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Originally Posted by juniyah08
why would i lie about the colleges the people at my hs went too??
you sound a little bitter.
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i have absolutely nothing to be bitter about. i just feel if you're forking over some $40,000 to attend an institution like columbia or stanford and you aren't being challenged, you're wasting your money. and most of the people i know who go to those institutions (stanford, columbia, penn, harvard, princeton, etc) are extremely challenged (in a positive way) by their academic experience at those schools, and they all went to excellent high schools that were rigorous as well.
and as i said, maybe the people from your HS are truly exceptional individuals, but each person is different. the thing is, college is a very different experience from HS, and while there were certain things about HS that were much harder than college (having homework for all my classes due each day, all the CAS activities of the IB, etc), college is a different type of challenge. as others have pointed out, you have to learn to balance school, socializing (life changes when your friends are around 24/7), work, extra-curriculars, and all the emotional aspects of going to college.
all i can say is keep working hard and work on your grades so that you can get into a good school and take the rest from there (like pledging).
edit: i'm a junior in college, and no, it's not too difficult, but it's a challenge, which is a good thing. i'd be worried if it weren't.