Which one was easier, High school or College?

[ForeverBlowingBubbles]

Only vote if you attended both.

[DukieInKansas]

I went with high school - but really only the last two years. I moved from a challenging school to one where I was bored to tears. I went from multiple hours of homework to virtually none. I eventually moved into honors classes at the new school - and they weren't any more challenging.

[billybreen]

Grade inflation, for the win. College was _much_ easier than high school.

[DGood]

Grade inflation, for the win. College was _much_ easier than high school.

this poll should have a college major disclaimer with it.

[Bluedog]

College could have been easier if I chose my courses strategically. However, I majored in biomedical engineering so that killed that idea. ;) But I could see how college could be easier for certain individuals - there is a lot more free time than high school if you only have two 1 hr 15 min lectures a week per class. But if you're taking 3+ lab courses or courses with recitations, etc. that time can dwindle quickly. And the difficulty level of courses was much harder than high school. However, studying abroad one semester (while taking 2 engineering courses and an upper level genetics course in a well-respected London institution) was easier than high school for me. So, I guess it depended on the university for me.

[ugadevil]

High school took four years for me and college took three. By that standard, college was easier. :)

[billybreen]

this poll should have a college major disclaimer with it.

CPS(BA)/Econ(BS) double major. I don't think I took a particularly easy road.

[ForeverBlowingBubbles]

I never saw the point in high school of having to do all the homework when I got the classwork right every time. I had a little above a 3.0 in high school with a homework average of somewhere around 50%. I would rather just go climb a tree, play soccer, or chase girls. Getting into college was never something I really thought about but should have. Without the busy work - college is much easier. Labs do take up a load of time though compared to classes without them.

[Bluedog]

CPS(BA)/Econ(BS) double major. I don't think I took a particularly easy road.

Does CPS stand for Chicago Public Schools or Child Protective Services? Either way, I can see how that would be a hard major ;)

[billybreen]

Does CPS stand for Chicago Public Schools or Child Protective Services? Either way, I can see how that would be a hard major ;)

Because Classical Studies long predates Computer Science at the Trinity School of Arts and Crafts, Computer Science got stuck with the nonsensical acronym CPS.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Mine were both strange because they were unorthodox. My last 2 years of high school, I pretty much only had art classes, and my college, I only had 3 or 4 academic classes in 4 years, the rest was all art/design/photography. When I went back for my IT degree, I actually had to take a math class because I never took math for my bachelor's degree. My 4 year college was my easiest, and my 2 year stint was my most hardest, but most beneficial. High school is still a blur.

[pigs2k1]

EE/CPS double. It's not even a question I can take seriously.

[CathyCA]

Well, of course high school was easier, but college was definitely more FUN!

[Lavabe]

Well, of course high school was easier, but college was definitely more FUN!

CPS (BS)/Anthro. High school was infinitely easier.

FUN?!?!?! Huh?:confused::confused:

NOTE: This was during the early years under K.

Grad school was much more fun.

Cheers,
Lavabe

[weezie]

College was definitely easier...you had to show up for high school or you risked getting held back.

[DevilAlumna]

I went to a Sci & Tech magnet school, so HS was much harder than College, plus I actually cared about my GPA in HS. That, and I was generally taking 7 classes a semester, instead of four, and in the last two years, there was at least one AP class in there too.

I just was an unmotivated academic at Duke; I kicked it back in to gear for my MBA, though.

[billybreen]

I went to a Sci & Tech magnet school, so HS was much harder than College, plus I actually cared about my GPA in HS. That, and I was generally taking 7 classes a semester, instead of four, and in the last two years, there was at least one AP class in there too.

I just was an unmotivated academic at Duke; I kicked it back in to gear for my MBA, though.

Ditto on everything up to the MBA part. I went to a nice private school, and it was incredibly challenging and competitive. After having my time so aggressively budgeted, the change to the freedoms of college allowed for some serious coasting. Which, to my slight regret, I did.

[sue71]

Ditto on everything up to the MBA part. I went to a nice private school, and it was incredibly challenging and competitive. After having my time so aggressively budgeted, the change to the freedoms of college allowed for some serious coasting. Which, to my slight regret, I did.

Can we back up here a second... YOU coasted while getting how many degrees and in what at DUKE?

