“Not being the best student was hard for me at first. When I arrived, I was blown away by how talented my classmates were—in academics, sports, music, other things. The one thing that I could do well was work hard and get good grades. But everyone else could, too.”

Sophomore,
Brown University

“Like any college student, you must be prepared to work a lot harder than you did in high school. Depending on what your high school was like, you may have to work even harder than the average student. But remember that there is a reason why you've been accepted to this school.”

Sophomore,
Dartmouth College

“Private school grads were a lot more confident in philosophical discussions in my section freshman year. After all, they were more familiar with that format and had often been exposed to readings of Mill, Kant, and Aristotle in high school.”

Junior,
Harvard University