Alejandra Gomez

High School Versus College

August 31, 2014
High School was a successul e!"erience #ecause it was a ste""ing stone towards
college$ %t oered me the tools that i would need later on in lie, li&e social s&ills and
stud' s&ills$ (ithout high school, i would not &now how to organize m' time to get
e)er'thing done in time$ %t also set u" the #asis o what i will need to &now in college$
Another #ig as"ect o high school is socializing$ *ou interact with ellow students and
teachers, and this is something 'ou need to do all throughout lie$
+o #e successul in college, i)e ha#its i will need to culti)ate are to start on m'
wor& earl', #ecome more organized, go a#o)e and #e'ond the re,uirements, get to &now
m' academic ad)isor, and stud' more$ As soon as the "roessor assigns something, i "lan
on starting it that )er' da'$ % will ha)e a "lanner where i will write down all m'
homewor&, "rojects, and readings, and % will do more than the #are minimum or each o
m' assignments$ % will see m' ad)isor regularl' to determine which area o stud' and
classes to "ersue$ % will also stud' more, whene)er i am on cam"us and not in class, i
"lan to #e in the li#rar' stud'ing$
+hese ha#its i "lan on "arta&ing are all dierent than the ha#its i had when i was
in high school$ %n high school, i alwa's started all m' wor& at the last minute$ % was ne)er
organized, i ne)er wrote down m' assignments and sometimes orgot them$ % also alwa's
did the #are minimum, sometimes e)en less$ % ne)er discussed m' classes or an'thing
with m' counselor, and rarel' studied$