My transformation from high school to UPenn has been somewhat gradual since I took a year off in between to study in Israel. I don’t have the shock factor of “OMG I am not living at home anymore and I am on my own” because last year, I was away for 10 months, much longer than any amount of consecutive time I’ll be at UPenn without going home. However it has been challenging to adjust to the class work and the classes themselves. Teachers move quickly and expect you to follow at a rapid pace. Coming from a high school where classes generally moved slower and were smaller, it has taken me a few days to get the hang of it. And I’m not sure I am 100% used to 75 people classes yet. (In high school, class size varied from 4-12 kids).
The one thing that I love about college above all else in regards to classes is the topics taught. In high school, you were required to take an English, a history, a math, a language and a science every day, among other things. But here, I only take classes that interest me (or are pre-requisites for classes that interest me) so I’m not bored.
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