<p>I went to a very small high school and barely graduated with 100 people. I think we maybe had two AP classes. Also at my high school, our GC didn’t interact with us much, and we were not prepared financially for college. I was just wondering how other people viewed their high school and if they felt adequately prepared.</p>
<p>My high schools sucks. I would laugh if I am adequately prepared. I guess it does somewhat, though.</p>
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<p>Finances have nothing to do with high school, though. Just thought I’d point that out.</p>
<p>I feel like, in general, high school isn’t a very good prep for college. I’m not a college student, so I can’t speak from firsthand experience, but I know that many people struggle at first. Often, the mistakes they make in college are mistakes that should have been made in high school.</p>
<p>I think high schools do have an obligation to prepare you financially for college. They can’t just tell you how important it is for you to go, and not help you prepare financially. I knew school was expensive, and I knew my parents weren’t going to help me, but no one ever discussed any other options, other than scholarships.</p>
<p>My IB high school program was definitely overrated in how well it prepares you for college. Thats for sure.</p>
<p>My school was smaller than the OP’s school, with no AP or advanced courses of any kind. But I’m not yet sure how it prepared me, as I’ve not yet started college.</p>
<p>I’d agree that a little more could be done to inform students of how to pay for college. Until I came on CC, I had no idea that top schools offered considerable need-based aid. My school handed out brochures about things like Stafford loans and Pell grants, but I didn’t know schools gave their own grant money just for being accepted. I remember all too well the day I explained to my guidance counselor how financial aid at top colleges works, and also the general concept of the IB program. He didn’t even know IB existed.</p>
<p>While it’s a bit silly for us to expect our high schools to do all of our work for us, a more rigorous curriculum and a more efficient administration would greatly improve most high schools in the US.</p>
<p>My teachers prepared me very well. Sure you’ll have some college teachers in high school and they’ll give you some tips, but I feel that teachers can always give you great advice. The high school curriculum probably won’t, but a human personality that interests you can easily prepare you for college. You just need to learn that you have to be organized and have to spend enough time studying each day, like 2 hours a day, then you’ll be good. Sure you’ll hear that a lot and it gets repetitive, but if a teacher can give a good enough example, you’ll learn it a lot better than just reading it in some text book.</p>