**Poll: High school life vs. College life

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>I would say high school. My high school was full of mature, reliable, and hard-working students. </p>

<p>I didn’t really have expectations going into college, but one may think that a HYP school has people who, I don’t know, can plan an event or show up to something on time. That has not been the case at all. I have found the students to be entitled, myopic in perspective, flaky, and lazy. Blerg.</p>

<p>Another thing is that my high school was small, so I ended up spending tons of time with my best friends, something that is more difficult in college.</p>

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<p>College everywhere, no matter how good they are or how highly ranked, are still full of college kids.</p>

<p>I find myself every now and then asking myself “How did you get into Michigan?” but then I just assume they are in state</p>

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<p>That is certainly true. And high schools are full of high school kids. How is it that the freshmen at my high school are more responsible than the seniors at my university? That shouldn’t be the case.</p>

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<p>High school was better by far – All the partying and fun of college (probably more, to be honest), but none of the responsibility! </p>

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<p>I’m not in high school nor college but I plan on attending ont of the top-tier boarding schools and it’ll probably be more fun than college :p</p>

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<p>Also, can you guys please list what college you attend or what type of HS you attended,plz thx. :p</p>

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<p>I attend Sacramento State University and I attended a pretty competitive ~2800 student non-magnet high school with a good number of activities and having probably the most AP courses in the county / much wider radius.</p>

<p>It depends on the person~I go to a commuter school and I’d say a good portion of the people would say they liked High School better. Back then, relationships were much closer, they didn’t have to deal with not being able to get the classes they needed/impaction, they lived a lot more relaxed life-style (this is a pretty low tier college)…</p>

<p>However, I like college way better. Academically, there isn’t much competition and although it feeds my ego, I get to stand out more. I get all the classes I want, and next semester it’s going to be 100% engineering good stuff (<3) rather than taking a bunch of miscellaneous AP courses and having to deal with learning a bunch of facts and busywork. I’ve also been involved in wonderful activities to build close relationships to fellow college students and get to meet a ton of people, despite it being a commuter college. I love the freedom to get to hang out 24/7 out of classes / explore what’s around etc.</p>

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<p>Wow. Old threat is old.</p>

<p>College was (and has been) better socially. One of my friends told me I was really good at making friends and that was a boost of energy, because I really didn’t have very many friends in high school. the evidence is in how many kids from high school defriended specifically <em>me</em> on Facebook. (There’s a difference between the people who clear out their friends lists and you’re one of many to get removed than to be only one person removed.)</p>