<p>I'm doing a little survey here for personal reasons and I'd like to know how long you guys study at home, on average.</p>
<p>It would be nice if you could copy and paste this template and fill in your answers.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework:
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc:
Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them):
Current year in high school:
Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking:
University(s) you're realistically reaching for: </p>
<p>I'm looking for answers from high school students, both past and present, so please feel free to post your answers from when you were in high school if you've graduated already (and if you could, please change the "university(s) you're reaching for" section into "university(s) you were accepted into).</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch everyone! Hope this helps other people as well.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: There’s non-mandatory homework? Can this be brought to my school?
It entirely depends. I procrastinate so it’s usually something like eight hours straight once a week. </p>
<p>Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: I only do this the day before the test, usually for about two or three hours for AP Bio. That’s the only class I study for.</p>
<p>Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them):
Mentorship = a few hours a few days a week
Piano = half an hour on Wednesdays
Scholastic Bowl/Science Club = three total hours per week
Job = around 5 hours per week because they give me pathetic hours</p>
<p>Current year in high school: 11th (3rd year)
Current GPA and/or percentage average: 3.984
University(s) you’re reaching for: Reed, Wellesley, Smith</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 1
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: 0
Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): 0
Current year in high school: 10th
Current GPA and/or percentage average: 3.75
University(s) you’re reaching for: Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>I did not study once through high school. I sometimes did homework the morning it was due, so about half an hour a day I guess. I had a 3.6 and just got into nyu stern. Studying’s overrated.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 3-4
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: 3-4
Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): 1-2
Current year in high school: Junior
Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 3.18 UW
University(s) you’re reaching for: Northwestern, UMich, NYU, UIUC</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 3-6 hours on average.
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: At least 1 per day because I have a Calculus class after school and we are constantly reviewing. But other than that it can take 5-7 hours if a test is coming up.
Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): 1-3 depending on HW load. Photography, writing, blogging, writing self-help articles, community service, or yoga class.
Current year in high school: Senior
Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 3.74
University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: Rice</p>
<p>And trust me, I’m not an overachiever just because I spend a lot of time doing HW. I just do things realllly slowly.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 15 minutes at most lol… Usually do this in the morning before class starts</p>
<p>Hours per day reviewing/studying: 0 when there isn’t an AP bio test the next day, in which case I study about 3 hours</p>
<p>Hours per day ECs: I work about 8 hours a week</p>
<p>GPA/class rank: 3.6 UW, 4.0 W, top third in a class of 640</p>
<p>Grade: SENIOR STATUS THANK GOD</p>
<p>Colleges: Going to Ohio State next year.</p>
<p>Composite SAT: 1400/2150 single sitting… 31 ACT with perfect essay</p>
<p>Other: And currently in 5 APs, 8 total by graduation., goes to show that a tough course load doesn’t always mean you have to spend a ton of time outside of class doing work. Most days I don’t have any homework to do, actually</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the replies so far, guys.</p>
<p>If future posters could add another section to their template entitled “Composite SAT score and/or ACT score:” that would be great. Also, feel free to add any more additional information.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 2 Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: 1 Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): 1-4 (you really don’t want the whole list, so here is a more vague list).
Various boards
Volunteering for nonprofits
Yearbook/yearbook related events/activities
Two classes outside of school for credit Current year in high school: Junior (bleh) Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 3.85, 13 of 120 University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: Swarthmore is my dream school, my scores will dictate if it remains realistic</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: I’d say 3 hours on average.
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: I’ll say 1 hour on average. I usually don’t study for tests until the night before, but when I do, I’ll spend about 3 hours.
Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): 1-3 hours. This semester it was staying after school for clubs, next semester it’ll be for tennis.
Current year in high school: Junior.
Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 4.3
University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: Cal, UCLA, USC, UC Davis.</p>
<p>Edit: Haven’t taken the SAT yet (taking it in January). Haven’t gotten my PSAT scores back either.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: ~2-4 (depends on the day, I’ve been busy the entire day for 6 hours before)
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: .5
Current year in high school: sophomore
Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking:
Top 5(most likely 1) out of 675, but won’t know exact rank until I get back to school in Jan. ~~ 4.00 unweighted
University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: MIT, UF, haven’t looked into too many others yet</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: um…I kind of treat mandatory homework like un-mandatory homework (is there such a thing???) sometimes…most of it can be accomplished in the morning…but usually like 1-2 hours.</p>
<p>Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: Wait…what’s studying? Um…probably 1 max. Depending. Maybe 2-3.</p>
<p>Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): Ok let’s see:</p>
<p>Fall:
-Quiz Bowl (2 hours on Tuesday, then like an extra 4 once or twice a week for matches)
-Tutoring students (30 minutes during study hall) Spring:
-Track ('Bout 2 1/2-3 hours every weekday except Friday, plus 5 hours on day we have a meet) Year long:
-Youth Group (2 hours a week) </p>
<p>That’s a vague list. Plus writing and other random stuff.</p>
<p>Current year in high school: Soph-o-more</p>
<p>Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: I dunno, weighted probably 3.8-3.9, unweighted probably 3.6-3.7 maybe. Ranking- school doesn’t rank, I’m definitely in the top 1/3 though.</p>
<p>University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: Northwestern, Naval Academy, University of Richmond, and course Virginia Tech.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 2 hours</p>
<p>Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: 4 hours on a slow day, 6 on a regular day, and 7-9 on a busy schedule.</p>
<p>Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them):
Swimming - 2 hours (+30 minutes for showering/changing)
Choir - 1 hour (before school, so I gotta wake up pretty early every morning)
Water Polo - 2 hours (different season from swimming)</p>
<p>Current year in high school: Senior</p>
<p>Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 4.16 (weighted)</p>
<p>University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: Rice, WUSTL, and Duke</p>
<p>At home I’m literally the first one to wake up and the last to fall asleep, which sucks, especially since my dad is the one who has trouble waking up. I’m not an overachiever; I just do things more slowly than everyone else.</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 2-5
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: 0-1, I usually study the period before.
Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): 2 hours; Fall Soccer=2hrs, Family Responsibility, after soccer=2hrs
Current year in high school: 12th
Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 3.978 uw, 2 of 296
University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: Skidmore, Colorado, and Occidental
Composite SAT score and/or ACT score: 2030</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 1-3 (I have a block schedule with only 4 classes each day)</p>
<p>Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: 0-1, I usually study the period before also lol</p>
<p>Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): (a lot of these are different seasons)
*Field hockey for school - 3-4 hours in the fall.
*Club Field hockey - 2 hour practice in the winter, tournaments all day every other Saturday
*Lacrosse for school - 2-3 hours in the spring
*NHS - 1 hour per month (plus 18 volunteer hours)
*SHS - 1 hour per month (plus 7 volunteer hours)
*Tri-M Music Honor Society - 1 hour per month (plus 5? volunteer hours)
*Math tutoring volunteer - 2 hours per week
*Peer Pals - 1.5 hours every two weeks
*Green Team - 1 hour every two weeks
*All County Orchestra - 2 3 hour rehearsals and one concert. (usually 2 hours)
*Chamber Orchestra - a few hour long afterschool rehearsals and 3 concerts (1-2 hours)
*SAT prep tutor - 1.5 hours once a week</p>
<p>Current year in high school: Junior</p>
<p>Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 4.625, 4.0 UW. not ranked.</p>
<p>University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: I’m not sure about realistic but… Yale, MIT, Brown, Hopkins, NYU, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Hours per day doing mandatory homework: 1-1.5
Hours per day reviewing/studying for tests, etc: zilch
Optional: Hours per day doing ECs (list them): please check my chance me profile(4 hrs min actually)
Current year in high school: senior
Current GPA and/or percentage average and/or school ranking: 4.0 and 3/200
University(s) you’re realistically reaching for: MIT/cal/Dartmouth/stanford etc…</p>