It's a big step from high school to college. The goal of this article is to help you prepare by sharing, from personal experience, what to expect during the transition. I will compare and contrast high school life and college life. Several changes include the difference between high school teachers and college professors, workload requirements, and overall accountability requirements. At the high school, the staff seems to care about the students almost as if they were their own children. They guide them and correct them if necessary. Most teachers remind students of their responsibilities, help them set goals, establish priorities, and assign a very manageable amount of homework. In some high schools, students must learn the bare minimum to pass the test. Teachers approach students as if they think they need help. They provide students with missed work if they are absent and often remind students to complete that work. In college, professors don't always seem to know students on the same personal level. Instructors have much higher expectations of the...