My college roommate freshman year was very book smart. One of those kids that never had to study in high school. Well, college was more difficult for them and they found they had to read textbooks and work on homework outside of class time. I sat and listened to them describe studying to me as if it were a new concept. Life hack! Actually study to get better grades.
I was one of those “smart kids in highschool”. University hit me like a ton of bricks, suddenly having to spend home time studying was something I was totally not used to.
I mean, I had this theoretical understanding of homework and studying, but I never did it more than an hour a week.
Doing my first 2 semesters twice was a great wakeup though.
It was one course (had a you fail the course if you got a sub 40% on the final) and I was able to rewrite the exam in the summer, loss of structure killed me coming from hs. Was definitely a wake up for me as well, had study groups and roommates in subsequent years which helped me (and unhealthy quantities of caffeine)
Got diagnosed with ADHD around a decade after graduating, which explained pretty much everything looking back.
I had a similar thing happen to me when I moved countries, my new school was 2 years behind the one I’d left so I went 2 years without having to study. When they caught up in the curriculum I’d forgotten how to study and my grades plummeted because of it. Even now I struggle to learn new stuff.
My college roommate freshman year was very book smart. One of those kids that never had to study in high school. Well, college was more difficult for them and they found they had to read textbooks and work on homework outside of class time. I sat and listened to them describe studying to me as if it were a new concept. Life hack! Actually study to get better grades.
I was one of those “smart kids in highschool”. University hit me like a ton of bricks, suddenly having to spend home time studying was something I was totally not used to.
I mean, I had this theoretical understanding of homework and studying, but I never did it more than an hour a week.
Doing my first 2 semesters twice was a great wakeup though.
It was one course (had a you fail the course if you got a sub 40% on the final) and I was able to rewrite the exam in the summer, loss of structure killed me coming from hs. Was definitely a wake up for me as well, had study groups and roommates in subsequent years which helped me (and unhealthy quantities of caffeine)
Got diagnosed with ADHD around a decade after graduating, which explained pretty much everything looking back.
Similar experience.
I refused to do homework during high school. I passed by simply reading the book in class and always acing my tests with 100s.
Barely graduating high school didn’t matter for my local college, because I fucking crushed my SAT.
I dropped out of college.
I had a similar thing happen to me when I moved countries, my new school was 2 years behind the one I’d left so I went 2 years without having to study. When they caught up in the curriculum I’d forgotten how to study and my grades plummeted because of it. Even now I struggle to learn new stuff.