<p>OP, professors do not spend their full day in class. Typically, they go to class, teach, leave. You can’t just ask a question after class after every class like in high school. If you go to a college with a faculty:student that 1:14 or below, your classes will be small and you’ll be able to ask questions during class and there’ll be fewer people during office hours ( 1 or 2 hours each week that the professors sets aside to meet with students who have questions. If your college is large or with a high faculty: student ratio, classes will be large and you will not be able to ask questions in class, which may be a lecture (the professor speaks while you take notes) followed by a discussion section (the TA, your section teacher, takes a group of 25-30 students together; it’s more interactive then.) You must make a point, as a freshman, to go to all the first office hours for the first month, simply to introduce yourself, make sure you’re on track, etc. Never turn in a first paper that hasn’t been read by a writing center tutor - if you get a B/B+ on that paper then you may not need to come back, but that first paper will test your ability to work at the college level so it’s just good judgement to get someone to read it who’s been there before .</p>