High School: In high school, you know everyone in your class.
College: In college, you’re lucky to know one person in your class.
High School High school books are provided are little to no cost.
College: College textbooks cost a small fortune.
High School: You have to live with your parents in high school.
College: You get to live with your friends in college.
High School: You wake up early in the morning for class in high school.
College: You wake up for your first class (or whenever you want).
High School: In high school, you were forced to learn all subjects.
College: In college, you get to learn whatever you want to.
High School: In high school, your time and schedule are dictated by others.
College: In college, you take back ownership of time management.
High School: In high school, teachers read from the textbooks they use.
College: In college, professors refer to the textbooks they wrote.
High School: In high school, you studied comfortably at home before a test.
College: In college, the library becomes your home away from home.
High School: In high school, you wrote notes to friends.
College: In college, you take notes for yourself.
High School: In high school, you're able finish all your homework in one night.
College: In college, that’s a near-to-impossible feat.
High School: In high school, you have a full day of classes.
College: In college, you plan your schedule to your liking.
High School: In high school, you’re stuck with a set social hierarchy.
College: In college, you get to choose who you spend time around.
High School: In high school, assigned reading means a night off from homework.
College: In college, you actually need to do the reading - and it takes all night.
High School: In high school, everyone is required to be there.
College: In college, everyone wants to be there.
High School In high school, you worried about what “looked” cool.
College: In college, you’re too busy to care about what other people think.
High School: In high school, you’re stuck in a social “role” that others cast you in.
College: In college, you can be whoever you want to be.
High School: In high school, you have adults telling you what’s expected of you.
College: In college, it’s just expected.
High School: In high school, teachers gear classes towards average learners.
College: In college, average is the bare (emphasis on bare) minimum.
High School: High school attendance is mandatory.
College: College attendance is (strongly) suggested.
High School: In high school, you had a curfew you had to follow.
College: In college, you use your own judgment for what you have time to do