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Q: hi! thanks for helping me w/ the difference between high school and college question. i hope its okay if i ask some more?

in college, do you have a lot of free time? what do people do during that?

is it easy to make friends? everyone has diff schedules. how about meeting people in general, like diff majors?

what are the differences academic-wise like how many classes do you take per week?

do you pay for every class you take? can you take classes outside your major for fun on a pass/fail basis? that prob depends on the college hmm.

i think the college i'm going to is going to be boring. i am taking up a science-y major that is practical. i am not good at science or math but i think i should just go ahead and do it for the money. unfortunately. i like fashion and english (your major! whoo!) but i am not good at them so there is no point. i think a safe path is a good path, however hard. i kind of went off topic, but yeah the college i'm going to only has science majors.. nothing cool so i don't think they offer any like cooking classes or anything. they don't have much clubs/activities! theres a prestigious ivy league school nearby. do you think i could join their clubs? or do i have to attend that school to go? could i sit in on their classes too? prob not lol..

also, what's the format of college? all classes are semester? not entire year? and per semester do you have to write a lot of papers (long?), not much homework but some quizzes, midterm, and exam? thats insane. how hard are the tests? does high school prepare you for all that? are they really really hard? :(((

thanks so much!

Ask whatever you want. There's nothing I won't answer. =)
As far as free time, it depends on how many classes you take and what kind of classes you're taking. When I was a music major, I was VERY busy, taking 7 or 8 one or two-credit classes at a time, but I was happy because I was good at it - it was therefore easy for me. As an English major, I'm taking fewer classes, since they're all worth 4 credits. Anyway, during free time people socialize, work, go out, y'know. Same basic thing as high school, but more freedom.
I found it easy to make friends, it depends on your schedule and who you click with, who you see all the time, etc. You take a bunch of gen-ed classes, so you'll meet people from other majors there.
A full credit load is 12 credits, which for most majors amounts to three classes. So you go to maybe one class three times a week and two twice a week. I dunno. It depends.
Yes, you pay for every class you take. Unless you have a scholarship.
Okay, if you're not good at science or math, DO NOT MAJOR IN THEM. You will suffer and your GPA will suck. Science majors are very involved. My friend's a bio major and he's constantly studying. He had to take classes like biochem and organic chemistry, which are both difficult classes.
I think you have to be part of the school to be part of the clubs, but I've never tried it.
Classes are semester-long, yes.
The tests depend on the school, but my high school taught me basically nothing. On the other hand, I've been majoring in things I'm good at and enjoy, so I've found the tests really easy.
Good luck!
-Siren =)

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