Do you actually study 2 hours for every class hour?

<p>Just wondering if people who get all A's actually study the recommended 2 hours for each hour of class they get.</p>

<p>i don’t goto umich (cornell), but if you meant 2hrs for each hr of lecture;</p>

<p>1 hr before each lecture. (lecture prep.)
1 hr after each lecture on review.</p>

<p>and other extra hrs for hw, projects, etc.</p>

<p>when you add in part-time work, TA-ship, etc
you end up w/ no free weekends.</p>

<p>maybe it’s because im in engineering though.</p>

<p>and look at this. im studying on my birthday. im such a loser jk.</p>

<p>I just started at Michigan so I don’t have all A’s here yet, but my first two years of college I studied about 30 hours a week for anywhere from 12-15 credit hours and left with a 3.7, so that sounds about right to me. Not everybody studies that much, though.</p>

<p>LOL, not even close.</p>

<p>maybe two hours a night for me
a little more before exams.</p>

<p>depends on the class. engineering/tough math/science easily more than that if you want an A, softer subjects like psych, you can get away with less easily, but you may run the risk of getting an A-.</p>

<p>i agree with chinaismine that 2 hrs not enough. i’ve been doing 4~5 hrs each day so far even though i only have 3 classes, and i am not doing well i think</p>

<p>square, I actually think chinaismine was implying he/she doesn’t spend anywhere near two hours for each class not that he/she spends more time than that.</p>

<p>seriously??
4-5 hours per day…
and I thought I studied too much.</p>

<p>I used to do eight hours a day. But I was learning a LOT more than was required, that’s just how I like to operate. It makes it really easy to do well on assignments and papers and makes them more interesting. Once it gets cold outside and I am less inclined to do other things I may go back to that. It’s relaxing for me.</p>

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<p>Depends on the class, the background I have in the area already, and what my goal is for this class. I’ve gotten A+s in classes where I didn’t study, ever, because I had a lot of background in that area and felt very comfortable. (Of course, there’s been classes where I studied more than 2 hours per class session and still didn’t do great.)</p>

<p>Presumably you have a mix of courses - some easy, some hard. How much time you need to spend on each class should be proportional to that difficulty.</p>

<p>5 hours a day for 5 days a week for 13 credit hours is about 2 hours per credit hour…</p>

<p>^
that’s a lot of studying.
idk I think it’s all about efficiency and focus, not so much about the amount of time spent.</p>

<p>It depends on the class and the student. Some students need to study more than others. Some just study more but aren’t very efficient and waste a lot of time.</p>

<p>^Some students also feel the need to spend more time studying b/c they’re not confident in themselves whether they know the material or not. I know this b/c I do this ALOT out of the fear that I could screw up. Sometimes I know that I understand what I’ve studied but I keep studying for 2x longer just in case there’s some small detail I could have missed.</p>

<p>I do that sometimes, too. Just to make SURE I’ll remember it. Once I have something committed to memory I’ll NEVER forget it, but I have a long history of blowing through things thinking I’ve got it down when I really don’t. XD So if I’ve got some downtime I’ll pick up my notes and go through them again.</p>