Academic Work Load = Stress??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>Hey guys, I have a question for all you Wellesley women out there...</p>

<p>I've been hearing that the work load at Wellesley is quite a lot. Students are always scribbling in their notebooks in class frantically trying to keep up with the professors. </p>

<p>Is this true? It almost seems like a lot of students are workaholics. Do you guys get a huge amount of work? How many hours do you usually spend on homework?</p>

<p>Also, just out of curiousity, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, how stressful is life over at Wellesley?</p>

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<p>I'd say an 8.5 or a 9</p>

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<p>how does that 8.5-9 compare with Barnard, anyone knows?</p>

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<p>Yesterday I saw one of D's classmates who is at Barnard...we didn't talk in depth but my general impression is the stress is lower at Barnard, higher at Wellesley, with Smith in the middle. Or, as someone says, "We pretend we don't care too much on the surface."</p>

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<p>Thanks TheDad.</p>

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<p>I think this depends a lot on your high school experience and prior preparation. I went to a public school that was extremely competitive and offered many AP classes, etc. From that standpoint, I can say that I have less work right now at Wellesley than I did during my senior year of high school.</p>

<p>There's still a lot of homework, reading, problem sets... but you have so much more time because of the nature of the college schedule. You just have to be proficient at time management to be successful, in my opinion. Procrastination becomes a big problem... xD I probably spend around 2 hours or so on actual homework every day and another 2 or 3 hours on general reading and working on bigger assignments and papers that are perhaps due the next week. This estimate would probably be smaller if I forced myself to go to the library and finished all my work in one sitting, so it depends on your study habits too.</p>

<p>I don't think a lot of students are workaholics, but it does seem like there's a lot of academic stress because of tests and papers and things. Which is to be expected, I think. In general, I don't think the workload is unreasonable -- but it probably does build a lot as you start taking higher and higher level classes.</p>

<p>I hope this helps somewhat. xD;;</p>