From High School to College: Academic Expectations

 

Almost all students experience a significant jump in the academic expectations from high school classes to college courses. 

In high school... 

good grades can often be obtained with minimum effort. Especially for bright students who discover, many students can attend class, pay attention and earn high grades with out studying, preparing or doing reading assignments. 

In college...

academic expectations are high and minimum effort usually results in poor grades. Final grades are usually the result of a handful of tests, instead of the accumulation of many points across assignments, activities, quizzes, tests and extra credit.