Eh, their college must not be that great then. Maybe I just haven't heard of anyone saying that because all of my friends go to an Ivy League school or an excellent UC (Berkeley, LA, SD)
I'm sure it depends on the decisions you make concerning your college education. Varying colleges will have varrying levels of difficulty. It all depends on what your goals are, and also what HighSchool you are coming from.
they go to Ohio State Universary...is that a hard or easy college? heard it was one of the best out there
It's not a top tier school, nor one of the best out there. It's very easy to get into. I don't have any friends that go there, but from what I've heard, academically, it's not great. Good sports teams though.
haha Are you kidding I slept my way through High School! I mean... High School in Hawaii, is a breeze, then I moved and it sucked. College is hard yes. But I can relate to what your friend is saying. YES it is a little easier because you can chose to take classes you are interested in, but they are very intensive. And you can chose your schedule, and you dont get penalized for not going. But.. you have to PAY, alot. So if you dont go... thats money down the drain.
High School and college have pretty different purposes. HS is to teach you the fundamental education that everyone recieves, while college is geered toward preparing you for a career and the rest of your life.
College classes can be quite difficult. The difference is that in college you have to put in the effort. If you don't, your grades go down the toilet and not many people are out looking to hire a dumbass. Plus, the parties are better! Best motivation for going to class at 8 AM I ever got: (from my friend's dad) "Look at it this way. Going to class is your job right now. You can get up now at 8 AM and go to class, or you can spend the rest of your life getting up at 6 AM.... digging ditches."
lol haha thats a nice little quote i try not to pick classes at 8am my brain just doesnt work that early! lol I had psych at 8 am... I could NOT understand a word the teacher said
Unless of course you already have a job, which makes college just school Last year when I registered for an 8am class, I told myself that I would try and be there at least for two out of three classes...in the end, I only showed up for the first and last day :/
I'm in my second year of a very top tier UK University and its REALLY not that easy. I read English Literature and as much as I have what is (compared to school) very minimal contact time (four hours of lectures and four hours of seminars per week) that works out as two hours per module. Ideas are not handed to you on a plate as they are with GCSE and A Level, you have to sit and work them out for yourself, if you're lucky one of the many texts you've studied that week might be the one discussed the most in that seminar. I spend at least 30 hours of my week reading for my course, preparing for seminars etc. Now I'm spending 22 hours a day writing the three essays (4000 words each) I have due in on Thursday, then I get to make a start on revising for the exams I have in a month, preparing my Practical Criticism Project (9000 words) and handing in my Dissertation propsal. All I can say is, procrastination? Whats that? I remember it vaguely from some time at the beginning of first year, but alas, no longer.
Well, I can't realy talk about college, as I'm in highschool, but I do know that difficulty is a matter of opinion. Honestly, some days I find highschool incredibly easy, sometimes I find it incredibly hard. I'd say, more than anything the range in the "difficulty" of such things is effected more by the lifestyle, rather than the work itself. Most people in highschool, have little money (of their own), and do not have many options for transportation. This limits the activities they are able to perform, and in many cases directly results in boredom. This boredom effects their mind state and makes them think there is less to look forward to. Without the prospect of happyness in the near future, dealing with long periods of useless tasks starts to weigh on a person. If you add in the embarassment, pressure from parents, punishment, superiority complexes of many older people, and the lack of a job justifying their existance highschool isn't exactly the simplest task to partake. On the otherside, being in college surely has it's share of downsides as well. My guess on a few of these would be, fear of losing a job (if you're working), fear of a lack of money (unless your parents are literaly sending you money), tediously confusing work, and for alot of people lack of orgonization. Obviously, there are going to be alot more in both cases, and many people may not be subjected to these tormenting situations, but the point remains. Neither is easy and it realy depends on your own outlook on life, which is worse..
That's basically what I am going through right now. I've spent my entire semester slacking off and now I have 4 papers due in a week, along with 2 lengthly books to finish, followed by exams. However, I still say that the majority of the time, college seems more relaxed than high school (as long as that time is not paper/exam time). Also, why do you have a dissertation to write for second year? I don't know if it's different in the UK, but in Canada, dissertations are only for a Masters or PhD program.
On the Majority of UK courses you have to write a dissertation as part of your third year (which is when I'll be writing mine) at my uni you have to have written a paper explaining what you're going to do for it to be handed in for approval by various tutors in your second year. It's giving me a head start on most of my friends who dont write their propsals until Lent term next year. Dissertations basically stand as one module, so your write these 10,000 words on a subject more of your own choice rather than taking another module of lectures/seminars.
i went to a private hs and i do feel college is much easier americanpierg - Please don't gravedig - Marlene