<p>compared to say undergrad? </p>
<p>is one studying all the time? does one always feel they have (lots of) unfinished work? stressful? enjoyable?</p>
<p>thoughts?</p>
<p>I'm doing a concurrent program right now, so I take grad classes and a few undergrad. There isn't as much busy work for grad classes and I would say they are more enjoyable because they are in the exact area of your interest. They are taught on a much higher level, so you do have to do some work to understand the material. Also, by the time you are taking grad classes, grades aren't really a big issue and there is a general sense of cooperative learning instead of the competition you sometimes get in undergrad. I personally think that grad classes are less stressful.</p>
<p>I'm doing less work than I did as an undergrad currently, but this is only my first year; in my program, we take 3 classes and rotate in labs during the first year, and as an undergrad I took 5-6 classes and worked more in lab.</p>
<p>Once I get on a thesis project, I will undoubtedly be in lab more -- senior students regularly work 50-60 hour weeks in lab.</p>
<p>for clinical psych doctorate programs, students are balancing class time, lab time, clinical duties (working with patients), teaching duties, on top of their own research. its pretty intense/</p>
<p>It really depends on your field of study. I can't really comment for anything else, but for engineering, there is certainly stress. Am I studying all the time? Yes. But I was studying all the time in undergrad anyways. I would say the workload is similar to undergrad. It's also more enjoyable because you are more or less studying what you want to study.</p>