High School v College Handouts (Check Working Syllabus for quiz on these.)

This set contains three documents to help you be successful in college as a whole, not just in the classroom. Remember, a dual credit course is a college course for which you also receive high school credit. The grade you receive for a d.c. course also appears on your high school transcript. If you fail a d.c. course, you fail your high school credit, and this could affect when you graduate.

These handouts detail differences between high school and college life, both in and out of the classroom.  Succeeding in college takes more than learning course content. You must also understand how to approach all aspects of your college experience and know what the school expects of you.  This set contains three documents to help you be successful in college as a whole, not just in the classroom.

The “Expectations” handout is a convenient table of the most common differences in behaviors and questions.  The “Assignments” sheet explains how in-class work and homework affect your overall course grade and gives you advice on approaching common college assignments. The “Accountability” handout highlights classroom and college-wide policies on grades and scholastic honesty and includes clickable links to HCC pages.

[This information was compiled and written for Houston Community College students using online tutoring.  This is the intellectual property of Houston Community College.]