<p>Interesting the way diff. people interpret the same phrase differently. We have also attended a number of h.s. alum college panels, where to a person (LOL, except for a particular science major at Berkeley!) each student said that “high school was harder.” Yet I interpreted that to refer to the insane young-corporate-executive schedules kept by these students: The hours spent on e.c.'s, crammed schedules with up to 8 advanced courses, co-curriculars, etc. While I agree with the poster or 2 who mentioned a higher or more uniform level of peer challenge (in college) as one of the differences, I have to say that my D has a little bit more of a social life in college than in h.s., where it was work, work, work.</p>