When I graduated high school I had different inferences about college life. I shaped my perception based on what I heard from movies, teachers and other peers who went to college and returned to my high school to tell their innumerable crazy college stories. Before even graduating my friends and I spoke about our detailed planned college experiences. I saw college as one of the biggest steps of my life and therefore wanted to be as prepared for it as I could be. Even though I tried to prepare myself, now that I almost completed my first year of college I am amused at the young me that was trying to prepare for college. Now that I am about to become a sophomore at Fordham University, I derived that there are different similarities and differences
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One view I had during high school about college life was that, academically, the college life is very stressful. Although I did not want to believe that my college life was going to be as stressful, it resulted to be one of the few accurate inferences that I made. While I was in high school, I would constantly see many posts on social media about how college was driving many students insane, and sadly now I understand why people said such things. Many college students find themselves stressed in college due to the amount of work they receive and the weight in the grade that the assignment has. For instance, during my semester there were different nights were I had to work and study all night because the next day I had two exams that were worth a large percentage of my grade. Professors unconsciously prepare assignments and exams for the same dates or around the same dates, causing the student to stress because now they need to balance or prioritize between the two assignments. Not only are some of these assignments around the same time, but they are also a huge part of the student 's grade. Heavy weighted assignments stresses the students because the students are aware of the huge impact that the assignment or exam may have on their grade. Although I still view the academic part of the college life as very stressful, it is not something unbearable that I …show more content…
One difference in how I used to view college life in high school and how I view it now is in regards to social gatherings. When I was in high school, when it came to speaking about socializing events I constantly heard about all the college parties and how important they were for the college life. I asked many students about their college experiences and instead of telling me about their academic the first thing they told me was, “ Those college parties are crazy.” I came to college both excited and frightened about the college parties, however; in regards to parties my college life is nothing like what I expected. Ever since I entered college I spent most of my time studying and writing papers, not leaving me with any time to really socialize with others. I am constantly obligated to choose between going out with friends and writing a paper or studying for a quiz, and I feel obligated to pick my academics. On the other hand, instead of going to parties I found many people who rather go to museums, the zoo, the movie theater or even just out to a restaurant to improve their college experiences. I will not say that there are not any parties, but that I believe that these college parties are not important in defining how one’s college life is going to be
One view I had during high school about college life was that, academically, the college life is very stressful. Although I did not want to believe that my college life was going to be as stressful, it resulted to be one of the few accurate inferences that I made. While I was in high school, I would constantly see many posts on social media about how college was driving many students insane, and sadly now I understand why people said such things. Many college students find themselves stressed in college due to the amount of work they receive and the weight in the grade that the assignment has. For instance, during my semester there were different nights were I had to work and study all night because the next day I had two exams that were worth a large percentage of my grade. Professors unconsciously prepare assignments and exams for the same dates or around the same dates, causing the student to stress because now they need to balance or prioritize between the two assignments. Not only are some of these assignments around the same time, but they are also a huge part of the student 's grade. Heavy weighted assignments stresses the students because the students are aware of the huge impact that the assignment or exam may have on their grade. Although I still view the academic part of the college life as very stressful, it is not something unbearable that I …show more content…
One difference in how I used to view college life in high school and how I view it now is in regards to social gatherings. When I was in high school, when it came to speaking about socializing events I constantly heard about all the college parties and how important they were for the college life. I asked many students about their college experiences and instead of telling me about their academic the first thing they told me was, “ Those college parties are crazy.” I came to college both excited and frightened about the college parties, however; in regards to parties my college life is nothing like what I expected. Ever since I entered college I spent most of my time studying and writing papers, not leaving me with any time to really socialize with others. I am constantly obligated to choose between going out with friends and writing a paper or studying for a quiz, and I feel obligated to pick my academics. On the other hand, instead of going to parties I found many people who rather go to museums, the zoo, the movie theater or even just out to a restaurant to improve their college experiences. I will not say that there are not any parties, but that I believe that these college parties are not important in defining how one’s college life is going to be