The transition from being the smartest kid in high school to being average in college

<p>This sentence really jumped out at me in your original post:</p>

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<p>Let me suggest two possibilities:</p>

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<li><p>You really are average in college, and you can’t do better than that.</p></li>
<li><p>Because high school was easy for you, you didn’t develop the study skills you need to be as successful as you could be in college.</p></li>
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<p>Do you think that you might be in situation #2? A lot of students who were top of the academic heap in high school find themselves in that situation. And it can be remedied. There are a lot of resources on campus to help you develop high-level study skills – tutoring centers, academic advising, etc. You may want to take advantage of them. If you make an effort to become a more efficient learner, you may find that you’re not average in college after all.</p>