I Am Unsure About College

What harms too many college students is the giddy sense of freedom - out from under parental supervision and guidance and from the teachers who watch for trouble and hassle them about upcoming tests and papers due.

Freedom always carries responsibility for the free - and it is very easy to get caught up in the freedom and forget why you're there.

People tell themselves there's a whole semester to master the material for the final and they tell themselves that when there's only a half-semester and then a tenth.

It's not just dating and partying that's seductive - it's all night debates and concerts and theater productions.

The ones who understand that you must work to deserve are usually fine. Those that don't are gone by sophomore year.

Easing into it through community college is not a bad idea.

I will tell you right now that post high-school is an interesting time.

Some kids figure out life at 18 and do well in college.

Some kids aren't mature enough and either fail the life part of college or college itself.

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Getting some cheap college credits while working part-time is probably not a bad way to get adjusted after high school.

If you're ready with what you want to do with life... go to a university.

Go to university instead of a local community college. A large number of students do change their major course of study after a year or two but at the university you won't loose any of your course credits. I know some people who have lost course credit hours by transferring from a community college to a university. If you do go to a community college can you go to one that is connected to the university you want to go to?

"Community college is better than that" = "Community college is cheaper than a real university." Which is a valid argument if he's footing the bill. That said, there's nothing like the feeling of getting out on your own for the first time.

The atmosphere is very different between the two, more laid back . Plus if you aren't sure about your major I'd go to the community college first.

I agree with dad