If you remember from college, how many hours did you study outside the classroom? To what degree did this depend on you major or school? Thank You as always
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Obviously depended on the week. Easy weeks maybe 10 hours over the 7 days, bad weeks closer to 35 probably. Had my stints where I'd spend 12 hours in a row in the library. I went to a school that's notorious for giving a ton of work and was in one of the easier majors there.
cs -10 hours on hw assignments math - 10 hours + 5 test macro - 0 micro - 3 intro to math sci - 0
25 ish
maybe 3-4 hours per week... and the occasional all nighter for exams
thanks for the comments guys. And is that really how much you studies? is that really average? if thats true, then college is going to be a breeze haha
BTW, are any of you guys from georgetown? I am anticipating on going there.
10 hours a week...an all nighter every now and then. I spend most of my time learning on my own through business books.
same learn more from reading wsj than attening the econ classes thank god im done with econ bs after econmetrics
you'll find that you have a lot of time at your disposal during college... you get blitzed at certain points when you have 2 tests in one day, a paper, a presentation, and a quiz do the day after and then you might not have anything deliverable for another 2 weeks or so... because of the highly inconsistent stream of work... so again most weeks i would only spend a few hours going over coursework but then i would have one or 2 hell weeks as well (at least in my case, others may have had more consistent work assigned with less concentration one particular day with everything due) it is tough to give a reasonable average... I can say that I was able to work full time for a couple years and still maintain top notch grades every semester after freshman year (i.e. 4.0 or 3.9+ while working 40 hours) but that was due largely in part to being well organized and efficient...
some semesters/years are easier than others... I'd say that junior year was the toughest for me (much like high school) because you are trying to get all your ducks in a row with respect to internship recruiting, figuring out career paths, and making sure you are set to graduate the following year...
don't get too stressed out about the workload because it is manageable...
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mcdonough school of business...what did you hear about that school 2x2matrix? btw did you go to georgetown rufiolove? thanks a lot guys keep it coming
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No, I didn't attend Georgetown... I went to Penn State... currently Cum Laude/borderline Magna depending on how my finals turn out...
maybe 20 hours / week studying chinese and 20 hours a week on all other studying (that includes going to class). Good grades in 2 majors at a lower tier ivy.
I keep track of how much time I study and set weekly goals to meet. Usually get in 30 hours a week
Average would be 25 hours a week at UIC (3.8/4.0 in Finance), although I may be overstating since I tend to remember the bad weeks more than the good weeks. Depending on the course selection, I could have easily cut it in half.
I know that it seems like a lot of time for an undergrad, but it did pay off for the CFA. I only put in 250 hours for Level I, 200 hours for Level II, and 100 hours for Level III (passed each on first try). I didn't think the CFA was that hard, but then again, UIC's Finance Program covered 80% of all three exams.
The bottom line: Put in your time now so you don't have to later when you decide to grab those certifications while you work full-time.
Unfortunately, for me, it's still UIC and not UC, and after working for 3 years, I've been unemployed for the subsequent 2 years. If there is one thing to say about top-tier schools, it's that they have infinitely greater downside protection when you need it the most.
Oh well, back to the studying for the GMAT so that I can get into Northwestern's MBA and press the reset button on the mess of a career/resume I've made for myself.
I went to Columbia. I was too busy avoiding the popo to do my hw.
McDonough isn't that demanding and a lot of the kids there are bitter because they didn't get into, or left, the school of Foreign Service. That being said, it won't be a breeze and you'll have to earn those A's but, as previously said, its not like Applied Math or anything like that.
I work 30-35 hours a week on a freight dock on top of taking 6 classes as a finance major. Gotta say I'm with someone that posted earlier regarding 0-3 hours a week of studying with all nighters for exams (have an exam in about 20 minutes and pulling all nighter after work for one tomorrow morning.) Non-target btw
I work 30-35 hours a week on a freight dock on top of taking 6 classes as a finance major. Gotta say I'm with someone that posted earlier regarding 0-3 hours a week of studying with all nighters for exams (have an exam in about 20 minutes and pulling all nighter after work for one tomorrow morning.) Non-target btw
I went to a top 25 undergrad biz school. It depended on my class schedule was like. When I had 3 or more biz classes in one semester, I was studying 60 plus hours week. I would put in 3 hours a day for each one of my finance courses.
High variance...
Lets count classes+problem sets+studying.
Best week: 15 hrs. Worst week: 125 hrs (no joke) - lots of cs classes with everything due at once....
On average I'd say 40 hours. Add on extra curricular activities and more like 60 hours.
It's finals week right now and I have been studying from 10 till 4 every day, which is about 18 hours a day.
18*6 = only 108 hours. 120 hours a week must be insane.
Yeah basically I cut out bathing for a week...did work while I ate...basically worked all the time.
My sleeping pattern sucked too..work 36 hours straight, sleep for 10 hours, back to work for anther 30...
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