Engineers love to whine about how much they study. If you aren't out drinking MINIMUM Thurs-Saturday nights you are doing something wrong. Its college. If you don't, you'll regret it.
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Engineers love to whine about how much they study. If you aren't out drinking MINIMUM Thurs-Saturday nights you are doing something wrong. Its college. If you don't, you'll regret it.
I graduated summa cum laude in Genetics. I also minored in Spanish.
Freshman year was a breeze. After that, the chemistry, biochemistry, and physics all were time consuming. I worked 25 hours a week as well, and I think that I spent probably about a minimum of 30 hours a week reading, doing homework, or studying.
Freshman year was a breeze. After that, the chemistry, biochemistry, and physics all were time consuming. I worked 25 hours a week as well, and I think that I spent probably about a minimum of 30 hours a week reading, doing homework, or studying.
I'd say I only studied about 2-3 hours a week. I had a few semesters when I was taking physics or chem that really kicked my butt but really I don't remember putting that much time in studying. I knew one thing for sure...once I got that degree in my hand employers don't give a rats *** about your gpa. I really couldn't even tell you what mine was. I just set out to pass my classes. I've been out for 9 years now and I've never had an employer ask me about my gpa. A's are for suckers...or dudes wanting to go to grad school.
This girl needed good grades for grad school. I also suffer from perfectionism...
I voted No.
Oops ... sorry, I thought this was a "Yes or No" poll. :unsure:
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Not uncommon for me to put in 6 hours a day. Though I never do anything after class on friday, rarely on saturday, but often on sunday.
Lucky you.
I just happened to put in a lot of time outside class. I also went to class and then worked engineering problems and projects.
Doing this, including UNI, I was able to graduates in four year and then a year and quarter in grad school. At UNI, I studied 10 hours per week my freshman year.
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I was probably about 2-3 hours a day if you averaged it out (biochem major). Then I got into med. school and things changed...
I've noticed that a large number of CF'ers will deem your college experience unworthy if you don't go through most of it intoxicated.
I took the same route as you. Those guys are wimps, I was out Monday through Sunday. I know I enjoyed college, I was told that by many.
I remember one semester in undergrad (not at ISU) when I was taking 19 credits + independent research. I pretty much worked 8AM to 1AM everyday with a few breaks for eating and working out.
After that experience, why I ever when to graduate school is beyond me.
After that experience, why I ever when to graduate school is beyond me.
I had to take it on a class by class basis. Some classes showing up with a pulse to lecture and doing homework was absolutely all you needed to pass. Some classes, I'd agree, the actual lecture was a waste of time and I'd only show up to recitations and labs and make more of an effort to work study problems. It just depends. I think too few people actually bother to evaluate where they're actually learning anything in their courses, so they just kill themselves trying to do everything. Too many engineering students put in ungodly hours and stress themselves out just so they can wear it as some sort of badge of honor.