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Is college actually easier to get through than High School?
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Is college actually easier to get through than High School?
All through middle school and high school, teachers have told me that college is a breeze once you get there. Is that true? I realize that a lot of teachers lie about stuff like this, and that some of it is not true. I have a feeling that college is harder than high school. I want to believe it is easier, I really do, yet I have no trust in my teachers at all.
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Re: Is college actually easier to get through than High School?
Sorry to disappoint you, but if you're going to college and you want to get your degree, some professors and courses require you to put study higher than everything. Again, it depends.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I thought it would be like. I do understand how it depends though.
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Well the interesting part about college, is that grades matter a bit less. Unlike in highschool were getting a certain GPA is a necessity to get into certain colleges.
One doctor graduates with an "A" average, one graduates with a "C". You still call them both doctor, right?
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College is infinitely better than high school.
It is not easier than high school. Just less soul crushing. You have more freedom to experiment and study what you want and control your own schedule. But it still requires a lot of having your shit together and jumping through hoops. And admissions is always painful to deal with. As is financial aid. You know, for those of us who are paperwork challenged.
Let's do the time warp again!
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