College Vs. High School

There is a big difference between high school and college from having bells to a no dress policy. For high school students, they are obligated to go, and if they don’t attend then the government comes into play. As for college, it 's a choice to go back to school. Students in college have variety of classes to choose from and freedom,etc. This could be freedom from parents or just doing whatever you want without parents barking at you, because you are now an adult. Even though I have been in college for only a semester, I would say that I enjoy college more than high school due to personal reason,and to pros and cons, of the different schools.

Seniors have a tendency of taking their last year of high school for granted. They do not realize that the relaxed classes and fun filled weekends with their best friends will all soon come to a devastating end. They have applied for college, bought miniature refrigerators, and sent in their housing applications, but none of them have really thought about college in the way that they should. When asked about college most high school seniors image the huge parties, attractive people, and freedom; however, college is much more than that and, in a way, much less. College and high school are completely different when it comes to a student’s actual lifestyle, but they have many of the same traits that most high school seniors do not see coming.

Starting this year, I thought English 102 was just going to be another general education requirement I needed to have in order to graduate. English has never been my favorite subject, so I guess it is safe to say that I was not super excited about this class. However, this class turned out to be different then I thought. It turned out to be more useful then I originally thought. English 102 was both helpful and fairly simple because of what what I learned, the effort I put in and how prepared I was.

Even though high school and college have the same purpose, each has a very different way of handling students and their policies. High school is a lot more strict with their rules including dress codes and schedules. However, college professors and deans treat their students more as adults, and expect them to do what they are supposed and act how they are supposed to. Education after high school is a responsibility, not an obligation. You are no longer forced to become educated, but much rather choose to be.

In high school there is a certain structure that has to be followed. Students are required to be at school in their first hour class, which is the same every day until the next semester/trimester, at the same time every morning. After first hour they go on to their second hour and so on and so forth until the day is over and they are free. Day after day and year after year high schoolers wake up and follow the same routine as the day before and are expected to do it with a smile on their face and no back talk. College on the other hand, is a different story.

When I found out I was taking English 115 I thought, “Oh great, another English class and I am terrible at writing essays.” My expectations for this class were low because I thought it would be a continuation of a mix of AP Language and Literature and I drained of those two classes. As the first week passed and I gave myself time to read the syllabus, I found the structure of the class to seem quite intriguing. It is split up into three sections; project web, project space and project text. Although there were essays for each section, I wasn’t as intimidated because there were projects and online Moodle assignments that went along with them. I was able to use my creativity for the projects which helped me better understand the subject, so I found the essay writing process less stressful. After finishing English 115 I can successfully say that I have become a better writer, I have fluently kept a style that works for me and I feel more confident in writing and reading lengthy works. I have finally grasped skills that I couldn’t quite understand in high school, like transitions and thesis statements. I am not as intimidated to read an eight-page text and I no longer skip to the end to see how many pages there are in a text. My perspective on critical reading and writing has positively changed because I understand why I should read and write, not because I have to.

Through my academic performance at UIC, I feel that I have done well in my course grades, however, I think I could have done better, if I would have left my high school study antics behind. Since I started college, it seemed easier in the beginning until assignments started piling up and I felt like I would not catch up. I would procrastinate, but not as often, and would study at the last minute for an exam. I want to start my fall semester where I would leave my old habits behind, make a study routine, commit to it, and receive grades that would demonstrate my hard work and academic performance as well.

Welcome to college! Congratulations on making it this far! Now the time comes to ramp up the ante! No such program as stepping up to college exists as it does for for high school. Oh wait! It’s called high school. Move it or lose it now, your future rests on your shoulders. High school teachers just handed you your future based on the way you schooled, and college professors tell you to figure it out. College trips up hundreds of students a year, refrain from letting yourself become one of them. Your class strategies must improve as will your study habits and reading habits to fulfill new demands of college classes and avoid sliding into the pitfalls of doom.

Graduating from high school is what every student is looking forward to. However, going to college is a big accomplishment for all students. The first day of freshman high school and college feels the same, the excitement and pressured. As many students experienced, both high school and college could be compared their similarities. First, both students in college and high school are expected to behave in well mannered, attend to every class on time, and respect the teachers or professors. Second, being prepared in class is needed for the success whether the students are in high school or college. Third, high school and college allow the students to figure out and pursue their career. In contrary, high school and college have a lot of differences to each other. Unlike high school, students in college can choose a college they would prefer, they can manage their own time, and students be able to learn how to balance their responsibilities and priorities.

Some may think that high school and college reading and writing are similar and that it’s just the next level up but it 's not, they differentiate in many ways. College reading and writing is more than that, it’s a completely different world when compared to high school. It’s much more advanced and complexed. Some ideas that can be compared are the way we annotate, understand text, assignment topics, the depth of research, and so on. This is important to understanding how much more you can get out of college vs. just getting a high school reading and writing education.

College and high school are very different. It is important for students to be responsible because they will experience distinct differences in relationships between themselves and their professors/ teachers, behavior, and academics because being irresponsible in these areas can cause big problems.

As a person gets older he or she is often faced with a need to accomplish an innumerable amount of obligations in a short time. Obligations such as to socialize, play a sport, or complete an activity in a club at the same time he or she must accomplish his or her schoolwork. Sometimes we might view our lives as being set in a schedule that is impossible for us to follow. For many people it is hard to be able to balance both their social and academic life which is why the transition between high school and college can often make or break a person. High school and college life can be both similar and different in the academic, social, and the environment which a student lives his or her life in.

“With great power, comes great responsibility.” This quote was said by Spider-Man, in the Spider-Man movie. I never thought a quote from a movie that I watched years ago, would pertain so much to my life, but it is more relevant now, while being in college, than ever before. The difference between high school and college is that in college you can drive to San Francisco at one o’clock in the morning and no one can stop you, except yourself. But, the consequence is coming back at six-thirty in the morning, when you have a class that same day. The transition from middle school to high school was a lot easier than the transition from high school to college. During the middle to high school transition you continue to live at home and see your family every day, while during the high school to college transition, you are not capable of doing that. In high school, students have their parents on top of them day and night; always telling them when to go to sleep and finish their homework that must be completed for class the next day. Despite my high school experience and my collegiate experience being united in that they both focus on learning; these experiences otherwise differ greatly in terms of structure.

High school and college are two completely different worlds. In high school, I was babied well as most teachers like to call it spoon fed. Teachers never cared what I did because I never caused them in trouble. I didn’t cause trouble like most of the kids did. Me turning in assignments late was just the same as turning them in on time. “Helping” another student complete an assignment and both of you getting the same grade for it was the excuse we used when we just didn’t want to do the work ourselves. Once I got to college I realized I was nowhere near ready for the things I was about to face. Any and everything that I could get away with in high school I most certainly couldn’t get away with it in college. In high school, they told me things about how they were preparing me for college or the real world as they called it but what they really did was cripple me, give me grades for just turning in work and only making college harder than what it should have been. Within a couple of days of college, I understood that my four years in high school was a lie.

High school and college have some differences and some similarities. Some major differences between high school and college is that in college you schedule your classes for a certain time through the day, while in high school you have classes one after another till the end of the school day. Also college classes are long while high school classes are about only 50 minutes. Some major similarities between the two is that you still have to study for your classes as well as you still have papers and homework to worry about. Even though both our still school and may be similar is some aspects, they are still very different in many ways.