Transition To College

Many people think that after students graduate high school, it’ll be an easy transition to college. But in reality, both are very different. While students are in high school, they go through their four years and try to decide what may be interesting. Many factors come into play while students become a senior and have to make some very important choices for years to come. Seniors have to decide what college interests them; they also need to factor in the costs, relationships, and education associated with what college they pick. Students might incorporate certain factors from their high school life as they transition to college. Whether students are in high school or college, money will come into play. In high school, different schools have …show more content…
When athletes are in high school, most people do every sport and are an athlete year round. Usually in high school, sports might only last for two to three months long once that sport is done, not much of that sport happens the rest of the year until summer. High school sports can shape the person who people will become one day. They help students understand punctuality, listening, and communicating. “The purpose of the modern high school is to train future citizens. It is in itself a miniature community with enough activities necessary to familiarize the pupil with the different things expected of him by society” (Goover). While athletes are in high school, they don’t have to sacrifice many things, they might have a few morning practices, but they don’t give up holidays or family time. Students get the holiday breaks to relax and spend time with family with a few practices after the holiday. For the most part, high school sports aren’t as pushy. Once you get to college level sports, student athletes who chose to play a sport will live and breathe it. The athletes start their sport the second week after school starts. Student athletes have to be committed one hundred percent to the sport and have a love and passion for it. If athletes are in a sport during college, they give up so much, they don't get to live a normal college life, as they are always traveling during the season to play the sport. Usually if a student goes to a university, athletes only play one sport and play that sport year round with tons of practices day in and day out. “The average time I spend in the gym is close to four hours probably.” Unlike high school sports, athletes may also have to travel multiple hours and across different states to play their opponent. Athletes also sacrifice their family time on holiday breaks because they cannot come back for the holidays because they either have a game or practice and sometimes they