<p>What's your major and how many hours do you spend on homework on average per day?</p>
<p>Hard Sciences:</p>
<p>Typical week goes like this:
Mon 0
Tue 0
Wed 5
Thu 10
Fri 0
Sat 1-2
Sun 5</p>
<p>This is for problem sets, compsci programs, etc. Weekly assignments. Does not take into account reading/studying.</p>
<p>Midterms and Finals periods look more like average of 10-15 per day.</p>
<p>Math major:</p>
<p>For HW my breakdown is:</p>
<p>Mon: 1
Tues: 2
Wed: 1
Thurs: 8
Fri: 0
Sat: 2
Sun: 4</p>
<p>For EC’s it’s:</p>
<p>Mon: 1
Tues: 3
Wed: 1
Thurs: 0
Fri: 3
Sat: 1
Sun: 3</p>
<p>I’d say I spend considerably less time on my classes than the average student. I also work 8 hours a week for a campus job.</p>
<p>newest neweb, part of doing the homework problem sets is reading/studying the material in the particular chapter(s) and the notes from class.</p>
<p>I would imagine that this would consist of about 1 1/2 - 2 hours reading/studying for each 4-5 hour problem set. Am I correct in your case?</p>
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<p>Actually my problem set classes are primarily lecture based math/science courses, so the reading is only supplementary.</p>
<p>There are many classes where I’ve never done the textbook reading, and many others where I only read it during reading period - and I’m willing to bet that this is true for lots of people. Reading is certainly not needed for many problem sets.</p>
<p>^^^ This.</p>
<p>Princeton is not known for its undergraduate rigor (unlike, say, MIT, U. Chicago, Swarthmore)- if you need to ask, you’re definitely going to the right place.</p>
<p>engineering major:
(with a language)</p>
<p>For HW my breakdown is: </p>
<p>Mon: 2
Tues: 3
Wed: 4
Thurs: 8
Fri: 0
Sat: 4
Sun: 4</p>
<p>Seems like homework time reaches its peak on Thursday. Can anyone tell me why?</p>
<p>Just guessing that people don’t want to do any on Friday.</p>
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<p>I don’t think this is true in general. The three of us who responded are all math/science/engineering majors, and those problem sets tend to be due on Fridays. But many students don’t have class on Fridays, so Thursday night actually tends to be a big party night (along with Saturday).</p>
<p>Professor ivydoc, ha!</p>
<p>good one</p>
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<p>this is for a ChE a long time ago, both studying and doing the homework assignments</p>
<p>It is my understanding that the major has gotten a little easier, however</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that I elected to not study Friday night, all day Saturday and Saturday night.</p>
<p>Mon: 5
Tues: 6
Wed: 5
Thurs: 10
Fri: 0
Sat: 0
Sun: 9</p>
<p>midterms and finals, of course would involve 16 hour studying days</p>
<p>most weekday afternoons were taken up by Labs and Intramurals, so the studying is done mostly after dinner.</p>
<p>I’m still undecided as to what my concentration will be, but here is roughly how my homework schedule was last year as a freshman:</p>
<p>Mon: 6
Tues: 4
Wed: 6
Thurs: 4
Fri: 0
Sat: 0
Sun: 10</p>
<p>Why would you take some days with 0 hours of study? Socializing? Having fun?
If you would study a few hours in those 0 hour days, wouldn’t that align the schedule more?</p>
<p>BigTicket, the Fri and Sat days off from studying are to relax, have fun and socialize. Let those brain cells rejuvenate a bit.</p>
<p>For many students at the more demanding schools, this method of studying seems to work better. Otherwise college would seem a big blurr of nothing but studying. This, of course, is for periods other than finals and midterms.</p>
<p>This is sometimes known as “work hard, party hard” in many circles.</p>
<p>Actually I would say it’s more due to procrastination and general laziness.</p>
<p>newest, so you are saying that taking Friday night, Saturday day and Saturday night to party at the Eating Clubs, go see a play in New York, watch a Princeton Football game or basketball game and go out on a date - then hit the books hard from Sunday to Thursday - happens because a student is procrastinating and lazy?</p>
<p>Is this what you are saying?</p>
<p>So first off, good luck doing all of those things you mentioned over the same weekend. Nonrepresentative examples FTW.</p>
<p>Secondly, I am not saying that leading an active life and being a chronic procrastinator and lazy about homework are mutually exclusive qualities. Both characteristics are present in the typical Princeton student.</p>
<p>Do you even go to Princeton?</p>
<p>newest, again I ask you, is doing all of this during the weekend considered procrastinating and lazy?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065152340-post18.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065152340-post18.html</a></p>
<p>and, yes, they could all be done during the weekend in some form or another (Lacrosse games during the Spring instead of football, for instance) - that is part of being a well-rounded college student.</p>
<p>and yes, I am a Princeton alumnus.</p>