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Ill try to help. Right now I'm taking both, and one of the biggest differences is grades. My Bio grade in college consists of 4 tests and a lab grade. My bio class in high school was maybe 30% test, the rest being labs, hw, quizzes... Size of classes would be next. College bio:280 students, HS bio:17. You really have to make an effort to get to know your professors in classes that big. You need to take 12 credits a semester (I think) to be considered a full time student (3-4 classes). Most students take 16-20 credit hours (4-6 classes). Also, a lot of college classes are MWF or TT, not mon-fri
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Also, there are no study guides and not much help unless you have friends in class. You are pretty much on your own with studying and such. Everything is dependent on you.You are paying for what you get, and if you decide to slack off, then so be it. Like I'mNoSuperman said, most classes are just test grades with no extra work. No extra credit. Maybe a curve at the end, maybe. And with the professors, they don't care for you. You have to show them you are making a conscious effort for them to appreciate. Like I said, if you are failing ,they won't pull you aside and give you a pep talk. This is the real world.
I usually have 4 classes a semester. If you want to graduate in 4 years, you are going to have to do this, or divide up your credits some how. It takes a lot of research and planning as well, to see when classes are offered and such. You have to be on the ball or you will end up in classes you don't want to take just to fill your schedule.
I can't think of anything else at the moment. If you have other questions, feel free to throw them out there.
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Well beyond the already mentioned point of hwk being worth nothing ( You still need to do it if you want a good grade), the learning process is purely one you're in control of. In HS you have to attend class or else you'll fail, in college if you want to skip class and read the power points and book by yourself you're free to do so and likely will not be losing much in terms of material.
The next point follows the trend of independence, you can choose how fast you want to go in college, you can if you want take a full load + 3 summers and graduate in 3 years or you can take it slow and potentially avoid taking too many difficult classes together and graduate in 5 years, but with a bit higher of a gpa.
Another important point that you'll have to learn is time management, if you cannot manage your time properly or study inefficiently then you'll be at a major disadvantage. So for example it's a lot better to spend 3 days studying than 1 night cramming for a test, likewise it's a lot better to learn good methods of studying so you can get material down firmly with limited effort. For example, rewriting your notes except paraphrased in your words or summarized is a better method of getting material down than by looking at something for 20 minutes.
The next point follows the trend of independence, you can choose how fast you want to go in college, you can if you want take a full load + 3 summers and graduate in 3 years or you can take it slow and potentially avoid taking too many difficult classes together and graduate in 5 years, but with a bit higher of a gpa.
Another important point that you'll have to learn is time management, if you cannot manage your time properly or study inefficiently then you'll be at a major disadvantage. So for example it's a lot better to spend 3 days studying than 1 night cramming for a test, likewise it's a lot better to learn good methods of studying so you can get material down firmly with limited effort. For example, rewriting your notes except paraphrased in your words or summarized is a better method of getting material down than by looking at something for 20 minutes.
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With all this in mind what did you guys find to be easier, high school or college???? I personally think there are a lot of meaningless classes in high school say for example I want to be a Doc what's the point of high school history, but in college it's all related classes/
I didn't try in high school, at all, and I still managed a 3.4. It may have been just my school, but it was ridiculously easy. College isn't necessarily hard (harder than high school of course), it is just a lot of work and each class requires a lot of time put into it. When you have 4 classes which take a lot of time our of your day, you get burned out easily. Like Serenade said, you have to have time management to get by.
High school history is to teach you about the past. Honestly, I love history, but I hate the way it is taught. I don't want to analyze anything, I just want to know what happened and how it happened. In college, you pick what ever classes you want. Obviously medical school pre-requisites are required to be related to medical school coursework. Your other classes are where you show the ADCOM's (admissions committees) your individuality and broadness. You take classes that interest you rather than those that are forced upon you. Most universities implemented a general education program to give students a wide variety of classes to take, instead of just taking the classes prescribed to the major. These are usually, social science, fine arts, technology, global studies, humanities, etc. Usually the first two years of college is finishing your gen-eds so you can move onto the main classes of your major. Technically, you can take all medically related classes, but I doubt an ADCOM would be impressed by that.
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No, it's not. You'll still have quite a few prerequisites, and almost none of it is directly applicable to being a physician.
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