<p>Three major factors in how hard college will be:
- How hard did you work in high school? If you took a challenging curriculum and are used to putting in 3-4 hours of homework each night, college will not be that different.
- What is your college major? If you’re majoring in STEM, count on a lot of study time and sweating it on most every test you ever have. Major in elementary ed, and your level of difficulty is likely to be much lower.
- What does your college expect? Attend a large state school with lots of large classes, and you can probably dodge participating in most class discussions and just cram for every test. Go to an elite LAC with classes of 10, and it will quickly become obvious you didn’t prepare even one time for class.</p>