When I started college, I knew that there would be some hurdles that I would face. One of the biggest hurdles for me was moving away from home. While I only live an hour away from UW-Green Bay, as a homebody, it was still hard for me to move away from home. I knew that I was going to miss my family a lot because of how much time I spent with them. My parents are like my best friends so leaving them behind was extremely difficult for me. Me and my sister are also really close which made leaving really hard. Even though she is a senior in college, and I am used to her being gone, I was always home when she came home. Now, we are never home at the same time, so we rarely see each other. I knew that one of the hardest parts would be leaving my hometown friends behind, as I had spent most of my life with them. While it has been hard, I have managed the distance by Facetiming my friends and family, texting them daily, and trying to make plans with them all on weekends when everyone is available.
Another hurdle that I have faced while in college is time management. While I was in high school, time management was something I never had to worry about. Yes, I was in volleyball year-round and managed basketball, but I never got a heavy enough workload where I had to plan ahead of time. I was able to do the homework on the bus and finish in time or do it before the game. Now in college, I have to plan accordingly about what assignments will take how much time and when to do them because of activities that I am involved in, so I have plenty of time to get them done and get them done well. Back in the fall, it had taken me awhile to manage time because I was so used to a small workload and not having to take as much time on homework as I had to in the past. It has been difficult to manage, but it is a lot better than what it had used to be.
Author: cherry bubblir
I Have No Time
To me, there are many differences between college and high school. One of the biggest differences for me is the workload. In college, I have experienced a bigger workload. I have many more exams compared to high school. In high school I would rarely have a test or a quiz every other week and now in college, I am finding myself having multiple quizzes a week, and at least one test a week. Not only do I have many more quizzes and tests, but I have experienced more homework. In high school, I would rarely have any assignments every night and would spend about 3 hours a week on homework. Now in college, I am constantly doing homework in my free time which means no scrolling on my phone or watching TV for me.
Another significant difference for me is the amount of time and effort needed in college. In high school, I would not spend hours studying for an exam or multiple hours doing homework every day. Now in college, I have to put in multiple hours studying for one exam and studying for that one exam many days in advance. I also spend multiple hours doing homework every day after class. While I was in high school, I studied for my exams the night before and very rarely for more than an hour because it wasn’t needed. In high school, I was in 8 classes that didn’t require a big amount of effort because they were easy classes. Now in college, I am 6 classes that require a bigger amount of effort because the classes are a lot more difficult. In high school I found myself getting extremely good grades without putting in much effort but now in college, I find myself having to put in a big amount of effort to get good grades.