Don't get too excited about college. In many ways it is really just an extension of high school. The only real differences are that you get a lot of opportunities to party since you're out on your own, the teachers don't really give a fuck if you come to class or not, and you have a shitload more work to get done. This can be a deadly combination, leading many students into a spiral of partying and neglecting schoolwork that they end up dropping out.

But for the rest of us, it means we don't get to have much of a life. Trying to juggle schoolwork, a job, a social life, free time to yourself, and sleep time is tough. Sleep will be the first thing you'll sacrifice, then your free time, then your social life.

You will do tons and tons of work and it will all seem very unrewarding, because the teachers expect a lot out of you and their expectations of what you can get done in how much time is often unrealistic. Many teachers forget that we have other classes to do work for, that we have jobs and lives outside of academics too. They will expect you to work all weekend long on doing their project or studying for their test, and expect you to put everything else on the back burner. They will try to monopolize your out-of-class time, and they will succeed.

It's bullshit. But if you want that diploma, you have to put up with it. You'll be forced to learn a lot of crap you really couldn't care less about, you'll be forced to do a lot of pointless work, and you'll be forced to consume unhealthy doses of caffeine to keep up with it all.