<p>Or is it vice-versa?
In academics, opportunites, social life, etc.</p>
<p>University is better because you don’t have to ask the teacher to go to the bathroom.</p>
<p>^ lol my psych teacher lets us randomly walk out of the room to use the bathroom but it’s so awkward because other students will glare at you so no one ever does</p>
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<li>You make your own schedule, you don’t have the same classes every day, and generally you won’t be in class for more than 20 hours a week.</li>
<li>The assignments are less frequent and there isn’t as much busywork.</li>
<li>Most colleges don’t require you to attend class.</li>
<li>You can leave campus whenever you want. </li>
<li>More freedom in choosing courses. Next semester my Tuesday/Thursday school day doesn’t start until four o’clock in the afternoon. </li>
<li>People take you (slightly) more seriously. </li>
<li>Very little drama. </li>
<li>Sometimes professors randomly cancel class.</li>
<li>In my experience, eating/drinking in class is pretty much universally allowed unless you’re in a computer lab. </li>
<li>No bells. Sometimes class ends early.</li>
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<p>plus, hanging out in the library is acceptable</p>
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<li><p>You don’t need to do homework. You can do it for practice, but there are other ways of studying. </p></li>
<li><p>Better friendships. This is going to sound a bit cynical, but I think that if you live with the people you socialize with, you can figure out sooner if they’re bad friends rather than good ones. Heck, if I’d lived with my notfriends, I probably would’ve realized they were not my friends in one day rather than 2 years. </p></li>
<li><p>You can be around people with the same academic interests. </p></li>
<li><p>You can usually get more research opportunities. A lot of colleges encourage research, and have special programs whereas few high schools do. </p></li>
<li><p>Not needing to go home (and nagged by parent/guardians).</p></li>
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<p>By the time you go to college you don’t ask silly questions. :rolleyes:</p>
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<li>You can address your professors by their first names (sometimes)</li>
<li>you can talk about religion in class</li>
<li>you can miss class without your mom calling you in</li>
<li>you can leave early after you finish tests</li>
<li>you can skip if attendance isn’t required and if you already know everything</li>
<li>you can sleep in every single day if you want</li>
<li>etc., etc… :)</li>
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<p>@GA2012MOM hahaha I’m just trying to gather some more reasons to look forward to college! Highschool is exhausting in every aspect.</p>
<p>Yeah, one thing that annoyed me about high school was all the busy work I got, that didn’t really amount to anything. Plus many of the classes weren’t very interesting IMO. In college, you can pretty much pick what classes you’re interested in (with some limitations, obviously), but you get most of the control. Each class will probably have less homework, but for harder classes, the amount of time studying can make up for the difference…</p>
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<p>I literally do all of these things now.</p>
<p>Reading this thread makes me look forward going to college even more.</p>
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<p>Your high school has a problem with this?</p>
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<p>Make sure to check the syllabus, though…I have classes where the homework is graded and counts for a significant portion of the grade.</p>
<p>My small town school district had limits on religion. It could only be discussed in AP World strictly as related to the textbook. Otherwise teachers weren’t supposed to talk about it (and everyone pretty much adhered to the rule). </p>
<p>So, if one has similar parameters, that’s definitely a bit liberating.</p>
<p>-You get to study the subjects that interest you.
-You can reinvent yourself. You don’t have to live with your high school reputation.
-You can live your life without your parents telling you what to do.
-You are treated more like an adult.
-Your time is more your own. No one tells you when to sleep, when to eat, when to study.
-The entire environment around you is designed for people like you. Clubs, parties, films, cookouts, sports. You can try anything you want without worrying about how it will look on your transcript.
-You tend to be with people who are similar to you in terms of intellect, but with vastly different life experiences.
-You get to spend 4 years thinking about who you are and what you want to do with your life, not how you’re going to get into college.</p>
<p>If it’s a residential college:
-No one tells you to pick up your room (except your roommate if you’re truly a pig)
-You can enjoy the company of the opposite (or same) gender without worrying about whether your parents will walk in on you.
-Getting away from home and exploring a new place.
-You can finally be you. If you want to stop going to church or come out of the closet or join the campus Republicans your family doesn’t have to know.
-Late nights hanging out in the dorm talking about things that blow your mind.</p>
<p>These are just a few of the things I loved about college.</p>
<p>Well said, Sue.</p>
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<p>Oh how I cannot wait for this.</p>
<p>-You get math and physics classes that actually teach you how to problem solve, rather than follow procedures.
-Much more hands on experience in labs.
-Certainly like others have said, less busywork.
-If you’re in an organization–you get to make frequent road trips (enjoy free carpooling/ being able to get a ride unlike High School) to explore a vast region of places / do a vast amount of activities with friends off campus and not have to be back home by a certain time.
-Okay, yeah, you get a lot more hang out time even if you commute to school.
-Circle K >>>>> Key Club (join to see!)
-It can be much easier to meet new people and make friends (depends).
-Pure math/science/engineering schedules OH MY GOSH THESE ARE TASTY (and I’ve heard stories of people not writing essays for semesters)
-Better chances at getting a girlfriend/boyfriend (wow so many relationships began once people entered college).
-More employment opportunities
-In my case, little to no atmosphere of academic competition–as there isn’t as a great of a need to crush your peers (unless you’re talking about registration dates to get classes in which some random loser here has enough AP credit for a class standing that doesn’t even need the same classes as he does and people keep trying to bully the first year with their registration dates and get crushed).
-More</p>
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This has not been the case for me. Most of my class time is usually spent deriving equations.</p>
<p>This is, honestly, making me even more excited for college. When is graduation, again?</p>