Questions about college

Hello everyone. Just to start things off, if this is the wrong place to put this, please point me in the right direction, thanks. Ok, so here we go. I have some question that stress me out a lot about college and transcripts and all of that.

• I want to go a school where the average GPA of an accepted student is 4.1. Does that mean that they wouldn't accept someone with a 3.7 and 27 on the ACT? These aren't my actual numbers, just an example

• Obviously college isn't 100% parties like movies make it out to be. What is college life really like?

• Is there a lot more work than in highscool?

• Anyone have any tips for motivation? I want to do really well but I sometimes struggle with getting motivated.

Hopefully some people can answer some of my questions. Thanks in advance.