High Schoolers: Start Preparing for College.

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College-bound high school students should start preparing early for the transition to college life, recommends Sharon Chertkoff, the outreach and service coordinator at the Indiana University Student Academic Center, Bloomington. She notes that incoming college students are often not prepared for the university style of learning because it involves more out-of-class studying. Most high school students don't take the time to read their textbooks, relying too heavily on classroom lectures, so they are not prepared for the increased volume of reading...