<p>that's what one of my teachers was saying...is this typically true?</p>
<p>It depends on how you define "studying".</p>
<p>no, but that depends on how quickly you can pick up the material, your major, and if you define homework and projects as studying.</p>
<p>My school is very easy, almost any test so far can be crammable with an hour or two of studying for a day or two before the test, but at orientation all they could talk about was how much more studying you'd have to do than in high school and that you get 3 hours of studying for every hour spend in class...</p>
<p>it all depends on the school.</p>
<p>That is the standard 'rule' in college. Many teachers go easier on you (until the end of the semester) and some are much tougher than that. Be prepared to deal with it either way. A few classes into a semester you will be able to tell which classes you need to study/do work for that much, or more; and which ones you can do less for. That is just the guidelines most profs try to go by.</p>
<p>It varies A LOT by what class you're taking. Typically an easy GE class won't take too much effort, while math and science classes tend to take longer to really grasp the material.</p>
<p>Depends on the individual. Some people absorb the material quicker, while others have to take 23984749842 hours just to get down one chapter.</p>
<p>Like others said, it really depends. I have some classes where I'll have three hours of reading alone to do for each meeting. For others, I barely need to touch my books. It's a good idea to compare your syllabi at the start of each semester and determine how much effort each course might take. If you think you're going to be completely swamped with work, you might want to make schedule changes.</p>
<p>Depends on you, depends on class (and related to class, major).</p>
<p>Well, I studied two hours every day for about two weeks prior to my chem test and got a D on it, as I used the wrong studying technique. It depends a lot on how you use your time (as I found out, simply writing notes from the book almost ad verbatim in chem is not very helpful).</p>
<p>Depends, but I've never followed the rule (I've always done less) and I've been very successful. Personally, I think 3 hours outside of class per hour in class is way too much. I wouldn't have any free time if I did that.</p>
<p>2-3 hours of outside work for every class hour is a rule of thumb. It doesn't apply to every class, and at some schools the rigor isn't that high and perhaps no class will require that or perhaps only a few majors.</p>
<p>This varies wildly by class.</p>
<p>^^Agreed.</p>
<p>I also found that as a freshman/first sem. sophmore, I studied way more than i needed in order to do just as well in my classes. ie, as a junior, I put in wayy less time, certainly far less than 3 hrs/class hr, and perform at the same level that I did as a freshman.</p>
<p>Find a studying technique that works for you, and you can cut hours off your study time. If you're a visual learner, try drawing pictures. I can relate and remember abstract concepts by drawing the most bizarre cartoons that, on the surface, have nothing to do with the material. </p>
<p>This doesn't work so well in math classes though... But seriously, an hour of efficient studying is worth 5+ of "brute force" study.</p>
<p>That's BS if I've ever heard it. If you really need that much studying to do well, you might have Down's Syndrome.</p>
<p>^^ One word: Math.
Teachers expect us to work up to 15 hours on a sheet (look at the credits, one is worth 30 hrs of studying, subtract the total number of lectures you have, and divide it by the number of weeks), and that's roughly the time you need.
And no, I'm not some economics major, who is required to take one math class.
I'm a math/physics major, and I certainly do not have Down's Syndrome. I got a perfect SAT in math in one sitting. I won national math competitions. And still I'm sometimes struggling.</p>
<p>depends on the class.</p>
<p>a class like random variables and statistics will require many more hours of study than say intro to theatre.</p>
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<p>Well, I have to disagree there. :) Intro art courses (if you go to an especially good school) will always be WAY more intense than medium-level math courses. </p>
<p>This should not be surprising -- after all, introductory language courses are always way more intense than advanced language courses, counter-intuitive as it may seem, and that three-credit introductory art course will seem to require six credits. </p>
<p>Calc III is hard only because the multivariable approach is so different -- so to me it is an "intro to multivariable". Intro to Statistics will not be hard if you have been anticipating it in other fields of study, e.g. genetics and evolutionary biology.</p>
<p>In my opinion it varies tremendously on the individual and the class. Many classes require many memorization activities while others are project and presentation related. The best bet is try to find out about classes when registering to make sure you are taking a well balanced schedule.</p>