Comments on: The 10 biggest differences between high school and college

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:03:23 +0000

@Stefan: Both of those are very true, I agree.

By: Stefan@Study Successful

Stefan@Study Successful — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:40:24 +0000

Nice post!

I think the people are also very different, first of all, they are new. Which is great, you can take advantage of it by meeting a lot of people and remain in contact with them.
Second, they have another mindset, they are willing to work here, but also willing to party, as they are away from there parents’.

Anyway, college is better than high school, way better!

By: DisgruntledStudent

DisgruntledStudent — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:56:20 +0000

In my experience, number 7 was the most significant difference. Most of your professors won’t have a clue how to teach, and many of them won’t want to try at all.

As Frank Zappa said, “If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.” Truer words about college life have never been spoken.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:46:11 +0000

@acidcloud – just throw yourself into everything for two weeks. Don’t worry about money, time or anything in that two weeks, just join in absolutely anything you can fit into the day.

At the end of the two weeks you’ll be knackered and flat broke, but you’ll know loads of people and have had a lot of fun. Friends are more important than cash at uni – it’s better to be broke with people than rich by yourself :-)

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:22:45 +0000

@Kar: That’s very true. Time fillers are completely absent in college.

By: Kar

Kar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:11:41 +0000

The biggest and best difference I noticed in college is NO BUSY WORK. You go to classes to listen to the lecture and take notes. That’s it. No worksheets to do, no chapter questions to answer, no packets. This way, there’s no distraction to finish work in class, and you can focus on the homework/reading.

By: techgirl

techgirl — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:17:40 +0000

Gotta be careful with #5 (attendance) though… There are lots of professors who require it and you can fail the class if you miss too many days.

By: richel

richel — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:27:32 +0000

I absolutely agree with the differences..nice article..

By: wnpggu

wnpggu — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:50:18 +0000

I pride myself at doing homework ZERO amount of times in high school. I was quite dumb at the time. University is a boat load of work and I enjoy everybit of it.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:45:53 +0000

@acidcloud: It takes a bit of getting used to, but just about everybody ends up liking it a lot more than high school.