College Fact vs. Fiction

Students need to decide on their major before they start college in order to be successful.

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

College is a time for exploration and self discovery. It's ok to not know what you want to do right away.

College students should not ask for help from their professors.

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

College is not easy! Wingate University faculty encourage you to ask for help. Faculty offer open office hours and provide contact information. Communication is key to success.

Finding or creating a sense of belonging in college takes time; its not instant

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

College is a new experience, and a new environment. It is perfectly normal not to feel an instant sense of belonging. It takes time and sometimes you need help finding your place.

Colleges are only concerned with a students intellectual and academic development

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

Social and Emotional Wellbeing are key to college student success, just as much as academic wellbeing. Wingate University encourages well rounded development.

Students will be in classes with other students of the same rank (Freshmen classes, Sophomore classes, Junior classes, and Senior classes)

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

Classes are not restricted to specific classification of student. Classes can be taken in many different orders, depending on majors and pre-requisites. It is not unusual to have all four ranks of college students in the same class at Wingate.

Students are expected to handle challenges in college without parental assistance.

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

In many situations, college students are legal adults. There are laws that actually prohibit certain information from being disclosed to a students parents. Faculty and staff expect students to openly communicate with them without the assistance of parents.

Since attendance is not mandatory in many classes, the classes are designed to be passed without needing to be present.

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

Many faculty do not have mandatory attendance policies. However, by missing class, students will more often than not miss vital information. Faculty are not required to provide missed information to students.

Students are expected to learn class material outside of class through active studying, rather than through specific homework assignments or during class.

• Fact

• Fiction

Answer explanation

High School classes lasted about 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for about 35 hours. In college, most students spend only 15-16 hours a week in class. Students are "professed" information during class, and are expected to spend time studying outside of class in manners that work best for them to learn the material.