What are you doing in High School to make sure you go to college?

College takes time and effort and it begins while you're in high school. How are you preparing yourself to be successful?

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Permalink Reply by Kimberlly Araracap on December 4, 2010 at 6:07pm

When I was in high school, I tried to challenge myself in my classes by taking honors and AP classes. Not only was it more interesting to learn the materials in a deeper level, but I was also able to teach myself perseverance (from all of the work load and trying to pass) as well as doing higher level work. Because of these classes, I was able to mentally prepare myself of what to expect in college, making the change a lot easier for me.

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Permalink Reply by Mackenzie on December 10, 2010 at 12:26pm

Kim, I totally agree - honors and AP classes are a great way to prepare yourself for college-level coursework. Many of my most difficult classes in high school and college ended up being the best learning experiences for me, and while they were hard while I was taking them, I look back on those classes with fondness!

As a college student, do you think the classes you took in high school *did* adequately prepare you for college classes?

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Permalink Reply by Kimberlly Araracap on December 16, 2010 at 3:47pm

Hi Mackenzie!

I can't tell for sure if the advanced classes I took in high school helped me in the college classes I'm taking right now, because they're not math or science related. But, I can honestly say that my English classes in high school really prepared me with both my communications and English composition class in college! It was a relief to me because instead of struggling with learning to analyze books and other excerpts, all I had to do was tweak some adjustments and polish up my writing. In high school, we also had to give a couple of big speeches, and that helped me a lot with my communications class (a speech class) because I already knew that habits that the teacher would probably dock points of, and that repetition was good.