<p>What is the typical day of a Cornell student like? How many classes does a student usually have per day. How many hours a day do students study usually?</p>
<p>Do you really think there’s a generic “typical day” in a population of 14k people?</p>
<p>To answer for him, yes.</p>
<p>It’s actually a pretty decent question for those of us who were accepted ED.</p>
<p>Typical day for a Cornell student: wake up, go to class, eat lunch, go to class, study, eat dinner, hang out, sleep</p>
<p>If you really, really need to overgeneralize, it might go something like this:</p>
<p>~7-8am, wake up, breakfast
~9/10am~3pm class and lunch
relax
clubs 'n stuff, dinner
study
sleep 12.</p>
<p>To illustrate the futility of this overgeneralized schedule, this was my “typical” day last semester.
8am - wake up
8am - class (oops!) > 10
relax/lunch
12-(varies 4:30~3am) studio, homework and optional dinner thrown in sometime in there
Sleep (optional)</p>
<p>Is the phrase, “sleep, study, and socialize: you can really only do two of the three, so choose wisely,” really all that accurate?</p>
<p>^lol I hope not, but if I had to pick 2 out of the 3, I would pick study and socialize. I’m already a walking zombie.</p>
<p>Typical Day for me and some A&S students I know.</p>
<p>Wake up @ an unnatural hour 8-9 AM (if you are unlucky with early classes)
… or [ (crap!) Sleep through the first class & wake up at 10 AM]
No Breakfast - I rarely see people eating breakfast at dining halls or whatever.
Class
15 minutes Walking
Class
Lunch @ Okenshields, etc.
Class
[and maybe one more Class]
Procrastinate - Break - Study - Homework - Club meeting
Dinner [6-8PM]
Procrastinate - Break - Study - Homework
See that it’s Midnight - 4 AM
Sleep (if no Sleep here, Fall Sleep in the last class or attending class becomes optional “the following day”)
…and repeat</p>
<p>[WEEKENDS]
Wake up at an unnatural hour [Noon-3PM]
Lunch (optional)
Friends/Games/Procrastinate/HWK-Study (if Sunday)
Dinner [6-8PM]
Friends/Games/Procrastinate/HWK-Study (if Sunday)
See that it’s Midnight - 6 AM
Sleep (if no Sleep here, Fall Sleep in the last class or attending class becomes optional “the following day”)
…and repeat</p>
<p>Studying combined with Assignments ~ 2-6 hours a day
About 3-4 Classes a day</p>
<p>most of stuff people are saying seems accurate. like most bio majors I know, I’m also involved in lab research, so that would be in my schedule in the “break - procrastination” slots.</p>
<p>At Cornell, your “typical day” could be what you want it to. If you want to sit around studying in a library, or maybe go out to Ithaca to purchase a pair of ice skates, that’s up to you. Instead, you may want to go out to a party, or perhaps go to a fitness center and play basketball. It really varies since there is so much to do.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a “typical” day at Cornell. First of all, your classes won’t be the same every day: for example, my Mon/Wed classes this semester start at 10:10, are done at 1:25, and then my Tue/Thur go from 11:15 to 2:40 (no classes Friday). </p>
<p>I wake up around 6 everyday to go to the gym, then shower/eat breakfast/get ready (its true that very few kids eat breakfast in the dining halls, I always just eat fruit and yogurt in my room). </p>
<p>Then I go to class, eat lunch at some point, then either go to the library to do work until 4-5, then go back to the gym, then dinner. </p>
<p>Nights vary-- if I have work, I’ll go to the libe, and work until 10 or so. Then I decide to either go out or stay in (10-2am)</p>
<p>Weekends are usually go out from 10-2/3, wake up at 10, do brunch, work out at some point, do work until its time to go out again. I have a job too, but hours really vary; and extracurriculars like clubs are usually 1-2x every other week so they don’t really take much time (depends on the club though).</p>
<p>So you can see, everyone is going to have a different “typical” day. And by no means does Cornell have to be “sleep, study, party, pick 2”— myself (and many of my friends) were able to go out 3-5 times a week while still nailing the dean’s list.</p>
<p>Above all, learn time management, don’t overload yourself too much, and you’ll do fine.</p>
<p>Weekdays: Wake up at 9 AM, go to class until 1-2 PM, get lunch and procrastinate until 3 or so, study/hw/research, dinner, study/hw/research, socialize until 2 AM, sleep</p>
<p>Weekends: Wake up around 11 AM, eat/socialize/do absolutely nothing for an hour or so, socialize/research/homework depending on workload until 9 PM, go out</p>
<p>I’m a bio major so I probably have more work than most but I’m able to do really well academically and go out twice a week without ever feeling overwhelmed. It’s all about time management honestly…</p>
<p>if you want to look at some interesting Cornell days: [Cornell</a> Diaries | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/category/columns/daze-columns/cornell-diaries]Cornell”>http://cornellsun.com/category/columns/daze-columns/cornell-diaries)
bearing in mind that I have never had a day remotely like ANY of those…</p>
<p>Do classes usually end by 2?</p>
<p>It depends on a person’s major and schedule. Most folks are usually done with class somewhere between 2-4:30. However, there are some people who have labs or PE courses at night.</p>
<p>I mean, you make you’re own schedule, so you can end/begin the day whenever you want. I usually try to end my day by 2, but sometimes its unavoidable to take the periods that end at 3:20 or 4:30. I also know some people take night classes (usually 7:30-10, once a week) but those are a huge pain in the ass…trust me, you are going to hate trekking back up to campus after youre already back for the night.</p>
<p>did you guys every feel overwhelmed? I can assume in any educational enviroment, with classes, socializing, and EC’s, there is a sense of balancing between everything, but for me, if I were to get into Cornell, I would definitely consume myself in my work but my biggest fear is the transition and capability of getting the work done.</p>
<p>My last semester I spent about 4 hours a day studying with an increase to about 7 or 8 hours (culminating with a 12 hour study day) during finals…but my biggest curiousity is proximating how this would translate at an ivy…</p>
<p>^are you in high school right now? That’s a lot of hours dedicated to studying lol</p>
<p>Nope, I’m at a NJ community college trying to work my ass to see if I can transfer to Cornell in 2 semesters (graduated HS in 09). </p>
<p>I joked around in high school, now I don’t find the competition funny anymore.</p>