<p>Yeah self explanatory, so what did you do ? To score high on the sat and cruise through prep school ? I'm at Hotchkiss myself so any specific information about Hotchkiss will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I studied a lot. I used any free periods for work, and any time after dinner before study hours when I didn’t have commitments. Mostly just utilizing any free time for work, and trying to do assignments that you can complete in the time you have (more satisfying and better motivation to get it done.)
And I also got up at 7:30 every saturday and did my weekend homework. That was not fun, but it did mean I was completely done with homework by the time most kids woke up every Saturday morning.</p>
<p>pck, sounds like you have solid study discipline. Roughly how many hours per week would you say you studied as a freshman, sophomore, junior?</p>
<p>most important thing, get sleep!!</p>
<p>Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Teachers want to see you succeed and will help you reach your goals. Time management is also very important. Learn when you can afford to socialize and when you have to say no. Don’t start things last minute-procrastination will become your worst enemy. When it comes down to it, hard work goes a long ways.</p>
<p>The big thing for me was using free periods to do work. I found I could focus better during the day than at night. Plus, during free periods chances are most of your friends are in class, while at night all of your friends are around and there are a lot more people in the dorm…a lot more excuses not to work.</p>
<p>Current students…thanks for the advice about trying to do some work during the day. Sounds like a a good plan, that I will try to encourage!</p>
<p>ELW–I only just finished 9th. I would say, at a very minimum, 10 hours, at a maximum, around 20. If we included the time I spent rewriting English essays simply because I was incredibly stubborn, it could go to 25, but that’s just me being an idiot.</p>
<p>brooklynguy- studying during the day varies by student. I found it hurt me since I was burned out by the end of classes. Each student has a certain time of day when they study best. I had a friend who didn’t start her homework until 11 or so ever night, but was still successful. Finding the system that works takes time, but is incredibly important.</p>
<p>SK: good point…finding what works best for each student is the key. I remember that my main problem in both high school and college was procrastination, so trying to start assignments a bit ahead of time seems like a good plan. But, you are right, whether that is during the day or in the evening will depend on the individual student!</p>
<p>Everyone does work differently. I always seemed like a procrastinator but I really wasn’t. If I had a big paper due, for instance, I would spend hours and hours thinking bout it, but very little by way of outlines, notecards, etc. Then I would sit down and type for two hours. It wasn’t the best system because I’d have to go back and find my sources, but I tended to organize best mentally. </p>
<p>Then there are those list people who drive me crazy. (no offense to list people - I just don’t relate!) My thoughts when I’ve watched someone make a to do list have alway run to, “Boy, you could have accomplished a few of those things in the time it took you to make that list!”</p>
<p>But some people thrive on organization. Type A, Type B, I guess.</p>
<p>Well…I was born lol</p>
<p>and I suppose I studied a bit ;)</p>
<p>Oh dear, 20 hours as a freshman? So is sophomore year harder? And do all the courses have the same amount of work?</p>
<p>Does working hard eventually come easy to everyone at Andover or are you all just at the top of Andover? Like I’ve heard Andover being a sink or swim place and if you can’t cope with the work, you sink.</p>
<p>20 hours as a freshman? Eeek.</p>
<p>For those of you who have completed junior year or have junior friends, about how many hours of homework a night did they have?</p>
<p>shore-lower year is generally said to be the easiest. Each course and teacher will require different amounts of homework. It also depends on how fast and efficiently you work.
Not everyone at Andover works hard. Some top students don’t do much work while some kids on the bottom work incredibly hard for mediocre grades. I never felt Andover was sink or swim. There are plenty of places and people who are there to provide academic help. All you have to do is ask for help, which is very tough for a lot of students. Working hard doesn’t come easy until you find a system that works for you. Even then you’ll have good days and bad days. The important thing is to stick to you’re system because once you’re out of it, it’s difficult to get back in.</p>
<p>Risingjunior-I had around 3 or 4 hours of homework a night during junior year.</p>
<p>hookem168-longhorns?
(just cuirous)</p>
<p>at my public high school, i probably had 2-4 hours of homework in a normal week during my freshman year
lol</p>
<p>When you say 3-4 hours a night when you were a Junior, do you literally mean at night? Or just throughout the day?</p>
<p>It’s not as hard as rumor has it, though. I’d say that, in general, the amount of time you spend on work depends on two things: one, how fast a reader you are, as most humanities assignments involve a lot of reading but little day-to-day written work or problem-solving, and two, how many math/science problems you actually intend to do. I’m a little embarassed to admit it, but I did quite well on a system of doing absolutely nothing all term and then cramming for tests in the sciency subjects.</p>
<p>And it’s not always hard. Senior spring, for example, makes up for the rest of Exeter…oh, for those thirty minutes a day of homework, four humanities classes full of restless seniors meeting on the quad and a senior project that allowed me an extra free! How I will miss them in college!</p>
<p>I didn’t really work throughout the day during junior year. I started my work between 6 or 7. I usually finished between 10 and 11. I took classes that were more humanities based, so I did lots of reading. Art homework also takes a while even if it’s not very difficult. One of the most important things I learned was when I needed to do math and science homework and how much I actually needed to do. </p>
<p>ajadedidealist is right. Some terms are more difficult than others. Junior winter and spring and senior fall were hard for me. It really depends on the classes you take and how well you can manage your time.</p>
<p>My freshman year (at public school) I could get through homework in thirty minutes to an hour.</p>
<p>Really crappy school, although I take as many honors as possible.</p>