INSIDE TV/Theaters Advice Teen Examiner *SHZZPÄLKZ C Standard-Examiner Monday, February 2, 2009 ever did in high school, but for the most part, it wasn’t a whole lot harder. There wasn’t as much busy work as you would get regularly in high school.” — Skinner • Great expectations: “I love my classes. College College classes are definitely different from high school; they expect a lot more from students. It is easier to miss class in the sense that a lot of classes don’t have attendance policies; yet, it is harder to make up work.” — Loomis • Hard work: “The classes are about the same as far as subject material, but the workload is much more intense. They are harder to miss 101 be- #Z$)&3*1&"$0$,"/%+6-*"4"950/ cause 59DPSSFTQPOEFOUT you hat is don’t college have life class Wreally every like? day It’s a question on which the minds of many high means school students, so we more decided to find out by material catching up with some is covered fellow TX.ers who have in every just completed their first class period.” semester of university life. — Hunsaker Is college life different than they expected? Does romance Advice for reign big on campus? What was teens the biggest shock of college life? We interviewed by e-mail • Don’t sweat the following former TX.ers it: “Don’t let it who graduated in 2008: Kayleigh intimidate you. I Skinner, a Layton High graduate now was terrified going attending Brigham Young University; to school, because I Aubrey Loomis, a former Bonneville hate change with the High student now an avid Aggie at passion Utah State University; Colin Hunsaker, of a a grad from Bear River High and now a thousand freshman at Southern Utah love. Blech. white-hot University; and, Chris Philpot, I’m all for suns, but it once a St. Joseph Catholic love, but I just turned out to not be High student who now studies don’t want to so bad. Go in with at Kenyon College in Ohio. see someone the attitude that you There you have it. Now, else kiss in can do it, and you read on to find out about their front of me.” will be able to, as advice, stories and college — Skinner Illustration by ROBBY BARR/Fremont High School/[email protected] cheesy as that may Philpot misconceptions. • Quirks: sound. “Learning to “Also, do not let them Biggest shock? love the little quirks of some of my roommates almost entirely to homework. So I was very brainwash you into thinking Hunsaker was a challenge.” — Loomis challenged and very freaked out, but am now you have to buy books from • PDA: “I was really • Time management: “ College classes are very happy to be able to show off my battle your school’s bookstore (if shocked by how much PDA the easy part. The biggest shock is managing scars. And this semester should be a little less you have one). Go online. there was all over the place life in general along with schoolwork.” intense than last, so I’m ready to enjoy college Find cheap books. You’ll save at BYU. I guess it shouldn’t — Hunsaker more.” — Philpot money, and it’s well worth it come as a surprise, because • Reading-intensive classes: “Last semester (coming from experience).” BYU has this reputation as a was very tough for me. I expected college College classes — Skinner place where you get married to be hard, but I registered myself into • Calling all kitchen really quickly on a rash some very reading-intensive classes and • Misconceived dread: “I had this items: “While you’re in decision (sometimes), but it was spending between four and six hours misconception that college was going to be high school apply for A Skinner was still kind of a shocker for reading on weekdays. I started dreading nearly impossible for me to get through and do me. Everywhere I walk, I’m weekends because they were larger blocks of well at. I was very wrong. My classes were not 4FF$0--&(&]1BHF$ Loomis bombarded with people in free time that I knew I would have to devote that bad at all. 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