Whats the difference between college life and high school life?

You must go to college. Or a trade. or a vocational school. You must be able to support your self. You do not want to be homeless or work at a low salary job right? If you do not want to go to college go to the military, police department has programs, or you can go to any Armed forces, security services, these are easy foot in the door and sustainable pay. What are you interested in doing? Please do not drop out. Take if from a mother of 5. I know. I ended up driving a semi truck to support a family.This is not somthing you want to do. Really think hard about that. You want more for you right? You deserve the best because you are the best. Never forget you are somebody that deserves a good life too. The only way out of poverty is education. I ended up going back after the reality sunk in. There are not many opportunities out there any more. You must find something now while you are young. It use to be others would help you or support you that is not longer the case. You must support you. The government is doing away with entitlments too. So you are better off getting grants and loans and going to a school even if its post secondary a quick college. You do need some sort of skills to survive now. I wish you the very best on what decision you make. The road you take is up to you and only you.

The obvious difference is that you’re freer to do what you want. You don’t even have to attend classes. But you’re responsible for the consequences.

But the less obvious difference involves your ability to make friends. That’s what I notice most as a freshman in college.

In high school, making friends comes very naturally. But in college, people go to class and then go home. That’s it. They don’t socialize or mill around. The strangers you see during your first day of class will almost certainly still be strangers on the last day of the semester.

So it takes a bit more effort to meet people in college. Living in the dorms, joining a fraternity/sorority and being involved with campus groups will help. But it still takes effort, the kind of effort not needed in high school. When I was in college, I made far more friends from my part-time jobs off-campus than from any endeavor or setting on-campus.

I agree with the two advice that was provided previously with your question! High school life is very different from a college life. In high school, you were unsure of what career path you are going to take. You were not thinking of what career you wanted in your life. But once you go to college, you have to know which career you wanted and make sure you like it or else you will end up wasting precious time and effort not to mention the finances related to it. My best advice for you is follow your interest and what you are good at and I'm pretty sure you will be successful in your career. Getting a college degree is one step of achieving your career goals and you must not be discouraged when you did not get it the first time after high school. You can either achieve it by getting a job first in order to pay for your college tuition or you can go straight to college and apply for scholarships if it is available. The main thing is you need to focus yourself in getting a career of your choice instead of not getting any.

Most high school teachers pay attention to you as a student, and will offer help if you are having problems.

The average college teacher won't pay you as much attention. There are some who will of course. It's up to YOU, not the teachers, to make you succeed in college. If you need help, you'll need to ask for it. If you want to go deeper into a subject than the class takes you, just do it. Ask the professor for guidance, though.

Be careful: The unholy trinity of "sex and drugs and rock'n'roll" is much easier to get in college than in high school. To use your time in college wisely, you'll need to partake of those things carefully. It's easy to waste a lot of time on them. Don't ask me how I know. :-)

Your studies are up to you. One of my college teachers handed out a reading list of six single-spaced pages of books. Everybody groaned. He said, "My job is to tell you what there is to read. Your job is to decide what you have time to read." That was very good advice.

Try to find fellow students with similar backgrounds as you. Ask them for advice on how to succeed. Don't be shy about standing on the shoulders of tall people; and inviting other people to stand on your shoulders.

Good luck.

By the way, I know some people who teach at Salem State. That school might be a great choice.

I hear this questions from a lot of young students. Is not that you are unsure as much as you might be afraid of not being able to go to college,whether it be your grades or the money to support you through college. if you want to go to college you can. There are thousands of college with great programs. The government gives Grants(money you don't have to pay back) for undergraduates-that would be you in your first 4 years of college. Grants will not suffice to pay for all of college but the government will give you loans at a very low rate. Because we are in uncertain times economically speaking, students don't have the luxury to study just anything because they need a job afterwards to start paying for loans.
My advice is to ask yourself what makes you happy? what do you enjoy learning about? What jobs exist. College is a great growing experiences that will help you mature and hone in on skills that will come in handy during your lifetime. You want to increase your options and going to college will do that.