<p>I know this is probably one of the most broad questions ever asked on this website. How hard is college? I know it depends on the major and the courses taken, but like are the tests very detailed? Straight from the book? What style (essay, multiple choice, matching, etc.) are the tests?</p>
<p>Here are my final descriptions from last semester:
English: 3 essays (at least 5 pages each)
Calc II: 10 really long problems
Programming C++: Final Project + random multiple choice questions
Chem: Final Lab and mulitple choice/ short answer</p>
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<p>It really does depend on all the factors you mentioned…but most important, it depnends on two people…YOU and the PROFESSOR. They can either make your life hell or a joy. How you handle their approach also affects how you handle the class.</p>
<p>There is no cut and dry answer to how college is…so I would answer your question with another, what kind of student are you?</p>
<p>Well, as it seems frequently on this board, I go to “hard” high school. I’m doing mediocre, or ok. Like I have 1 B in an AP course, and a B in Chem (they are B+s). My GPA, weighted, is a 96.5+. In my middle school I was doing like very well, like 99+. I plan on going to Texas A&M…so will it be hard if I major in Philosophy?</p>
<p>expect to do a hell of a lot of writing is all i can say. its not busy work, its writing papers every now and then and notes. go to the mit website, it has all the courses, and the sylabbusses<em>spelling</em> for the classes, you might get a better idea from there.</p>
<p>As an engineering major most of my work consists of problems sets and lab reports. Starting next semester I will be taking more design-oriented courses that will bring together all of the skills I have learned from previous courses. </p>
<p>I took one philosophy course in college but it was a writing seminar (we were required to write 6 to 7 papers). The hardest part for me was trying to figure out how to write a paper on material that bored me to death. Another bad part of the class was that I could never get an A on any paper and at the end of the semester the prof admitted that she rarely gives out A’s. I ended up with a B.</p>
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<p>I don’t see how receiving 2 B’s in a difficult high school is “mediocre”. If you go by those standards, college may be “incredibly hard”.</p>
<p>But in general, is it easy, like the material being tested? (Major: Philosophy)</p>
<p>It’s not that bad… I find that I definitely do a lot less work in college than in HS. Then again, I also do less well, so… lol. Seriously, though, it really isn’t that bad if you have a good attitude about it. If you’re going to be very upset each time you get less than a perfect grade and are going to hold yourself to that sort of standard, you’ll find it almost impossibe. Here are my goals that have helped me to have a great first semester: Do something to help make the world a better place, make some good friends, have a great time, and learn a few things along the way. Sure, you could spend all your time in the library, but… Thirty–or sixty–years from now, you probably won’t remember the exact way in which the kindneys work or the birth and death years of all the kings of England, but you will remember if you helped others and had fun. You only live once. Live well. (I have a 3.5 GPA at a top liberal arts college, so I’m not just saying slack off. :-))</p>