<p>How many hours of work a week would I need to put in on average for a Comp enng degree?
Apart from class hours that is. Also does it get significantly more during exam time?
Compared to Indian engineering is the amount of effort and time more?</p>
<p>Thank You,
Arjun Krishnan</p>
<p>For CmpE, you really have to put in enormous hours. Around 40 hours per week at least. A project for 1 course alone could be 40 hours per week.</p>
<p>I’m a rising Sophomore CompE. I’m not going to say that CompE is an easy major or anything but at least the intro courses are relatively easy. My first semester I only did about an hour of work outside class a week. Second semester I think I averaged around 5 hours of work outside class a week. I think that the 40 hours a week starts once you reach some of the upper level courses.</p>
<p>1hr a week? That seems um very low or did you mean a day? Upper level courses start when junior year or sophomore year? </p>
<p>The amount of work seems relatively lower compared to an indian degree. 40 hours a week from first semester and close to the exam like 50 !!</p>
<p>Thank you,
Arjun Krishnan</p>
<p>I meant a week lol. My 1st semester was kinda a joke. When the hard courses start really depends on your school and whether or not you come in with ap credits or not</p>
<p>NO AP credits at all.</p>
<p>i am aiming for UIUC
maybe CMU</p>
<p>Rule of thumb is 1-3 hours outside the class for every hour in the class. Of course this varies by student, instructor and subject.</p>