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What should I expect learning CS in university?

Recent high school graduate here. I'm starting CS in my university in a couple of days, and I was just curious on a ~~couple~~ lot of things:

1. What kind of workload should I expect? I know that it depends on how rigorous my university program is, but I was wondering how much general time I should plan to commit in order to have that golden balance between school and social life. 

2. Would a chromebook be sufficient for my studies? I already have a dedicated desktop for (possibly) heavy work, but I imagined a chromebook with crouton should be enough for basic work to do on campus.

3. Are careers based on a CS degree as big of a nightmare that people insist to be? I expected the field to only be growing in the digital age, but there may be a catch to this expectation...

4. Any practical tips for learning CS, or just university life in general would be greatly appreciated!
gpt
Kind of obvious but a lot people fail on this: expect to come out of it as a computer scientist, not a programmer or software engineer. Computer Science is about learning the nature of computability i.e. knowing what is computable through the proper use of algorithms and data structures. Focus on this and you'll be a valuable asset at any decent software company. Programming and software engineering skills are things better developed through professional experience.