hye345

I have heard on another site that for every credit you are taking in college, you should spend 3 hours a week studying (so if you are taking 15 credits a quarter/semester, you should spend 45 hours a week studying for your classes). Would this strategy work well with an engineering major?

wandering_mystic

Holy crap. Six and a half hours a day studying...I don't know how I'm going to survive in college. The only studying I ever did was during school (which I did pretty diligently, I might add, but still).

2+2=5

Those are all stupid estimates. Study as much as you need to until you feel like you've learned the material enough to do well in the class.

i586

I usually spend on average (15 hours - classes) in the library studying. Engineering can be really tough.

VTjas81

On average I would spend about 4-5 hours of actual studying per day. Of course that fluctuates throughout the semester.

Jason1117

Last night,my dad asked me whether I can study for more than 10 hours a day.

I told him never. And my answer provoked him obviously.He shouted at me,HOW CAN YOU SURVIVE WITHOUT 10 HOURS WORK A DAY?!

i586

Alot of engineering schools these days are really going easy on there engineering students. I study about 12 hours a day, but my uncle thinks thats a joke and claims when he went to school he had to study alot more. Il take his word for it.

ekrim

if you want to study, just make sure you understand the lectures of the day very well, and of course do the homework. that shouldnt take 12 hours a day

i do about 3-5 hours of homework monday-thursday. dont really study except for the few days before a test.

i586

I include HW in the study time, though i have to study because not all material is covered in class, only about 30% or so, so I need to learn it someplace. Also projects take up a major amount of time.

Meteorain007

At first I didn't believe the whole 3 hours of study for every credit hour in class rule, but it turned out to be fairly accurate in engineering school for me (Umich). I am sure it's possible to get away with less, depending on your expectations for your grades and/or how smart you are.

Some of my classes required less than the 3 hours, while others demanded much more than that. So it guess it balances out in my experiences.

lil_killer129

I heard it was 2, not 3, hours of study for every credit hour.

hinmanCEO

some people say 2, some say 3. hey there was a thread about how much work is in engineering... just read that.

Amount of work in engineering

ken285

That statistics usually come from the colleges themselves. They're more of a recommendation, and nobody really follows it. You study what you need to study to do well. Sometimes it'll be less, maybe it will be more. Depends.

steevee

If you want to study, you will study a lot. If you're lazy and procrastinate, you will cram on the day before the exam. Those recommendations don't really mean anything. Also, whether you're smart or not-so-smart will affect how much you study.

I spent less than 10 hours of studying IN TOTAL last year on 11 courses. Most of that time was spent on psychology and macroeconomics because I had to memorize a lot of stuff, and the rest (my core engineering courses) on reviewing notes, if necessary. I did go to all my classes and did the required assignments though (only 2 courses had mandatory assignments).

Maybe my school is just easy, so don't think that you could get by with the same time I spent.

ken285

Those hours include time spent on assignments, so it's not that unrealistic.