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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is college harder now than it was 20 years ago? I graduated in 1999, and I don’t remember it being intense. Yes I had all nighters, writing papers and exams, but it was a lot of reading, discussing, learning ideas, taking interesting classes.  [/quote]
(OP here): I'm not sure the academics are more difficult, and in ways the attention to pedagogy is light years ahead (more consistent delivery of fact-based material, inverted/flipped classes where there may be a homogeneous delivery of material and class time is for smaller group discussion/analysis or working through problems, having assumed the delivery of lecture-style content as part of prep/study time). I think what is different is how much extra stuff is packed into the time--clubs, activities, internships, etc. The kids I know are scheduled from 7am until 11pm (I frequently overhear discussions of this prior to class start, where they are lamenting not eating breakfast or not being in their dorm room, or having to their room to grab an item because they won't be back for 10 more hours, etc.). By mid-semester break they're usually pretty tired and by end of finals they're collapsing. 
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