What makes college better?
2007-09-07 15:00:49 · 8 answers · asked by head in the clouds 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
* In high school, you do homework. In college, you study.
* No food is allowed in the hall in high school. In college, food must be provided at an event before students will come.
* In high school, you wear your backpack on one shoulder; in college, on both.
* In college, the professors can tell you the answer without looking at the teacher's guide.
* In college, there are no bells or tardy slips.
* In high school, you have to live with your parents. In college, you get to live with your friends.
* In college, you don't have to wait in a certain lunch line to be cool.
* Only nerds e-mailed in high school. Cool kids hadn't heard of it.
* In high school, you're told what classes to take. In college, you get to choose; that is, as long as the classes don't conflict and you have the prerequisites and the classes aren't closed and you've paid your tuition.
* In high school, if you screw up you can usually sweet-talk your way out of it. In college, you're lucky to ever talk with the professor.
* In high school, fire drills are planned by the administration; in college, by the drunk frat boys on their way home when the bars close.
* In college, any test consists of a larger percentage of your grade than your high school final exams ever did.
* In high school, when the teacher said, "Good morning," you mumbled back. In college, when the professor says, "Good morning," you write it down.
* In high school, freshman guys hit on senior girls. In college, senior guys hit on freshman girls.
* In college, weekends start on Thursday.
* In college, it's much more difficult to figure out the course schedule of the man/woman you have a crush on, in order to figure out where he/she will be walking around campus and at what time to find them there.
* Once you've obtained the information described in #10, it's much more time-consuming to run between classes to that place where you know he/she will be in order to "just happen to bump into him/her."
* In college, there's no one to tell you not to eat pizza three meals a day.
* In college, your dad doesn't pay for dates.
* In high school, it never took 3 or 4 weeks to get money from Mom and Dad.
* College men are cuter than high school boys.
* College women are legal.
* In college, when you miss a class (or two or three), you don't need a note from your parents saying you were skip....uh, sick that day.
* In high school, you can't go out to lunch because it's not allowed. In college, you can't go out to lunch because you can't afford it.
2007-09-07 15:05:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Once you get half way through your second year then yes, it is very good. One reason is that you are not treated like a prisoner. You are there because you want to not because you are obligated. You can choose not to agree with the teacher. It may not end well but they can't give you detention. Remember you are paying them. #2 After the second year the people who are there are the people who really want to be there. The first year get rid of the people who don't really belong there in the sense that they are not ready for it or is just isn't their thing. In the second year they get rid of people who are in the wrong mayor. That is half way through the second year the people in your class will be the people who are pretty sure that what they are studying is what they want as a career. #3 It is great to be studying something you really want to learn. When the knowledge given interest you then it is not so much of a burden. There are also cons to college too. More work load. You are responsible for yourself. You have to come up with tuition money. etc etc but yeah! wwwwaaaayyyyyyyyyyy better than high school. Also, remember that at this age people are considered adults which has their own implications. For example, a bully in high school may be suspended for a few days or given some detention. A bully in college may be punisheable by law and very likely expulse from the school. Plus they may not be able to join another school so there is some incentive to not be a bully.
2016-04-03 10:00:49 · answer #2 · answered by Pamela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh I loved college and did not care to much for high school. In college, you have much more freedom, you do not have a class ever hour. I have had no classes scheduled for Fridays one semester, that was great. You can pick what time you like best for a class as a rule. Yeah they are given at set times but you can do a class in a course at 9 a.m. or 2 p.m. It is up to you. Some of the professors don't care if you show up or not, just as long as you do not interrupt them while they lecture. There are all kinds of places to hang out in between classes and have coffee, and talk with other people and friends, or go over class notes and do some work. It is so much better than high school. The bad part is staying focused and making sure you keep up with all the reading, and studying that you have to do. That is a lot more than in high school, and if you don't then you will do bad on the mid-terms and finals. That means you will get a bad grade for the class. College unlike high school it is very important to get good grades. It will effect the whole rest of your college and possibly even getting a good job if you do bad. So there is more stress but it also has a lot of benefits from high school. I loved it, I just graduated this past May with a degree in history from the University of Kentucky. I have to say I kind of miss not being there now. =)
2007-09-07 15:56:16 · answer #3 · answered by Prof. Dave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is an it isn't. The work load is harder, they expect you to be self-motivated and study a LOT harder after school and on weekends than in highschool
You don't go to generally wall to wall classes. You may have 2 hours breaks between classes.
In some or most classes they don't take roll. There are no assigned seats as a general rule.
There's no VP yelling at you through a megaphone
The school is open 7 am to 11 pm
The labraries are quite large and opne 7 to 11 360 days a year.
The libraries have like 30 xerox machines.
The Class rooms are fully equipped with real equipment.
On the down side you have 2 or 3 hours of lab for 1 hour of science class.
They will cover your 4 years of Highschool Math in college math 101 in the first 15 minutes and then move on from there.
They expect you to work holidays, weekends
You are expected to turn in papers with 20 reference sources annotated.
They are expected to be grammatically perfect, even in a History course.
The Cafateria food is usually better, but more expensive.
People play frisbee on the green and have pinics.
Now there are are lots of Beer Bong parities on the weekend in the dorms.
2007-09-07 15:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the parties, drinking, pretty much complete freedom - if you're into the partying seen.
but if you are into school and doing really good in your life then it sucks because you do nothing but study, study, study and its a lot harder.
oh and you actually have to pay something in order to go to any college, for high school you only payed if you wanted to go to a private school......and there is absolutley no cheap college thats a good college.
2007-09-07 15:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by jacqueline. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have more freedom. It's your first glimpse at the adult world. There is more time between classes and you have more control over your curriculum. NO PARENTS!! You have an opportunity to meet and mingle with people from different backgrounds. Did I mention the wild parties?
2007-09-07 15:09:21 · answer #6 · answered by Nicole J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Independence and lots of discretionary time. That could also make it worse, too.
2007-09-07 15:05:06 · answer #7 · answered by Stephen L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
duh college parties!!!!!!!
what sux is that you have to pay for everything. thnk god i got a scholarship hehe.
2007-09-07 15:05:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