High school vs. Uni

High school:

• You're viewed as a child (dumb, doesn't know anything, needs to be walked through through everything)

  • Even in senior year, as you're getting ready to head off to university, it's exciting, but senioritis exists because you just want to get out of this view already

  • It's like the cognitive dissonance theory, where how you feel, doesn't match up with what is. And so you want to leave- then it'll match how you feel.

• Your parents get sent your report card

• You see the same people everyday

• You have the ability to build a close relationship with your teacher

• Class sizes are small, you must pay attention

• Teachers will nag you about assignments; they see you in person

• Rules rules rules, so many rules

  • So strict

• "You'll need this in college" -no you won't

• The tardiness/late stuff is insane

• Strict teachers

• The year drags on forever; the quarters

• Year-long classes

• You likely drive to school in some sort of fashion

• You walk from class to class, so that stays the same, but not far! In the same building, and you might think it's far but...lol...just wait.

• You hate the bus

• School ends in JUNE

Uni:

• You're viewed as an adult (No one walks you through anything)

  • You have to figure out everything yourself

• You have a lot more freedom

  • You can do whatever you want and whenever you want

  • You can skip class (shouldn't, but doesn't mean that you can't)

• You also have a lot more responsibility (because of a combination of the two points above)

  • It's like, "With great power, comes great responsibility" -lol

• It's your own freedom & responsibility, for example, to check your grades and make sure you're passing your classes. In high school, you're forced more to check your grades; at the ends of quarters, to double check if stuff was graded, if stuff is missing, because of report cards...etc. In uni, all of that disappears.

• You have the opportunity to become independent in all ways

  • Feel independent

  • Act independently

• You see new people you never knew existed or went to your university everyday (though, this depends on the size; but in general, universities are still astronomically bigger than high schools).

• You might have a semi-close relationship to your professor, but only if you go to office hours.

• Lecture halls are ginormous, no one will notice if you sleep

• Professors might tell you about assignments, they might not

  • It is your responsibility to stay updated with assignments

  • You have to see when they're due and do them

• Laid back

• No one cares if you go on your phone or straight-up leave- the professor won't even look at you

• Chill professors

• The semester goes by so fast!

• Semester classes

• Go quick

• You're walking everywhere; you're straight up a pedestrian through and through

  • At first you're not used to it; soon a 30 minute walk is nothing and a car ride is a magical apparatus

  • Google maps/Apple maps is your best friend

• You love the bus

• Schools gets out in MAY

  • extra month of summer yay

• You're suffering more