If you want to maintain a very high gpa in college, you can’t afford to skip class, get low even on a few assignments, or fail one exam.
The most difficult part about college, from my experience so far, is that you have to be super consistent. You go loose for a week at high school—nothing’s wrong, you can easily catch up. But do that in college and you’ll end up in a cycle of skipping class to catch up to previously skipped class.
It’s rough, very very rough, that’s why from now on get in the habit of consistently working for several hours every single day if you plan on doing well (let’s say above a 3.7 gpa) in college.
This difficulty puts on a lot of mental load on you, and it can get really really significant—that’s why we have free therapy available 🥲
You literally can’t afford to be sick for a while, or to just give yourself a well deserved break after a week of midterms. You have to keep going at the same pace with no breaks.
High school is literally NOTHING compared to college. Everyone here used to get straight As in high school, but exam averages are mid 70s most of the time—just think about how wild that is.