The hardest thing about the transition from high school to college for me is time management. There just isn’t as much free time as a college student. The homework assignments from high school I could just copy in a few minutes from friends unlike the detailed assignments from college professors. Doing well on exams in college is also more important. In high school, even if I did poorly on a test I could just keep up my grades through other methods. Knowing that the bulk of my grade depends on how I score on exams really increases the pressure of performing well. This causes me to spend more time studying for them and have less time for other things.

Sleep is another factor that I have to put into time management. It used to take me around ten minutes to get to school, but now that I have to travel for over an hour to get to classes on time, I have to wake up a lot earlier. Without sufficient sleep I won’t be able to stay awake in my classes. Between the homework, sleeping and studying that I have to do for my classes I haven’t had much time to do the things I want. I feel like I haven’t been hanging out with friends as much as before. I have already declined their invites to hang out multiple times because I was too busy. They were given the option to choose their classes and get out a lot earlier than I do. Even my three day weekend doesn’t offer much free time. Fridays I usually spend time doing homework, Saturdays are spent babysitting my little cousin, and on Sundays my parents expect me to be home for dinner with the family, since it is the only day everyone is off work. I look forward to being able to set up my own schedule so I can take later classes. Starting classes later so that I can catch some sleep would be amazing.