<p>I am a sophomore.Three hours a day is about average for me. If I have a test or paper (s) it’s more. Not usually much less. But it’s also cyclical. Last week was brutal for me–huge paper, small paper, and a couple tests. This week is light. I went out last night and will be able to go out Friday and Saturday nights as well. (But I’ll still put a couple hours in Friday and Saturday afternoons and will study most of Sunday/sunday night). I have managed to get A/A-/B+ in everything but calculus and chemistry.</p>
<p>it’s definitely not easy. I got A’s easily in high school with very little studying or homework, but here I spend at least 3 hours every weekday doing homework, sometimes more. The workload is manageable, but getting the work done doesn’t guarantee straight A’s, no matter how hard you try, and that’s a huge difference from high school. That being said, I’m able to go out every friday and saturday night, so there is balance.</p>
<p>Course difficulty and workload really depends on what classes you’re talking about. Like this semester, I have Int. Micro. w/ Rennhoff (so amazing in so many ways) and outside of maybe an hour-long problem set each week, we don’t have anything else. Meanwhile, in Marketing, I have to read 1-2 chapters (1-3 hours) and do a case analysis (1-2 hours) each week. So 1 hour for Micro versus 3-5 hours for Marketing.</p>
<p>It’s pretty simple. You will have to work, and study, and pull a good amount of late/all nighters. </p>
<p>Weekends (Fri/Sat) are fun times. You take a break, relax. Parties, going out. Sunday is all work.</p>
<p>Sciences are harder and require a lot more time. But they are definitely doable. No offense to other posters, but failing is 9/10 times indicative of someone who isn’t giving his or her best. </p>
<p>I find that there are two types of students. Those who take it easy during the day, and have a lot of work at night, and those who work hard from 9-6 including making use of the time they have in between classes so they can do something in the night. </p>
<p>It’s best to be a part of the second group. Don’t wait till the night to get work done. In the night, there can be distractions, and fun things going on. </p>
<p>Plus, you will need nights to study the day or two before exams. </p>
<p>Vanderbilt students are hard workers, they also can party hard too. But, there are a fair share of those who party too much and do poorly. Don’t let yourself fall into that group.</p>