<p>Maybe normal is the wrong word; I know that it's different for everybody depending on their personality and schedule. But in general, I'm just wondering how much time most people spend being social, and what that entails--whether it's going out, just hanging out in the floor lounge, etc.</p>
<p>Your social life shouldn’t be on a schedule. </p>
<p>As you said, it’s going to vary a lot from person to person. Some people are in relatively undemanding majors, some people are in very time-intensive majors. Some people stress about getting A’s, other people are just fine with getting C’s. Some people have to spend countless hours studying before they understanding certain things, and other people get it right away.</p>
<p>That said, I don’t really have a very active social life. I’m pretty introverted anyway though. I do usually go out on Saturday nights or something like that though. I spend a lot of time talking to friends between classes during the day too.</p>
<p>I was surprised when I started college this year how much less time I have for “socializing” (including family) and leisure time. Even though all my classes are 2 days a week (15 credits), I have even less time than I had working a 50 hour a week job. Some weeks are busier than others - seems like big tests and due papers all happen at the same time. Weekdays and nights I have very little time after homework and chores. Weekends I have more time, unless I have tests or papers due the following week.</p>
<p>Yeah, it totally depends. I usually try to spread out all of my work so that I can go out without falling behind/feeling bad about it. Sundays are pretty much devoted to homework, but I do try to get some done on Saturday mornings and Friday afternoons. (Also, I’m a foreign language major at a decently top school, so I might have more work to do than, say, a community college student majoring in photography, but I also probably don’t have as much work as a MIT engineering major). </p>
<p>I generally eat meals with friends and spend time with them during shorter class breaks, but I do try and go to a quiet place and get 3 or so hours of studying in each weekday. “Group studying” slows me down and distracts me, so I try and separate studying and friends, though some people do better together. </p>
<p>I find that I’m usually constantly exposed to people, which seems to be the norm. Sometimes you want to kill time with people, and other times you don’t. But most of the time you’re with people (like your roommates) whether you like it or not.</p>