x100x100Howtotransformfromhighschooltocollege

　　x100x100Thefirstthingyouwillnoticeaboutcollegeisthatitismuchdifferentthanhighschool.Youhavemorefreedomandmoreopportunities,indicatingthatyoumustmakeimportantdecisionsyourself.Atdayoneyouarealone.Evenifyouknowotherstudentsattheuniversity,youareoneinthousands.Becomingsomeoneofimportanceischallenging,andattimescanbeveryintimidating.Understandingthechangesfromhighschooltocollegewillgiveyouaheadstart.

　　x100x100Freedom

　　x100x100Oneofthebiggestdifferencesbetweenhighschoolandcollegeisthatincollegeeverydecisionisyourstomake.Yourparentsarenottheretoremindyoutodoyourhomework.Youarenowallowedtochoosewhatclassesyouwanttotakeandwhenthoseclasseswillbe.

　　x100x100TheBenefit:Ifyouhaveeverfelttrappedwhileinhighschool,becauseyouwereunabletomakedecisionsforyourself.Nowisthetimetoprovetoeveryonethatyouknowwhatisbestforyou.Incollegeyouaresetfree,andifyouletyourambitionsguideyou,youcangoplacesanddothingsthatyouneverimagined.

　　x100x100TheNegatives:Formanystudents,freedomistheonethingthatdestroysthem.Ifyouhavethefreedomtodogreatthings,youalsohavethefreedomtomakepoordecisions.

　　x100x100MyfavoritefreedomthatIgainedbygraduatingfromhighschoolwasnolongerneedingtoasktousetherestroom!Ihatedaskingastudentteacher,stillincollegeandonlyafewyearsolderthanme,ifIcouldusetherestroom.

　　x100x100Classes

　　x100x100Inhighschool,Iwasabletogotoclass,listentotheteacher,finishthehomeworkassignment,andtalktomyfriends,allinoneclasssession.Incollegethosetaskswillbeseparated.

　　x100x100Totalclasstimeincollegeismuchlessthaninhighschool.Professorswillcoverwhattheybelieveisthemostimportantinformationinthattime;however,itdoesnotmeanthattheywillcoverallofthematerialthatwillbeonthetest.Mostofyourcollegelearningwillactuallybedoneoutsideofclassandclasseswillbeusedforreviewingandreinforcementofconcepts.Whereasinhighschoolalllearningwasdoneinclassandreviewwasdoneoutsideofclassandonlyifnecessary.

　　x100x100ClassAttendance:Someprofessorswillgiveyoucreditforbeinginclass.Otherscouldcareless.However,itisHIGHLYrecommendedthatyouattendALLclasses.

　　x100x100Syllabus

　　x100x100Everythingyouneedforaclasswillbeputonthesyllabus.Professorsmaynotgiveanyadditionalremindersoftests,homeworkassignments,andpapers.Notpayingattentiontoyoursyllabuscouldbeoneofyourworstmistakes.

　　x100x100Opportunities

　　x100x100Thepossibilitiesareendless.Youcanparticipatein鈥渞eal鈥research,researchingthingsthatnooneelsehas.Youcanbealeaderinastudentorganizationthatgrowstobeanorganizationthatmanyuniversitiessupport.Youcanwriteabook,andhavethenecessaryadvisors,professors,toteachyoutheropesofhavingsomethingpublished.Youwilllearnhowtogetinvolvedincampuspolitics,whichIbelievecanbeasimportantascityornationalpolitics.

　　x100x100MeetingPeople

　　x100x100Oneofmyfavoritepartsofcollegeismeetingpeople.Reachouttopeople.Don鈥檛beafraidtostartaconversationwithastranger.Youneverknow,thatstrangermayend