Many students have the feeling that their life has changed a lot after they entered college. That is not strange. College life is quite different from high school life.

    The most obvious difference between college life and high school life is in study. In high school, teachers told us all details to solve a problem and we just worked according to what teachers had said. However, at college, teachers just explain basic theories and we need to find good approaches to problems by ourselves. We should depend on ourselves to study at college, while teachers and parents could urge us to study and tutor us when we studied in high school.

    Nevertheless, college life differs from high school life not only in study but also in many other aspects. High school is just a school, but college is like a small society. It was easy to get along with classmates in high school because we just studied but did not live together, while at college we live in dormitory together with other students. Therefore, it is a tough task to keep a good relationship with classmates and roommates. Furthermore, we must learn how to manage our life at college, rather than only studying. We have to take care of ourselves at college since our parents do not live with us.

    Obviously, it is not easy to adapt to college life. However, if we failed to get used to the new life, we cannot study well at college. To adapt to college life, we should take an active part in various activities and social communication. We also need to form good study habits and healthy life style.

    In a word, as long as we realize the differences between college life and high school life, and try our best to be independent and sociable, these differences will not be insuperable obstacles.