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depends if you fake it or not. body building 101, italian 101, ethnic studies
no problem
but if you actually take on the core curriculums you'll be flunking in a jiffy.
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depends if you fake it or not. body building 101, italian 101, ethnic studies
no problem
but if you actually take on the core curriculums you'll be flunking in a jiffy.
may i suggest instead of an ego fix with a huge student loan, consider this
think trade think jr college think debt free ed, think VE my favorite pick RN
You repeat this line all the time on this forum almost verbatim as if it's the next golden key to happiness. The world only needs so many RNs.
I found HS to be more strenuous that college. In high school you need to take classes in each subject and feel pressure to do well in everything to keep up your GPA. I vividly remember taking honors chem, which was horrible for my non-science mind, while also taking a bunch of AP classes and playing sports and being in clubs. It just seemed never ending and I hated taking all of these classes that didn't interest me. I remember lots of long nights of studying, after waking up at 5:30 to get ready for school and not coming home until 6:30 or 7pm after a game.
In college, you get to actually pick the classes you want to take. Knowing full well that science is not my strong point, I was directed towards easier science classes to fulfill my credits. I was able to then take some interesting classes in my major (or interesting gen eds, for that matter). Course work was never too difficult, IMO. I was involved with a few clubs and a sorority (and went to the gym religiously) but life never seemed as unmanageable as it did in high school. On some days, I would only have 2 hrs of class, versus the long school day I faced in HS. As long as you can manage your extra curriculars, you should be fine.
I think you went to a good college. You can't really learn the subject if the course work is strenuous. It's all about middle ground and room for growth.
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I found HS to be more strenuous that college. In high school you need to take classes in each subject and feel pressure to do well in everything to keep up your GPA. I vividly remember taking honors chem, which was horrible for my non-science mind, while also taking a bunch of AP classes and playing sports and being in clubs. It just seemed never ending and I hated taking all of these classes that didn't interest me. I remember lots of long nights of studying, after waking up at 5:30 to get ready for school and not coming home until 6:30 or 7pm after a game.
In college, you get to actually pick the classes you want to take. Knowing full well that science is not my strong point, I was directed towards easier science classes to fulfill my credits. I was able to then take some interesting classes in my major (or interesting gen eds, for that matter). Course work was never too difficult, IMO. I was involved with a few clubs and a sorority (and went to the gym religiously) but life never seemed as unmanageable as it did in high school. On some days, I would only have 2 hrs of class, versus the long school day I faced in HS. As long as you can manage your extra curriculars, you should be fine.
it depends on what type of high school you went to, or what classes you were taking... I started taking AP classes in 10th grade at mine, while other people just took normal, or advanced... The AP classes in high school were HARDER than similar fresh/sophomore classes at University in my opinion...The 300/400 level classes were harder...specifically much more reading required.
I find it much harder. Granted, my college is notoriously tough with a large work load and no grade inflation. I've worked my tush off for my 3.3 where I know had I gone elsewhere I would be graduating magna cumlaude.
In high school, I took 6 APs and got 4s or 5s on all but AP Spanish (because we took it with native speakers which made the curve very much against the Spanish-learner's favor) without feeling like my workload was too much. From day one at my college, I've felt overwhelmed.
Part of it is that while you have less class time, you have a whole heck of a lot more work outside of class. Plus, personally, I have more responsibilities outside of just class work.
I find it much harder. Granted, my college is notoriously tough with a large work load and no grade inflation. I've worked my tush off for my 3.3 where I know had I gone elsewhere I would be graduating magna cumlaude.
In high school, I took 6 APs and got 4s or 5s on all but AP Spanish (because we took it with native speakers which made the curve very much against the Spanish-learner's favor) without feeling like my workload was too much. From day one at my college, I've felt overwhelmed.
Part of it is that while you have less class time, you have a whole heck of a lot more work outside of class. Plus, personally, I have more responsibilities outside of just class work.
I haven't really noticed that in college (perhaps because I am a freshman). Maybe college has slightly more work outside the classroom than high school. But the difference is I have a lot more time to get it done. I didn't always do the reading for my classes in high school simply because we spent so much time in the classroom and I didn't want to spend much time outside the classroom on homework. But in college I find that normally I have plenty of time to get the work done.
I haven't really noticed that in college (perhaps because I am a freshman). Maybe college has slightly more work outside the classroom than high school. But the difference is I have a lot more time to get it done. I didn't always do the reading for my classes in high school simply because we spent so much time in the classroom and I didn't want to spend much time outside the classroom on homework. But in college I find that normally I have plenty of time to get the work done.
I also work part time, last semester interned part time, and am commencing in a full time job search on top of 6 classes. I put a minimum of 3 hours of work/reading/problem sets into every 1 hour of class. If I did nothing outside of class, then I would be fine. Since freshman year, I have worked and been very active in community and school services and leadership roles on campus, which makes everything tight. I had to drop all extracurriculars this year.
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