At first I thought college life would be pretty the same thing as high school but I was wrong, really really wrong. I had great difficulty adjusting with a lot of things:
- Before, I only used to travel for less than 30 mins going to school and another coming home.Now, I have to travel more than an hour going to college and another coming back home. It's pretty much tiring and until now I am not yet used to it.
- Friends. I adjusted to the new people around me. I always have to remind myself that my friends won't be around anymore whenever I needed their help. I admit that one time, when my college fellows and I were walking and I was thinking of something and was walking ahead of them - I turned around and almost called one of them the name of my best friend.
- Time table. I'm used to a whole day schedule but college is different. Everyday there is something to be submitted, everyday there is something to study and everyday I have a drawing to finish and to submit.
- Sleep. Before I have all the time to leisure to sleep and laze around but now, that's IMPOSSIBLE.
- Grading System. Before, we already have a grade of 70 right away but that's a failing grade already and have to take up extra classes but don't get me wrong, I don't do extra classes and I passed all my classes without any difficulty. But now, I really do have to study hard and balance everything because of the grading system of the university that I am in. Would you believe that it's a zero - based system? Which means if you failed, you fail, if you passed you simply pass and if you did good, well then that's excellent. We should at least get a grade of 70 to pass. For short we have to do our very, very, very best to get a good reasonable grade.
- Teachers to Professors. In my own opinion, my teachers way back from high school have a heart to help their students when they fail. In college? Nah, the students must show all of their efforts to the professor, and they should be the only one reaching out, not the typical professor and student effort, it's like a student-and-only student efforts.
There's a lot more than this, a day is not enough to tell all the differences between high school and college. And I really do miss everything about my high school life, my friends, my teachers and even enemies! :P lol

