Misconceptions About College

5 Biggest Misconceptions about College

High school is made to "prepare students for life" (college, military, trade school, the workforce, etc.).  However, that is not always the case. There are misconceptions told that give students the wrong impression.

1. "College is easier than high school." Comparing high school to college is comparing apples to orange. College is what you make of it, so is high school. The difference between the two is the gray area. 

2. "The professors do not care about you." That is a flat out lie. With bigger classes, it is hard for the professors with large classes to have a personal connection with every student. Truth. Professors are not going to give you the grade you want. You will have to work for it. Truth.  If you choose to go to office hour the professor will help you.

3. "There is no help."  One of my larger classes has 14 TA's.  If that is no help, then I don't know what help is.

4. "You should NEVER buy textbooks from the bookstore." The school's bookstore is not as bad as they make it seem. I would advise you buying any e-book from the actual source because typically those access codes are marked up 30% in the bookstore. The other books, check all of the sites people tell you as well as the bookstore and consider shipping and how used the books are before you decide where to buy.

5. "You will never have time for anything else." You will have time for whatever you make time for.  If you rather take long "social media breaks" doing your homework than getting it done right away you will not have as much time to do other things later on. Finding the Study-Sleep-Party balance is completely true. Managing your time will be the single most important thing to making sure you have time to do the things you want to do. (More information about planning at Planner Pickett Blog)