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"I really liked not having to work hard in high school. " </p>
<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>
<p>This happens to many kids who come from “good” schools that really weren’t that demanding (not much homework, very few “real essays” assigned, no research assignments, etc). My DS1 used to complain and ask why we “wasted” the money to send him to private schools. Now that he’s in college, he knows why. While he is excelling, he sees the kids who were “top” at their schools being shocked with getting B’s (or even C’s) for the first time in their lives.</p>