<p>if you live in a dorm in a college how is the day. </p>
<p>Do they serve you breakfast?
When are your classes?
Do they serve you any meals?
how many hours of the day is spent in class and sports?
how much of the time can you hang out and whatnot?</p>
<p>And i’m talking Ivy and top, expensive schools here.</p>
<p>well as you know all colleges and living situations are exactly the same for everybody in every college ever so i’ll get right on this, give me a sec</p>
<p>It differs so much from person to person, even at the same school with the same classes. </p>
<p>Do they serve you breakfast?
If you want.</p>
<p>When are your classes?
Some are 8am classes. Some are 7pm classes. There’s no standard.</p>
<p>Do they serve you any meals?
Again, if you want. </p>
<p>how many hours of the day is spent in class and sports?
Typically 15 hours a week in a classroom for the average student. Sports… up to you.</p>
<p>how much of the time can you hang out and whatnot?
As much or as little as you want.</p>
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It’s pretty much the same at any university, regardless of its “Ivy” or “non-Ivy” status or how much it costs.</p>
<p>We have dining halls and restaurants on campus, open for most of the day. At my university, dining halls are part of the meal plan; restaurants are not.</p>
<p>Class schedules vary widely; it will probably be very different every day, and it also depends heavily on your major. For example, in my next semester’s schedule, on Tuesdays I’ll have class from 9am-12, then essentially from 2pm-5:20pm, and then from 6pm-8pm. On Fridays, I’ll only have one class from 10am-11am.</p>
<p>I try to get a few hours of exercise every week; a lot of time is spent either in class or studying. How much work and studying you have will depend on what your major is, which classes you’re taking, how well you’d like to do, and your personal study habits. I don’t have a ton of free time, but I do have enough to play video games and exercise, and read for pleasure. I don’t usually hang out much during the week, I have dinner with friends and sometimes study with them if we have a test coming up. But ‘hanging out’ is usually reserved for the weekend.</p>
<p>Class schedules also vary for the same person from semester to semester. There was one semester I, like an idiot, had a class at either 8am or 8:30 every day. Another semester, my first class MWF was at 11:30, and my first class TR was at 2:30pm…</p>
<p>Meals can also vary a lot if you live on-campus in the dorms, live in a fraternity or sorority house, or live off-campus. My fraternity house had different (and better) food than the dorms. But our breakfasts M-R were all cold - no eggs or sausage or waffles, just cereal or poptarts or bagels. Monday through Thursday, lunch was available starting about 10:30am, and dinner at about 4:45. But Friday, we got a hot breakfast and lunch was just leftovers from the week, and there was no dinner provided. Meanwhile most of the dining halls were in the process of switching from set hours for each meal (when I was a frosh) to just being open from 7am to 7pm (when I was a senior).</p>
<p>I don’t go to a top ivy school, but since I think you’re being very naive thinking that it makes a difference at all in terms of the things you’re asking, I’ll answer anyways.</p>
<p>Do they serve you breakfast?
Ok, it’s not room service. They don’t “serve” you. It’s called a food court. You go get your own food. But yes, there is a lot of food options and you don’t go hungry.</p>
<p>When are your classes?
Whenever. For me they start at 9 each day, but you set up your schedule basically however you want.</p>
<p>Do they serve you any meals?
Once again, it’s called a food court. There’s always food available. You don’t sit on your lazy bum, you go get it.</p>
<p>how many hours of the day is spent in class and sports?
3-7 hours in class a day, sports and other activities depends entirely on what you want.</p>
<p>how much of the time can you hang out and whatnot?
Again it depends, but I would say that I have about 6 hours a day when I don’t have to be somewhere, doing something specific. I study about 3 hours of that. So, 3 hours-ish.</p>
<p>This is weekdays, not weekends, of course.</p>
<p>0600 I Wake Up
0630 Reville (everyone wakes up) and I eat breakfast
0700 Clean Room
0715 Inspection
0745 Colors
0800-1130 Classes
1130 Lunch Muster/Marching/Lunch
1230-1550 Classes
1600 Wrestling Practice
1900 Dinner
1930-2300 Studying
2330 Sleeping</p>
<p>Of course I don’t go to an Ivy League school and the government pays for it, so it’s free and not expensive, so take what you will with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Don"t know what “Lunch muster” or “Colors” mean.</p>
<p>k314sig09 apparently attends one of the military academies, most universities do not have a schedule that is that strict.</p>
<p>i’ll tell you my general schedule…basically the same as those who’ve already replied</p>
<p>Do they serve you breakfast?
