Differences Between High School and College

Dear high school senior,

     As a college freshman, I have learned that college is different from high school in many ways. One of the basic differences between high school and college, is that while high school teachers are usually generalists, college teachers are specialists. This means that college professors have a job in the field that they teach or a higher, more specialized degree. I have experienced this in business class, because Professor Sholl is a businessman and has experience owning a business. Another basic difference is that college courses are not a direct continuation of high school courses. This means that college courses do not build off courses of a certain subject that you took in high school. An example of this is that in college accounting, we learned material that I did not learn in a high school accounting class. Another difference that I have noticed between high school and college is that in college, teachers don't always tell you or remind you to do an assignment. They expect you to know what you need to do each day and get it done on time. Also in college, most of the work is done outside the classroom, while in high school, most work was done in class. In college you may have much more reading to do each night, or have reports to do on your own, with no class time to complete them. Myths and illusions can be created about college when others tell us things and we believe them, because we have not yet experienced it ourselves. This kind of lying is not helpful because we do not actually know what to expect in college and it can give us the wrong idea and mislead our expectations.

Best of luck,
Drake