<p>so a week is 168 hours, so i decided to break it down into rough estimates to see if i was insane or not, lol</p>
<p>42/168 for sleep, i normally sleep about 4 hours so allowed 6 just in case(yes i really do sleep that little, im unsure how, it seems impossible, but its somewhat convenient)</p>
<p>16/168 for classes(nicely situated on monday, wendsday and friday moderately)</p>
<p>24(+)/168 of work(this allows me to continue living, and i like living, so it cant be cutdown much-the + is exchanging free time for overtime every now and then-)</p>
<p>about 32 hours of studying and homework/168(on a average week-im a bio/chem major....)</p>
<p>and another 54 hours to be dispersed through the other categories and to be used as free time , drunken camaradery, escapades, idiocy, general foolishness, and such, as well as additional projects and overtime if im desperate for money at he time</p>
<p>i think it pans out manageable , but i wouldnt mind a detailed opinion or 17, haha</p>
<p>let me know if my additional details are required or if my math skills have eluded me and my numbers add up wrong....im fairly sure they dont</p>
<p>Will you be in any clubs? There’s one to factor. Any commuting time? Special requirements (i.e.: internships, research, outside lectures)?</p>
<p>If you’re the type who can keep to a schedule pretty well, you’re looking good. If you’re a procrastinator, add some time to studying/homework. Time can fly.</p>
<p>You will be needing more than 4 hours of sleep. There’s a lot more work and running around compared to high school. You’ll seriously get sick, dude.</p>
<p>4 hours of sleep:/ That isn’t good your body should be getting at least 6 for it to recover. You should really work more than 20 hours a week. Remember you’re in college for the next 4 to 5 years you are going to be poor regardless.</p>
<p>I also think that 24 hours of work is stretching it unless you cna get one where you can study like the library.</p>
<p>Take it a day at a time. Use Google Calendar or something, look at where your classes are and figure out when its reasonable to work and study. Things will be much easier.</p>
<p>There’s no way you’re going to have 7+ hours per day of free time with that schedule. </p>
<p>The reality is that you’re going to need to take it day by day, though. Some weeks you’ll have a lot of work that can only be done that week (like essays on topics that you only start discussing around that time, tests, etc.) and other weeks when things will be a little less demanding. As long as you work efficiently and are responsible enough to cancel on engagements when an essay is taking longer than expected/have more reading than you thought, you should be fine. Get what you need to accomplish done first, then see how much free/fun time you have. If it’s not enough, consider cutting back on your commitments. </p>
<p>You really need more sleep than that too. You’ll compromise your immune system, and trust me, there is nothing worse than a nasty cold or the flu when you’ve got a busy week ahead of you.</p>
<p>It seems like this college transition is really tough on many of you CC types who have compulsions to plan everything out ahead of time. You really just have to roll with it when you get there.</p>
<p>I really don’t think 3.5 hours a day is going to cut it for studying. And 4 hours of sleep?! seriously thats unhealthy! A human being requires a range of 6-10 hours of sleep. The Average should be around 8 hours. Thats double the amount of sleep you get.</p>
<p>I don’t think it is smart to breakdown your time like this.</p>
<p>Never put a limit on your studying. Sometimes you have to study more than on other days. When you place confinements or strict lines like this you’re either going to neglect a time where you need additional study time or you’re going to pull time from elsewhere that will hurt you in the other areas.</p>
<p>Go with the flow of time. If you don’t think that is reasonable then don’t attempt this. You’re going to stress yourself out then next thing you know you’ll have a gun to your head talking about how you can’t take it anymore.</p>
<p>i thought that with an actual workload i may have to sleep more like 7 hours a day to recuperate, which is still fair(i refuse to waste a third of my day no doing anything unless i am absolutely destroyed)</p>
<p>obviously the schedule isnt effecient when you count for extraneous circumstances…i may have a paper due and have to d an extra 20 hours of work on it, i may have no work at all and get to work overtime for once in a while, in fact ill probably end up working more than that anyway simply to survive(rent isnt cheap)</p>
<p>“spending only 3.5 hours a day on studying”
im not completely incompotent…if on an average day i cant understand a few concepts and do some simple work in 4 hours…then im not really worth the time, am i</p>
<p>sure i may need way more than that from time to time but i was talking about an generic week</p>
<p>although, aside from all that, i guess im screwed regardless, judging by the reaction to this…wouldnt have figured it to be so</p>
<p>So then it is possible to at least get 7 hours of sleep a day and work 30 or so hours a week, assuming i have NO freetime and still have the 16 hours of classes, etc…thats more important thn the overall</p>
<p>You are not screwed you just need to chill out.</p>
<p>I am assuming you haven’t even started yet. Therefore you can’t plan things out like this until you actually can see what classes take how much time, how much time you have during the day to do things, how long it takes to walk to each class/get back to your room, the amount of work each class actually takes, etc. 4 hours isnt going to be enough for anything unless you do absolutely nothing else but study in that block of four hours every single day. Then you should be good. It’s hard to picture things when you plan it out in hours in a week. If you did a day by day it’s much easier. Also do you not have classes tuesdays and thursdays? That would change how many hours you would study on those days verses mondays, wednesdays and fridays.</p>
<p>During finals I did a day by day thing on my computer and even figured in showering and eating and also relaxation time, and always went to sleep by midnight. </p>
<p>Don’t work 30 hrs a week. It is not worth failing your first semester.</p>
<p>The only things that should be set right now are your class hours, your work hours (20 is good enough) and possibly your sleep hours. Just set a time to go to sleep every night and wake up early if you don’t finish something - not sleeping is going to really catch up with you later on.</p>
<p>i suppose its an increulous question,to may extraneous circumstances, too many variables, ill just have to do it all when it gets there, oh well, i can live with a few weeks of worry</p>
<p>dont/((wont being the more operative word)) live on campus so theres a little 15 minute commute</p>
<p>the thing im most worried about is geting in enough work hours to live comfortably, something which im told is more and more impossible by the minute</p>
<p>id rather not sacrifice my college experience for my job, but, i have to actually be aive to go t school and that depends more on the latter of the two…i dont know if 20 will be enough, thats really what im unsure about</p>
<p>Have you considered getting a little loan from your school? I think its possible to get a federal unsubsidized loan that you could then use to pay rent. Don’t quote me on this, but talk to your school’s Office of Financial Aid.</p>
<p>havent really considered getting a loan(makes me think life is way to difficult to get into nowadays, with the costs and all)…dont like the prospect of loans, dont like paying back anything over a few hundred dollars,so only in the event that things go horribly arry and i absolutely cant work it all out will i even consider that as an option…</p>
<p>man this really is difficult…for some idiotic reason life assumes that at this point youll either continue to live at home for the next 4 years(ridiculous), are alreasy rich (also ridiculous), going to pay for a dorm(idiotic), or arent going to college(understandable to a degree), or are going to take tens of thousands of dollars in loan money and pay t back easily(impossible)</p>
<p>wel, back on point, its an option if all else fails, but the purpose of asking around before hand is the judge whether on not this will fail or not</p>