I probably did about the same in terms of grades in high school versus university. I did enjoy university a lot more, though, whereas I disliked high school. Like some other posters, that is probably because in high school I was bored and didn't have to try, whereas in university I had to work and study to do well. I also had to take more unwanted classes in high school.

You'll still have to deal with assignments and stuff like that. I don't know what you plan to study, but I finished electrical engineering. Classes typically had a weekly assignment, sometimes a weekly lab depending on the class, and usually just a midterm and a final for exams; sometimes there were two midterms in a few classes.

I didn't have to write any papers in my engineering courses, but I took several history electives for my arts options and wrote a few papers there. We had to pick something relevant to the class, of course, but there were so many possibilities that it wasn't much of a restriction. For instance, in one history class I wrote a paper on Beowulf; it was on a list of approved topics, but the list was something like six pages of topics, and even if you couldn't find one you wanted in all that, the professor said that if you wanted to write about something else, you could talk to him about it, and as long as it was related to the course and of appropriate difficulty, he'd allow it. In 'history of technology' I wrote a paper on the history of the transistor. (makes sense for an electrical engineer, no? ) I can't remember if we had a list of topics or if I picked that one myself, but it was probably similar to the other class; list of preapproved topics, but any reasonable, course-related topic would be allowed if approved first.

Well I never done well in high school. Could not be bothered with it. I left at the age of 16, went to college though when I hit my early 20's, and learned a hell of alot more than I did when I was at school.

As far as Im concerned, once you leave school if you dont have a job or a a apprentice, then go to college, but if you do. Leave it for a couple of years, then go to college. They say the older you are the wiser you are.

I didn't even go to highschool. But I found university no big challenge. I went to uni in Australia, and most people in my classes said that highschool was actually more challenging, and that the first year of university was more difficult than second year. This I can actually agree with, I found that the work got easier the more I progressed in the course. I guess it's so the universities don't have to waste time and resources on people who won't perform to high standards.

I would imagine most people do better in university/college than highschool, because instead of the mind numbing and tedious hours of learning about things you don't care about it, university caters for your choices and is a lot more flexible. Well at least from my experience it is.