</p>
<p>I actually had more of a social life in high school because I knew people…in college, I have a hard time making friends because I may see them for one semester/quarter, then never see them again. This was especially true when I went to community college. </p>
<p>But I like being in college better. I can be away from my mom–she suffocates me too much with her coddling. I needed to get away from that, and her tendency to suddenly burst into awful warbling (“singing”), which is not fun when you’re trying to study and you suddenly hear awful noise coming from the bathroom.</p>
<p>In high school I had an 8 pm bedtime and a web filter at home that even blocked things as innocuous as the Wikipedia page for manatees. I was also never allowed to have friends over at my house and not often allowed to go out to socialize with people (usually I could only go if it was a traditional birthday party). I was also not allowed to be home alone and had to go over to a neighbor’s house so they could watch me after school, or else I had to go to the YMCA nearby and wait for my parents to come to pick me up a few hours later. As a result I studied and did homework almost non-stop, which at least was good preparation for college, especially junior and senior year when I took six college-level courses each year (between AP and dual-enrollment), and my only social interactions with people were during school and after-school clubs.</p>
<p>College is definitely better. I can leave my apartment without having to ask permission. I can actually socialize with people outside of school. As a senior in college now… it’s definitely better than high school.</p>
<p>COLLEGE ftw! In retrospect, I never disliked high school when I was in it, but I always knew college would be better (and it was by 100000x). Way more friends, way more independence, way more opportunity academically/career-wise, more social life/party adventures and less doing stuff “just to pad your resume” etc. etc. Way more work, and paying for stuff/being in debt sucks. But I’d much rather be in debt/be in college than have to go through high school life again by an infinite amount!</p>
<p>I prefer college, just because I feel like I have more friends here and I know a lot more people. There’s usually something going on, and if there isn’t, then I can just walk down to my friend’s room, knock on the door, and we can pop in a movie or something.</p>
<p>I went to a tiny, middle of nowhere high school where all 45 of us in the graduating class had basically all been friends since kindergarten, so I actually really enjoyed high school.</p>
<p>That and I actually had free time in high school. College is way more work.</p>
<p>It’s strange. Many people I know loved high school and said that if they could go back, they would. But then another group of people I know love the college lifestyle and would never go back. I think it just depends on how much you fit in in high school.</p>
<p>I, myself, never found my “spot” or “crowd” in high school. I wasn’t necesarilly what you call a loner, but I had friends from all different kind of groups so it was awkward when we all got together. The thing I hate about high school is mainly the teachers. I don’t like how they baby you throughout the entire year.</p>
<p>When I got to college, I knew this was the place for me. I feel much much happier, I joined many clubs I have an interest in, a lot of my classes are interesting, etc. I feel like I’ve been much more pro-active now than I ever was back in high school. It’s also hard to find friends in high school because there is so little people compared to the population size in college, so it’s hard to meet a variety of people. Most people in high school just make “friends” because they have no choice. But I’ve made some great friends in high school who I still keep in touch with.</p>
<p>I’d college life is MUCH better. I love the independent aspect and the stress that comes along with it; it builds character.</p>
<p>My high school was tiny, tiny, tiny (when I graduated, there was 16 of us in all four grades. My graduating class was 4). Social life was pretty lame, but I guess I used the time to…find myself? I really partied it up and made a lot of mistakes, but in retrospect, I’m glad I did that in high school, when it mattered less.<br>
My parents were (and still are) pretty phenomenal though, so I don’t have a problem with living at home for my soph. year of college. However, I’m still excited to be leaving next year.</p>
<p>My senior year of high school and the summer before college still remains as one of the best times of my life. Nothing in college has really topped that yet. Overall I had more friends in high school and more people to chill with, but college is cool because i meet new people and experience new things. IDK, I think I won’t really know which was better until i’m done with college and can look back on it.</p>
<p>I’ve had more fun in the first few weeks of college than I did in all four years of high school combined. I found high school lame; the social life consists of children who think they’re all that because of how they dress or what sport they play. I love everything about college so far. I have so much more to do, so many more classes to take, so many more people to meet, a nicer campus with nicer people, the quintessential dorm life. I love the school I chose, and I especially love the friends I’ve made. High school did have its moments (I can probably count them on one hand,) but I would never go back.</p>