[darthur]

Math / CPS double major here.

I found college easier. My highschool humanities courses were overall more challenging than any humanities courses I took at Duke, and I had far more courses to deal with at a time. The math / comp sci. was harder at Duke, but that's the stuff I'm good at.

Also, grades were quite inflated in college when compared to my highschool.

[2535Miles]

I found it much easier to drop out of college, numerous times.

[billybreen]

Can we back up here a second... YOU coasted while getting how many degrees and in what at DUKE?

2, plus the awesome Markets and Management certificate. Also, it should be noted that I did that in 3 years. Freshman year I took no classes that counted towards my eventual majors -- I was "finding myself." :)

But, as a 2000 grad, I don't think that's hugely special. You have to go out of your way a bit to get either an A/A+ or a C, but you can get between a B and an A- without a great deal of effort. I don't think that's necessarily bad, either, because I still learned a _ton_ in college, and not just in the classroom.

[CathyCA]

CPS (BS)/Anthro. High school was infinitely easier.

FUN?!?!?! Huh?:confused::confused:

NOTE: This was during the early years under K.

Grad school was much more fun.

Cheers,
Lavabe

I was there during K's first four years, and working for him was part of the fun. And then there was the social scene which I totally adored. :cool:

Academically, Duke was harder than high school, but it was fun because I got to choose my classes and I loved what I was studying (Religion and English majors). I studied abroad one summer. I loved it all!

[dukeforester]

I skated through HS. Did very little and still achieved a pretty good GPA. Undergrad was much harder for me due to the bullsh## courses required to get a degree. Went to a private liberal arts school for undergrad and had to get that "rounded" education. I was a science major and could care less about religion, history, economics, art, foreign language, etc. Duke (graduate school) was easier because all the coursework was in the field of forestry.

[hurleyfor3]

I don't really remember anything from college other than basketball, so I put high school.

[snowdenscold]

I went to a Sci & Tech magnet school, so HS was much harder than College, plus I actually cared about my GPA in HS. That, and I was generally taking 7 classes a semester, instead of four, and in the last two years, there was at least one AP class in there too.

I just was an unmotivated academic at Duke

This. Exactly. Every word.

(No seriously, DA and I went to the same HS)



Edit: I guess EE/CPS at Duke was hard at times, but only for a couple classes.

[Jfrosh]

I agree that college was more fun. High school had 7 classes a day. College I usually carried 4 courses a semester, sometimes 3. More actual "homework" in High School but much more "studying" and reading in college. For the most part I got to pick my courses in college and as a Psych major wasn't too taxing. Pulled many more overnighters in college (for studying, well for that matter partying as well). I remember having 2 30 page papers due on back to back days and pulling back to back overnighters to get them done. Thanks to mountain dew (and grade inflation) got A's on both. Never had to do that in High School.

[pigs2k1]

This. Exactly. Every word.

(No seriously, DA and I went to the same HS)



Edit: I guess EE/CPS at Duke was hard at times, but only for a couple classes.

I guess this poll also needs a second disclaimer: "what type of high school did you go to?" We had a handful of AP classes at my public school, (AB/BC Calc, Chem, History, English), but my "Computer Technology" class consisted of writing a business letter formatted 10 different ways using WordPerfect.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Mechanical Engineering/Management Science double major. High school (Pine Crest Prep., Ft. Lauderdale, Fl., took three AP classes senior year - AB Calc., Biology and English) was much easier (except for Spanish class - Dr. Perez actually expected me to do the homework at home and not sitting in front of his classroom 10 minutes before class started), but I maximized the fun at both. Discovering beer in college really helped!

As for basketball, I had Bucky Waters' last year, Neil McGeachy's only year and Bill Foster's first two years. Mediocrity was a pipe dream (and no, I didn't smoke ANY pipes).

[mapei]

which was easier?
academically: high school
socially: college

[xenic]

CPS(BA)/Bio(BS) double major. Nobody else thinks I took a particularly easy road.

[YmoBeThere]

High school was easier, but then I was asleep through much of college. Like DA, I put a bit more effort in when I went to Business School. I guess it sort of mattered who was paying.

HS: Taxpayers
Undergrad: Taxpayers and parents picked up part of the the bill
B-School: All me (And I still wonder why I took extra accounting classes. Yuck!)