As humans, we hold many expectations, however, our expectations can be vastly different from reality. Our expectations for college can be no exception. Before any of us started college, we had certain expectations as to what we thought college would be like. For example, we all probably thought our teachers would be super strict, but now that we are here, we now think they seem pretty chill.
I asked some Allen Community College students what their thoughts were about their expectations of college versus their experience.
Out of all the students that were interviewed, when asked if their expectations were different from reality, they all said that their expectations were significantly different from reality.
One particular student, Sadye Coltrane, was asked about her favorite thing about college that that she didn’t expect that she would like.
“I did not expect to like being around the different types of people and having to talk to them every day in class,” Coltrane said.
I’m sure most of us can agree with Coltrane’s on this thought.
We want to hear your thoughts on college expectations versus reality. Was your expectation the same as reality? Was it completely different? Feel free to email your thoughts to [email protected].