studying in college
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This is how much I study...I was recommended by a faculty member to study around 28-35....
I also have all B's so it's not like i'm failing everything either.
I wouldn't say that a typical week is 35-40 hours but there are definately times when you will not have a life. It also does depend on your major, I had a roommate who was going into history and he never had more than a couple of pages to read and maybe write a short paper while I went into engineering and had multiple times where I had to pull all-nighters in order to get done on time (I'm sure that's partly my own fault as well). Depending on your major I would say that 35-40 hours is reasonable but not every week, especially not your first year when you're taking intro classes.
Well if you really want to get decent grades and pass you're classes with mostly A's then the 35-40 hours a week isn't a lie. I never studied close to that amount while in college and still received a B- GPA. I probably studied around 10 hours a week. I was a mechanical engineer also.
When I was there the foreign students studied about 110-120 per week, so it might have averaged 30.
I'd put myself in the same boat, although my time was spent much working on homework rather than studying/reviewing course material.
I'm pretty sure they said you're supposed to study 3 hours for every hour of class so you could figure it out based on your schedule.
I got told this too...I'm curious if it's BS or if it's true. 35-40 seems an insane amount to me.
CycloneErik
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Your exam might just be next to me...................
I'm probably around 50-60. I'd be surprised to be under.
Depends on your major and ability to absorb info.
I didn't "study" a ton during the week, but I probably put 4-5 hours per day into class outside of actually attending class, mostly just trying to stay on top of the reading/homework (if there was any). Between 8AM and 5PM, M-T, I was pretty much in "school" mode. I'd tap out early on Fridays, but I usually did work on Sundays.
I didn't "study" a ton during the week, but I probably put 4-5 hours per day into class outside of actually attending class, mostly just trying to stay on top of the reading/homework (if there was any). Between 8AM and 5PM, M-T, I was pretty much in "school" mode. I'd tap out early on Fridays, but I usually did work on Sundays.
Depends what you count as studying. I went to all my classes but did next to nothing outside of required assignments/group work outside of class. I finished accounting and finance with about a 3.3 which was brought down a couple tenths of a point from the 2 years I spent as undeclared taking classes I thought looked interesting. I maybe spent an hour of studying on weeks when there was a big test but if you average it out across the semester it was probably something like 15 minutes a week.
That does sound pretty insane. I couldn't tell ya how many hours I spend doing school stuff. I have no idea. I'm the type of person who can study pretty hard a couple nights before an exam up until the exam and do well on it. Staying on top of readings is good advice, but I don't do it. I just read before exams.