<p>how many hours of homework per night does each freshman, sohpmore, junior, and senior have? My top school is Lawrenceville so I would like to know what the load is like there but also glad to hear what other schools like Hotchkiss, Deerfield, and other top boarding schools have.</p>
<p>This was years ago at PA, but the rule of thumb was the same amount of prep time as class time. So if you have 5 hours of class the next day, expect to grind out 5 hours of preparation. (Same for 4-class days and the Saturday 3 or 2 class meetings).</p>
<p>at my lawrenceville visit, this senior told me she gets around 5-6 hours a day and its pretty manageable…</p>
<p>At Groton the workload ranges from 1 hr - 6 hrs of work a night.</p>
<p>at exeter, it seems to run, on average, about 4-5 hours per night. kids who manage their time really well can get perhaps 1-2 hours of that done during various daytime breaks. kids who come to class without having done their homework can stand out like a sore thumb at the harkness table. if they’re chronic about that, they lose respect as well as grades.</p>
<p>Bump - would be interesting to hear from more students currently at BS…</p>
<p>My sibling is currently a Peddie sophomore, and he says that there is around 2 hours if homework a night. 15-20 math problems, 30 minutes of biology, language studying for about 15 minutes, 30 minutes of English reading, and about 30 minutes of history work. The study hall for Peddie boarders is 2 hours, so the teachers try to assign reasonable amounts of homework to be accomplished in that time. However, papers and projects will take up more time. </p>
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<p>At Middlesex it varies dramatically based on your courseload. 2-3 hours as a freshman, 3-5 as a sophomore, 4-6 as a junior, and 2-6 as a senior (since senior schedules are more flexible).</p>
<p>For example, last semester I would have days where I sat down at 3 and worked until midnight. This semester, sometimes I only have one subject of homework for nights in a row (although that’s probably a byproduct of senior spring).</p>
<p>I am wondering about the homework load at Groton in particular because 9th and 10th graders are required to study a second language. I am assuming that carrying 6 classes, as opposed to the usual 5 at other schools, means more homework. Is this a fair assumption?</p>
<p>Remember when it comes to any task, it is person specific. Some students take more or less time than others, depends on how you study. My d had no free periods this past winter term, yet found time to get her work in and not stay up past study hours.</p>
<p>Personally, in high school and even now as an adult, the more things I have to do and the less time I have, the better I make use of the time I have. I get more done when I have more to do!</p>
<p>Great post Alexz. Also check if the school requires sports (think about additional travel time) or mandatory EC’s, or minimum volunteer hours.</p>
<p>At Exeter the homework load increases yearly until Upper Spring which can be a killer (esp the 333 paper–a 25 page fully referenced history paper). But somehow everyone survives, plays sports and does ECs. You will learn how to manage your time–everyone does. </p>
<p>If you got into a school, don’t worry, that means they think you have both the smarts and the drive to succeed. You will.</p>
<p>Funny they still have that requirement. Kids won’t write another 25 pgr until grad school. Too many students in ugrad to grade such tomes, and too many bogus papers floating around out there. Almost anything one can say in 25 can be said better and more concisely in 5-8 pp. (For instance, better to write 5 5 pgrs over the course of a semester than one 25 due at the end…evaluation of growth and development as a writer and researcher SO much more apparent, topics can be controlled and focused, no “re-market”)</p>
<p>I think it might depend on your major, I was an English and History doublemajor and would be required to write several 10-20 page plus papers a semester. Ditto for upper level MBA courses. lots of 10-20 page case studies (I do know that many of the engineering, math and science undergrads struggled with this in business school 
).</p>
<p>For a typical Choate sophomore taking 6 classes, you would have around 4-5 hours a night of homework.</p>