subject: Difference between the school essays and college essays [print this page] Difference between the school essays and college essays
We all have written various essays when we were in school. Many of us used to get real good marks on our school essays, but when we came to college and written the college essays just the winning way we used to be, we failed big time. Why did that happen? Well there are many answers to this question. But basically what you need to learn is that the school essays are totally different from the college essays.
In the school essays we used to write whatever we want to and they were either descriptive or narrative essays. However in the college essays we have got a huge array of selection to make from the compare and contrast essays, descriptive essays, persuasive essays, narrative essays, expository essays and so on. Further more, in school essays we didn't need any proves or evidences to back up our claims but now in the college essays we need them like nothing else. Even there are different types of styling that is used in the college essays such as APA, MLA, turabian and Chicago and all of them are different from each other in different ways. However the most utilized format is the APA and then comes the MLA format. So you see, the difference is vivid and this is why the college essays are real hard to write.
Furthermore, in the school life we weren't being checked for our minor spelling and grammatical mistakes but now in the college life, we are checked for each and everything that can be called a mistake no matter how big or small it is. Some people consider it really wrong and unfair, but I consider it totally rational. Why? Because you are all grown up, aren't you? and you want to be treated like adults and you get angry when your momma call you baby or treat you like one then why don't you grow up and take the challenge of essay writing like a man? I know you can, and you know it too but you just needed someone to tell you that, so now since you know that you are all responsible to be analyzed this way because you are all grown up, you have to buckle up to do the unthinkable. Yeah, I called the essay writing as unthinkable because till now you are the one who has been considering unthinkable so it appears to be unthinkable and undoable. However you are gonna make it, and you are gonna make it real well.
The first thing that you need to do is to download some good and reliable dictionaries and thesaurus tools and install them into your computer so you can learn new words and can differentiate your readers that your essays are written for colleges not fro schools. Once you do this, now comes the final step when you have to go to some online grammar learning websites where you can shine up your grammatical structures and make a difference in your college essays writing. After all this, you are ready to make the difference!
