Uni is very different from school. Instead of being in a structured environment where you are told what to do a lot of the time, you are expected to be independent and work out what you have to do for yourself. Nobody forces you to turn up to class and there isn’t a roll call. You will usually be given your assignment topics at the beginning of each subject and have to hand them in by the due date - often without any reminders from the lecturer.
Your relationship with the teachers at uni will be different from at school. Most lecturers (also called academics) and tutors will expect you to call them by their first name and you might only see them for a single one-hour class each week. Some subjects are taught by several different people. Sometimes one person teaches both the lecture and the tutorial. At other times one person teaches the lecture and another teaches the tutorial. In some courses, a team of people might give the lectures because they all have different expertise in different parts of the subject.
Uni is also a lot bigger than school and you could have classes and other activities spread all over campus. Large campuses are like a small town, with shops, cafes, a sports centre, post office, huge libraries and maybe even a theatre and cinema.
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While you’re at uni, join a club or two. It’s fun! And what is learnt is so much more interesting than the dryness of high school. Or it was for me. The only sad thing is your friends might not always be around, but with a little effort to stay in touch, that can be overcome. And hey, you meet heaps of cool new people too.