<p>Specifically, how do the students characterize the increased workload? And, are there study tips/transition tips for those HS students who found the workload in secondary school to be very easily managed?</p>
<p>The increased workload, while definitely more challenging than my AP-heavy curriculum in high school, is not completely overwhelming. Just expect to spend more time on papers, do more close-reading of texts, and spend hours on problem sets. The upside, compared to high school, is that you usually only get homework once or twice each week.</p>
<p>Helpful tips:
- Take advantage of the Harper Tutors. These are upperclassmen and grad students that are available nightly to assist with chemistry, math, economics, papers, etc. They saved me during honors chemistry, when I was not able to make it to office hours.
- That said, try to make it to office hours! Talking over homework problems or paper topics with your professor is incredibly helpful.
- The Student Counseling and Resource Service offers study workshops throughout the year. These workshops range from improving concentration and memory to time management. You can read more about these here: [Academic</a> Skills Assessment Program | Student Counseling & Resource Service](<a href=“http://counseling.uchicago.edu/services/asap/]Academic”>http://counseling.uchicago.edu/services/asap/).
- Start building time management skills right away. Use a scheduler or planner, and maybe even map out your time for each day. The biggest challenge for me has been falling prey to Facebook, YouTube, excessive napping, etc. and losing time for studying and other activities.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Omg great thread makes me even more thrilled and less scared about attending u of c in the fall. :)</p>
<p>Bump it again this year. Such an excellent thread.</p>
<p>Great read for the coming O-week. Kudos to unalove.</p>
<p><em>blushes</em></p>
<p>It’s very strange to read this thread, but yes, my advice still stands.</p>
<p>Maybe the thing I would harp on most (in college and in life, really) is to set priorities and don’t let things intefere with them. Since the time I wrote that post and today I’ve made a bunch of mistakes… some of them academic, some of them not. I got a bunch of good grades and a bunch of not as good grades (that really could have been better grades with a little bit more elbow grease.)</p>
<p>But five years later I can quite literally tell you that I don’t regret my less stellar grades. I don’t even remember the tenths place of my GPA. But I absolutely remember the times I spent with friends or at student activities, and looking back, those times spent in activties I enjoyed deeply were the most influential to who I am now personally and professionally. I couldn’t even tell you with certainty the classes I enrolled in in Fall 2008.</p>