What's the most surprising thing you've learned about college life from your research or conversations with others? by Amanda Bates

abates90 — 2025-09-24 17:41:43 UTC

The most shocking thing I discovered is that professors don't chase you down for missing work like high school teachers do. They treat you like an adult - if you skip assignments or don't show up, they won't remind you. It's completely on you.

708776ep — 2025-09-24 18:09:01 UTC

I don't know really know anything about college....

Might be controversial, but I've lived and slept in a dorm room at SDSU with three other girls (Who I didn't know) for an entire week, bringing clothes, snacks, and other stuff. It was actually really fun. The anything was that Was on the 11th floor and there were only 2 elevators so getting down was brutal in the morning....

809497mo — 2025-09-24 18:09:11 UTC

the most shocking thing in college well right now i am in enrolled in college classes. so one interesting thing is you don't have live classes i am not sure if its just for crafton but we have no live classes but we do have homework and it is due on saturdays and of course it changes.

133540eg — 2025-09-24 18:09:50 UTC

I was surprised to learn how late at night some college classes go. For example, some classes start around 7 or 8pm. I realized that a lot of people have to work during the day so they have to take classes at night.

2025-09-24 18:09:57 UTC

The most shocking thing I discovered about college is that nobody cares if you skip class, until your grades drop. Attendance is rarely enforced, but missing lectures will seriously hurt your grades.

2025-09-24 18:11:00 UTC

The most surprising thing is that you have to fully communicate with your professor. For example, your parents can't email your professor for you.

2025-09-24 18:11:28 UTC

One surprising thing I've learned about college life is how independent students have to be. About missing work, you have to be independent, manage your own time, and take full responsibility for your success.

2025-09-24 18:11:40 UTC

I'm in dual enrollment with Crafton, and one thing that kind of surprised me was my English class schedule is shifted by two days. Meaning we have our main assignments on Friday to Sunday, while Monday and Tuesday are our "weekends"

2025-09-24 18:12:03 UTC

The most shocking thing I discovered is that you call your teachers in college professor. I thought professors were scientists like Gerald Robotnik or Emmet Brown (aka doc).

996085mc — 2025-09-24 18:12:42 UTC

I learned that in 1996, Kermit the Frog was the commencement speaker at Southampton College to raise awareness about the environment.

2025-09-24 18:14:12 UTC

The most surprising thing to me is that there's a lot of responsibility that is put upon the kids and college is really expensive and students often go into debt.

2025-09-24 18:15:41 UTC

I was surprised to learn that college life has as much freedom and responsibility students have and college students are pretty much in charge of managing their own time like classes.