For many students, college isn’t much of an adjustment. After twelve years of low-effort schooling, college offers more of the same, with big side dishes of fun.

But what if you didn’t spend twelve years in the pathetic environment of public education, but went to a private school that emphasized traditional education — great books. Or maybe you were homeschooled by parents who cared. College might be quite a shock for you.

In today’s Martin Center article, Jeremy Tate offers some thoughts for such students.

Here’s a sample:

Many students who’ve received a classical education arrive at college thrilled that they finally have the chance to direct their own work and pursue even deeper material. Some are instead nervous about the demands of an undergraduate education. Many students from both groups are therefore caught off-guard by their coursework — not so much that they have to take a junior English class to satisfy their gen-ed requirements, but that junior English apparently means learning the same things they already mastered . . . freshman year of high school.

Read the whole thing.