How many hours you spend doing hw in college?

[SeaMonki]

about 1 hr max every weekday and 6 hours for days with papers/exams.

 

[nageov3t]

you can't comprehend Reading Hell until you have to read (and understand) War and Peace in 2 weeks.

that book consumed my life for those two weeks... and my wrists still hurt from having to support the weight

 

[nycxandy]

Not enough.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Each Chapter is 50 pages, we do one chapter a week for the two hard classes I have. The information is pretty dense and boring so I can never go that quick. Psych goes a little bit quicker but thers also more to read

So you have to read 50 pages per night for 18 weeks?

That sucks.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Each Chapter is 50 pages, we do one chapter a week for the two hard classes I have. The information is pretty dense and boring so I can never go that quick. Psych goes a little bit quicker but thers also more to read

So you have to read 50 pages per night for 18 weeks?

That sucks.

mmmm that might be too extreme. I think its around 150 pages a week in terms of the amount of reading for all of my classes combined per WEEK. 50 pages a day would be too much.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
50 pages a day would be too much.

I agree. You aren't really going to inspire your students or instill upon them a love of the subject that way.

 

[thomsbrain]

1-2 hours is usually enough for me. i don't usually need to "study" beyond doing the reading or assignments.

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: SuperTool
20 a week when you average it out over the entire semester.

In other words, all of it is crammed in a few days before exams.

Yes. At which point, you didn't do the homework, the homework did you

 

[yobarman]

1-2 hours a day, 4-5 days a week. Thats just regular homework.

Animation Production is a different story. 20-40 hours a week come mid quarter, up to 50 towards the last two weeks. It's like a job. that i pay to go to.

 

[SNPELY]

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[silverpig]

Not all that much. The thing is you have to work smart. Look at the questions right when you get them, then do them immediately after you see a similar solution floating around somewhere.

 

[suklee]

as little as possible.

 

[Konigin]

A lot.

 

[wiredspider]

Alot less than I should be , college freshman here....

 

[SNPELY]

all my notes for high school and college fit in two notebooks.

 

[Kipper]

Many, many, many hours. I've cut back on my extra curriculars, withdrawn into my room...

It's sad. To top it all off, I'm a senior.

 

[DrPizza]

You guys suck at college
Treat it like an 8 to 5 job... I *know* you're not in class 5 days a week from 8 to 5..
Don't watch Oprah during your hour off in the morning...
1/2 hour for lunch
Rest of the time not in class: do school work.

You won't have to lift a book on the weekends or at night.

 

[Dudd]

I'm a giant procrastinator, so it varies night by night. Sunday, I'll probably put in 2-3 hours doing hw due Monday morning. I have nothing due on Tues, so unless I have a test that morning, I just chill. Tuesday night (ie, right after I finish writing this), I'll probably do 3-4 hours of work. Usually I get started earlier, but I fell asleep this afternoon at 3, woke up at 8, and then had a two hour long dorm league football practice. I went out at 10:30 to grab dinner, and now I'll finally get around to doing homework. I've got a physics lab due on Thurs, so I'll be doing a couple of hours of work tomorrow. Thursday is the big night of work as I'll probably do 6 hrs+ of math homework, compressing a whole week's worth of work into one long night. Average it out, and I probably spend 2-3 hours a night. Of course, there's always things that pop up, for example I spent 4-5 hours on Sunday writing a paper in addition to my regular Monday homework.

Aerospace Engineering major, sophomore year, btw.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
You guys suck at college
Treat it like an 8 to 5 job... I *know* you're not in class 5 days a week from 8 to 5..
Don't watch Oprah during your hour off in the morning...
1/2 hour for lunch
Rest of the time not in class: do school work.

You won't have to lift a book on the weekends or at night.

I have class/work from 9-5 every weekday.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
You guys suck at college
Treat it like an 8 to 5 job... I *know* you're not in class 5 days a week from 8 to 5..
Don't watch Oprah during your hour off in the morning...
1/2 hour for lunch
Rest of the time not in class: do school work.

You won't have to lift a book on the weekends or at night.

I have a full time job as well. Plus 2.5 hours of commuting.

 

[Albis]

3-6 hours a day

M-Th than all day on sunday's

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Albis
3-6 hours a day

M-Th than all day on sunday's

Yeah im something along those lines. Friday im just way too tired to want to do work. Plus its friday

 

[Martin]

much more than I want to do, but much less than I need to do.

 

[rgwalt]

The general rule of thumb is that you should spend twice the amount of time outside of class on homework as you do in class on a weekly basis. So, a 3 hour course would require 6 hours of outside work, whether it be reading or doing assignments.

R

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: rgwalt
The general rule of thumb is that you should spend twice the amount of time outside of class on homework as you do in class on a weekly basis. So, a 3 hour course would require 6 hours of outside work, whether it be reading or doing assignments.

R

...which is complete BS, most people don't spend nearly that amount of time.

It really depends. If you have a big project in upper-level engineering, say, you might well spend 6-8 hours a night working on it in your group. Multiply that by a couple weeks, and it's a bunch. But most of the time you won't spend more than a few hours a week.