What is the difference between a high school class and a college class?

<p>@ somemoron</p>

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<li>Take fewer classes in a semester/quarter (usually 3 to 5 classes)</li>
<li>Class meets 1-4 times a week; expect larger homework workload (reading and writing papers) in the humanities and social sciences. </li>
<li>The professor could be a tenure-track or adjunct or TA. </li>
<li>The professors won’t call up your parents if you don’t show up for class. It is your responsibility. (Don’t make it a habit in attendance-required classes)</li>
<li>You are required to write many papers as large as 20 pages in a matter of weeks instead of a whole year in high school.</li>
<li>Expect to condense a lot of material in a matter of weeks rather than a whole year. Improve your study and organizational skills.</li>
<li>You will study in a library in college unlike high school.</li>
<li>The class sizes will vary tremendously from 5 students to over 500 students. Expect introductory courses to be huge.</li>
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