College would be great if class didn't get in the
way of the fun stuff.
The structure of our educational system allows most
teens to skate by on minimal effort during the course of secondary education.
High school has become an factory designed to produce diplomas for
everyone - including the bottom 20% of the class. If you think the high
GPA you carried in high school is somehow going to follow you throughout
your university years, you might want to reconsider the choice to attend an
institution of higher level education and save a lot of time and money.
WARNING: COLLEGE IS NOT LIKE HIGH SCHOOL.
By senior year, this was beaten into the heads of
many college-bound kids from the administrators that were supposed to be
preparing them for college, without proper explanation of techniques on how to
succeed in an unstructured environment.
Here are some tips on how to bring home a decent
GPA, compiled from people who had to learn the hard way. You
won't find these in most college handbooks, trust me.
1. If you are one of those people who has
always thought that you may have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), see a doctor BEFORE
FIRST SEMESTER.
