A Huge Change in my Life Since Entering College

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How much has my life changed in the last few months? Coming from high school to college means a huge academic jump and a complete change in my life. Even though high school was my first academic experience in United States; my life in college is more complex than my life in high school was, especially when it comes to the classes’ structure, study routine, and free time enjoyment. Both my classes in college and my classes in high school have their own structure. I really like the structure of the college classes because they are flexible. I am in total control of the time of my classes, letting me plan ahead my activities. My current classes range from fifty minutes to an hour and twenty minutes long. I enjoy having short classes because I can focus more in a subject, and I don’t get bored in the classroom. Also, I can pick my schedule and transform it at my convenience. This semester I have really good instructors in the four classes that I am taking. All of them are very professional and ready to teach when they come to the classroom; furthermore, they present the material straightforward, in every class. When I got to college, I started feeling responsible; in college I have more responsibilities as a student. In college, if I don’t understand any subject, is my responsibility to contact my instructor in his/her office hours. I am not obligated to be in the classroom; therefore, is my decision whether to stay in class or not. I can say that now I have officially turned eighteen! On the other hand, I consider the classes’ structure that I had in high school as obsolete. I used to have very long classes, and I couldn’t even change them. I didn’t like most of my teachers in high school because they didn’t teach with passion, and s... ... middle of paper ... ...about me going out while I was in high school. I actually like that in high school I had more free days due to all of the holidays; however, the summer in high school is not as long as in college. Definitely, I enjoy much more my free time now in college than when I was in high school. My life in college is more complex than my life in high school was because now I have a better class’s structure, an efficient study routine, and I enjoy my free time more. I can say that coming to college was a great decision since I have learned important rules in grammar, new formulas in math, and fascinating art works from humanities. But high school was a nice experience, setting the base of my actual knowledge and allowing me to meet wonderful friends. Despite the distractions in my life, going through college and high school has been a beautiful experience in my academic life.

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