<p>You got into pretty selective and well-known colleges, so you’re probably not totally unprepared for college-level work. Otherwise you probably would have been rejected. With that said, you’ll probably have to adjust to what college is like. That’s why first semester for freshmen is pass/fail.</p>
<p>The workload really depends on the classes you take. Some classes have lots of work; some have much less; some are considered really easy classes. The general guideline is 2 hours for every hour of class. So if you take 4 classes, each 2 1/2 hours a week, then that’s around 20 hours a week outside of class, which means around 3 to 4 hours of good, hard work on the weekdays with some free time on weekends. I find that I usually stay up later and have to work more when there are major papers and exams coming up. I usually am able to go to bed by 1 am.</p>
<p>If you find that you don’t know how to study for specific classes, then you should probably ask students who took the classes you plan to take how they studied, and talk to the professor and go to study sessions if necessary.</p>