They won’t bring it to you, no. There are dining halls that serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You go to the dining hall–some are individual buildings, some are located in the dorms–and (at my school) swipe your ID card to verify that you have a meal plan. From there on, there’s usually a line like in HS or ala carte or sometimes there are various “themed” stations that you can go to for more variety. One of our dining halls has a pasta station, asian station, mexican station, “country” station, dessert area, etc.</p>
<p>When are your classes?
Different from day to day, all day. It seems that at most schools your MWF classes will be the same and your TR (R=Thursday, you’ll learn this quickly) are the same with a few exceptions–labs, recitation, etc. You choose your classes and after finding out what time they’ll be offered, you can register. You have a lot of freedom when it comes to classes, as long as you meet the grad requirements for your major.</p>
<p>Do they serve you any meals?
See above.</p>
<p>how many hours of the day is spent in class and sports?
most students are in class (not including labs) for 15-18 hours/wk. sports…that’s up to you. are you talking intramural or ncaa-sponsored varsity? there’s a huge difference in the time commitment there. </p>
<p>how much of the time can you hang out and whatnot?
as much or little as you want, as someone said above. i work two jobs, one is very intensive in the fall afternoons and spring mornings (football), plus i have 15 hours of class, studying, and find time to play intramurals or hangout with friends. </p>
<p>here’s what my typical day was like this past fall:</p>
<p>M: 4:45 wake up, 5:45-9:00 work at Rec, 10:00-1:00 three classes, 1:00 to whenever–study, hangout, exercise, sleep
T: 9:00 workout at Rec, 11:00-2 two classes, 2:30-7 work at football
W: 9:00 workout, 10:00-1:00 three classes, 2:30-7 work at football
R: 9:00 workout at Rec, 11:00-2 two classes, 2:30-7 work at football
F: 9:00 workout at Rec, 11:00-1 three classes, 2:30-5:30 work at football</p>
<p>my days are very structured, mainly because i have a huge time commitment in working with football, so i have to schedule a lot of stuff (hanging out, studying) around that job. some nights i didnt get done with football until 11:30 PM, so i had to plan time for studying around that and whatnot.</p>
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<p>Based on the schedule, I believe k314sig09 attends a military academy, in which case “colors” refers to the flags (as in colorguard). Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>Edit: Cards4life beat me to it</p>
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<p>Not sure how you define top, but I go to Case Western (41st), and pay about $47,000 a year, so I’m assuming my answers will clue you in somewhat.</p>
<p>Breakfast, nor any other mean, will be brought to you. But the dining halls should be open before the earliest classes start, allowing you to go and get something to eat, if you have a meal plan, as most require. Breakfast is usually the most low-key meal, and also the one with the least line-up for food.</p>
<p>First semester, I started at 10:00 two days a week, and 10:30 three days a week, finishing no later than 4:00, with some breaks in between. I have a schedule set for next semester, but need to probably change one class based on how closely it follows another and the distance between their rooms. But, I’ll have three classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, two on Wednesday, and only one on friday. I start at 10 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 11:30 all other days. End at 5:20 MW, 5:45 TTr, and 12:20 on Fridays.</p>
<p>Hours spent in class depend on your credit load. I took 13 credits first semester, and thus spent 13 hours in class, give or take a few minutes. Second semester, I am taking the maximum, 18 credits, and will thus have 18 hours of class within the time range I posted above. I can’t answer regarding sports, as I’ve opted not to play any. I spend a couple of hours a week involved in EC commitments though.</p>
<p>There is plenty of time to hang out. Most people I know don’t start working before 10 PM. So until then, most are available. After that, it depends. And on the weekend, there is even more time to relax. Honestly, even with a heavy course load, you should be able to socialize regularly.</p>
<p>You get to pick pretty much all of those things and how you spend your time in general, with the possible exception of class times. It isn’t highschool, you can do as you please. It’s up to you to find the correct balance between studying/eating/hanging out/sports/eating.</p>
<p>edit: Check the “Schedules for Spring 08” thread to see some sample schedules. You’ll see a lot of variety, which is because, well, there is a lot of variety. Any time you’re not in class you can do as you please, although depending on your courseload you could find yourself studying a lot. I hear 2 hours for every hour in class a lot and it’s a load of bullocks since it just plain depends on the class, but it isn’t unusual to spend two to three hours on a given problem set and and three due in a week. Of course there’s always the weekends to play catchup and have fun, plus if you take care of stuff early you should often find yourself with free time in the evenings.</p>