<p>Just a general question. </p>
<p>If you're not a morning person, would you advise against taking morning classes? Or is there a benefit in it I'm failing to see?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Avoid them at all costs, I'd say. Unless you just absolutely can't avoid it (ie there's only one section of a class and it's offered at 8am), then don't do it. I'm so NOT a morning person, and I've been able to avoid 8am classes for all of college so far, and I just finished my third year. I have had some 9am and 9:30am classes, and those are still sort of hard to go to (the ones I skipped most), but not nearly as bad as 8am's. I've had to do school-related activities at 8am and had finals then also, and I seriously would never go if I had to do it on a regular basis.</p>
<p>For one or two classes, there is only one section designated for freshman. But, for another two, I can change it. But, I have very limited ability to change my schedule at this point..in terms of 8-9ish mornings practically everyday</p>
<p>I'll definitely keep your advice in mind AUlostchick! =]</p>
<p>Any other opinions?</p>
<p>i second what AU said.</p>
<p>the 9 AM class i had this semester, i only attended that like half the time, especially since it was like thirty minutes to campus from my apartment. it was awful. avoid them at all costs.</p>
<p>it's reeeaalllly difficult to drag yourself out of bed that early (especially if the class is BORING).</p>
<p>Hmm. Good point...</p>
<p>avoid them as much as possible. there are many ways you could convince yourself to take them... (good start to the day, etc.), but ignore these reasons. only take the morning classes that are absolutely required. and especially avoid them in the winter! nothing will make college more miserable than waking up early every day for class.</p>
<p>...ok, maybe that post was a little extreme, but I'm really tired of my morning class right now!</p>
<p>Thanks for your honest opinion! =]</p>
<p>"there are many ways you could convince yourself to take them... (good start to the day, etc.), but ignore these reasons."</p>
<p>haha...so true. really, early AM classes can effectively ruin your day, i promise. nothing worse than being groggy all day from getting up so early, or starting the day in a bad mood and letting that bad mood drag you through the rest of the day...</p>
<p>i'm waiting for some chipper morning person to come onto this thread next and say "OMG guys! you are so wrong! early AM classes are a great way to energize your mind first thing in the morning! and just think - you'll have the rest of the day to do as you wish with! classes cleared out bright and early!!!!!1111!!!1!!"
that person is totally not correct. (and probably wouldn't post that response until at least 5 AM this morning, because they're the freak who goes to sleep at a reasonable time and gets up to do a thirty-minute jog before the sun comes out each day).</p>
<p>I don't consider myself a morning person but a 9 am class with a professor who took attendance personally was about the best thing that could have happened to me. It forced me onto a regular sleeping schedule and I think I was more productive overall than I would have been if I had slept in every day. (The problem is that I am not very productive late at night either.)
You managed to get up early 5 days a week for 4 years in high school - college is not that much different.</p>
<p>a lot of people like to party late at night (that wasn't an issue for me, but...) and school workload tends to be heavier. clubs and other activities might keep you up until late into the night. mom and dad aren't around to do all lots of the annoying day-to-day stuff they did for you in hs. that's why it's almost impossible for most college students to maintain one of those "sane" schedules they had in high school. i was a member of a club that met at 9:30 PM the past two semesters. kinda difficult to be up at 7:30 AM if the meeting went till 10:30.</p>
<p>more power to anyone who can manage it (or even benefit from it), but, well, most of us don't do so hot with early classes.</p>
<p>You can do the "annoying day-to-day stuff" during the day or early night, no reason to stay up late to do dishes or pick up laundry from the floor. If a club meeting goes until 10:30, you could probably go to bed between 11:00 and 11:30 and get up at 7:30 - that's 8 hours of sleep and sufficient for most college students. Partying is a different issue. I don't party during the week so it has not been an issue for me. But I didn't say everybody should get up early - I merely said that I benefited from a morning class even though I am someone who goes to bed late and sleeps in whenever I get the chance.</p>
<p>If you take an early morning class, you can also make the necessary adjustments to your daily schedule so that you get enough sleep. It might mean not attending club meetings at 11 pm for a semester and only partying on 4 days a week instead of 7 but it's not like it's impossible to get up early in college. It's just a matter of priority: you can schedule your classes around your social life or you social life around your classes. Both are legitimate options.</p>
<p>just dont sign up for a 8' o clock class- those are impossible to get up to. 9 am is doable, but preferably anything after 9 would be better.</p>
<p>I had a 9 am class one semester, and I’m totally NOT a morning person. It was hard, but worked out ok—I had another class right after, and then the rest of the day free, which was actually awesome. But it was only worked because attendance mattered, which really forced me to get up, and the class was amazing, which made it worth it. I can’t imagine doing and earlier class, though, and its really only worth it for a great class—otherwise I try to go for 10 or later classes.</p>
<p>i don't necessarily consider most of the clubs i'm involved in to be my "social life" - generally the clubs i'm involved in are activist clubs and the issues are very important to me. meeting and brainstorming with people willing to work towards similar goals which i see as necessary is a large part of my college experience and not exactly some small trifle, which is why i went to my 9:30 meetings. it wasn't like it was anime club or something. i wouldn't exactly consider working for humanitarian or environmental causes you're particularly devoted to to be some discardable part of a social life and if those meetings conflict with class scheduling i'd say it's worth serious consideration.</p>
<p>I'll try to keep this simple:</p>
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there are many ways you could convince yourself to take them... (good start to the day, etc.), but ignore these reasons.
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Excellent advice.</p>
<p>NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER TAKE AN EARLY MORNING CLASS. EVER.</p>
<p>If you can at all help it, do NOT take them.</p>
<p>And this is coming from a morning person.</p>
<p>eh, I'm a morning person and I prefer morning classes over the late ones. I just can't get myself motivated to go to a 6:00pm class.....</p>
<p>Yea, avoid them at all costs. I thought I could do it last semester, and it caused me to fail an otherwise easy class. I may have went to half the classes.</p>
<p>eva, we're not saying take 6pm classes instead of 8am ones, because those are nearly as bad, but that it's incredibly hard to get up for an 8 am class if you aren't a morning person. I recommend between 10 and 3 if possible.</p>
<p>After reading and hearing from friends many opinions about morning classes I'm convinced they colleges have early morning classes for only one of three reasons: 1.) they are taking advantage of freshman who think 8am is comparatively a godsend to when they woke up for high school 2.) they can't get the professor to have it at another time. 3.) They have a false notion that there actually is a legitimate market of students that like waking up and going to class that early (there certainly is, but take away the people with just good intentions and it's not too big)</p>