| Current princeton student here--
the amount of studying you do over winter break can vary. Well, I think no one (or almost no one) studies during winter break, as there is 10 days worth of reading period, and the finals period is very spread out. However, I have written papers during winter break. Reading period is a super fun time to hang out with your friends on campus but without any classes. By taking some time out of my winter break, which I mostly spent at home, I had more free time once I got back to campus. Only one semester did I HAVE to do work over winter break, and that was fall of my junior year as JPs are due a few days after returning. I also had a crazy semester, with the equivalent of 6 classes, so I had 4 papers, a poster, and a presentation all due on or before dean's date.
I really like finals after break because it gives you some time to relax from the last couple weeks of school when there are often papers due before buckling down and writing term papers. |