<p>Thanks Plattsburgh, I tried to message you but couldn’t find out how, and I have no clue on how to quote someone.</p>
<p>I thought it was for colleges only, but I’ll check that one out someday. I’ll also look into Newport’s new coming book High School Superstar. Thanks again</p>
<p>Sorry, I disabled PMs because I had some mod with a stick up his butt who kept PMing me random BS and I can’t figure out how to re-enable it.</p>
<p>His books are meant for college students, but they can be used for HS too. His tips are usually loose enough that they can cater to all students.</p>
<p>Well, now that AP’s are over, none at all.</p>
<p>Before that, I had about 1 hour max of hw each day. Whenever I would have a somewhat lengthier assignment, I would procrastinate it badly so it would seem like longer, but really it would be only an hour or two.</p>
<p>Is there a difference between the rigor of same courses at different high schools?</p>
<p>I don’t know where most of the CCers go to school (I’ve seen many competitive public schools), but is it easier to get an A in AP courses there than at Exeter or other top boarding schools?</p>
<p>I’m an “AP Kid.” I do my homework, but never study and get those A’s!</p>
<p>I study the night before tests for anywhere between 15 minutes to an hour or two, depending on the subject. For exams I study more.
But other than that, nothing.</p>
<p>From*, not for.</p>
<p>I’m one of the lucky ones who can just look over their notes and be ready. It’s all about understanding the material, rather than just memorizing it. At least that’s what has always worked for me.</p>
<p>I have terrible study habits. I graduated valedictorian but i seriously can only take passive learning in class. I don’t review lectures so stuff i learn flies over my head in a week. so i have to cram for tests and ap exams. i spend 80% of my “academic time” doing homework rather than studying.</p>
<p>damn it feels good to be a gangster</p>
<p>Hmmm…unlike most of the posters here, I study a TON. Let’s just say less than 5 hours isn’t considered studying for an exam in my book, although fortunately, the only exams I study for are AP Stat, APUSH, and IB Physics, none of which give tests often. Most of my time, though, is spent doing homework.</p>
<p>On an average night: homework is around 3 hours, studying is around 0. If I have an exam (in one of the classes specified above) the next day, though, homework falls to 0 hours, and studying (well, cramming, I suppose) is around…7 hours?</p>
<p>Idk…I’m rather obsessed with my grades–I average them, graph them, calculate linear regressions, quadratic regressions, r^2 values for resulting regression lines, experiment with them (for any given week, I might be testing the effect of sleep on my grades, or a particular genre of music, etc.), compare/contrast them across quarters, semesters, and years, and so forth…</p>
<p>…altogether, my grades absorb me. A’s aren’t enough…I’m all for seeing how close to a 100% I can maintain in every class.</p>
<p>It’s actually pretty inconvenient, and perhaps slightly pathetic. At my school, anything 89.5% or higher is considered a 4.0, and transcripts don’t show the actual percentages. Essentially, colleges will never know my real grades, and so my obsession just wastes my time.</p>
<p>Part of my reasoning, though, is that as valedictorian, I’d hate for people to think I was barely pulling off 90%; it wouldn’t seem right to put forth so little effort when I know there are people with high A’s in a few of my classes who rank below me because they take fewer AP/IB courses.</p>
<p>@Tackdizzle - The rigor of AP/IB courses at even respected public high schools (or, for that matter, private schools) rarely matches that of even “normal” courses at top boarding schools, such as Exeter and Deerfield.</p>
<p>^ is that true? I take far less AP classes at one of the peer schools mentioned above than the average CCers and was curious to know how so many students here take a billion aps.</p>
<p>AP Bio - 5-40 minutes reviewing notes before tests/quizzes. HW (a bunch of “short”-answer/multiple choice questions on one or two sheets, answers scattered all over chapter reading), 2-3 hours.
AP Gov and Politics - ew, man, ew. Maybe 40 minutes for a regular test/quiz. 1.5 hr daily of hw (chapter outline).
Latin - study? never! Occasional hw (translation work) takes an hour at most.
AB Calc - ~20 minutes per test. 20 min - 1 hr hw per day.
AP Spanish - ~1.5 hour daily - hw, reviewing vocab, listening to podcast, speaking practice
AP Eng Lit - 20 minutes for vocab quiz (once a week or so). 1 hr for homework. </p>
<p>Including homework, ~5 hrs on a typical day, scattered over class time, lunch, free period, and free time after school.
On a particularly crappy day, 6-7 hrs. </p>
<p>Excluding homework, 1 hr on a typical day, 3 hrs on a bad one.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>1 AP, 2 Honors, 2 Regular (I’m a sophomore)
Test studying + essays/projects + homework = 3-4 hours a day</p>
<p>School’s over for me. But during school, I “study” only when I have a test the next day. Probably for about half and hour to an hour per test. I don’t count doing homework as studying. For my second semester finals, though, I did little to no studying at all-- after AP exams, I was over school. 
(4 APs, 2 Honors)</p>
<p>I study for tests, and the amount of effort depends on the difficulty. So for History or French practically none, while I might start working up to a week in advance for a chemistry or math exam. That said, when it comes to AP/IB/SAT exams, I’ll put in substantial effort, and for major essays (my English grade)–well, those usually get written in one or two nights.</p>
<p>Put it this way–I don’t ordinarily know a test is coming until it’s being handed out.</p>
<p>This is going to have to change next year…</p>
<p>I only study for tests and exams. If it’s a review for a quick test, it can take five minutes, but if it’s for a large exam, it can take an hour.</p>
<p>To those with 3.9-4.0, would you considered yourself gifted. I wish it was that easy, by studying 1 hour a day to get a 4.0. I think natural selection and genetics plays some factors. I don’t think ANYONE can get a unweighted 4.0. Or maybe it’s because I didn’t work hard enough as a should in HS. I only earned a 3.6 with honors classes/AP. Was that because I didn’t work hard enough? What?</p>