<p>Ehhh many times it's both, especially at house parties. If hard liquor is used at frat parties it is usually contained within the jungle juice. Also the more expensive beers are often much unhealthier. It is often not just the beer but the amounts and how often it is drunk. If it is during the weekends with plenty of exercise, you shouldn't worry too much. But if you're doing it a lot of weekdays too that's when it adds up.</p>
<p>I find that most of the 15 comes from eating to much junk and just sitting around (gaming, television) and that causes a lot of weight gain. Also the size of the campus makes a bit of a difference too. If yours is small then you won't lose calories walking to class either. Just remember to exercise a decent amount and it won't catch up to you.</p>
<p>On a completely different subject, at least at my college, with liquor there is almost never any inbetween. It is either Keystone or Icehouse, skoals or everclear. There is almost no medium. I find that amusing. Just wonders if it happens elsewhere.</p>
<p>The difficulty of college exams can often depend on the class you're in. One of my friends told me that her history exams freshman year were easier than the AP U.S. and Euro history tests she took in high school. However, I would say that college exams in general are more difficult than high school exams. You have to know exactly what you're doing, or you'll get burned. In addition to the higher level of difficulty, you usually have much more riding on the grade you get on exams because they are usually the major component of your overall grade. Needless to say, college exams create a little more pressure. </p>
<p>Plus, if you go to a large university, then it's likely that you'll have an exam at night where you're sitting in a large lecture hall with a ton of other students. For some reason, isolating an exam at night with a large mass of other students somehow magnifies the importance and pressure of the exam. But after a while, you get used to the pressure and format of exams, so it gets a bit easier.</p>
<p>Someone mentioned "Sit in the front row in your classes"....is that what's recommended/most people try doing? Becase in High School the end-of-the-class seats are the most valued and are where the most socializing takes place.</p>
<p>another bump for the new freshmen of 2007. Appears that a whole year's worth of posts were removed (circa 2006), but this is still good reading.</p>