How Swatties spend their time

<p>I found some comparative data, from Oberlin’s 2006 Senior Survey. The following shows hours per week for each activity from Swat’s and Oberlin’s 2006 Senior Surveys, respectively. The three comparison groups (co-ed schools, women’s schools, and universities) are Oberlin’s peer comparison groups. They don’t specify which schools are included, but usually comparison groups are somewhat above and below in selectivity, including schools from the same region. I would assume these include most of the Seven Sisters and comparable LACs. I don’t know which universities these would include. It is also possible that these are numbers from the survey company rather than a specific set of peer schools.</p>

<p>I have no idea how valid the comparisons are or whether Swatties just put down higher estimates. Looks like Swat is a party school!</p>

<p>Enjoy. </p>

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Swat  Ober    Co-ed   Womens  Univ    </p>

<p>14.3    12.5    10.7    11.85   11.82   Scheduled classes or labs 
15.8    12.71   12.87   13.34   11.99   Work on scheduled courses outside of class or labs 
6.6 5.45    5.71    5.22    4.85    Other academic work (e.g., thesis, research) 
3.4 1.53    1.56    1.59    1.22    Talking with faculty outside of class 
3.3 2.87    4.49    2.25    2.89    Intercollegiate & club sports 
0.8 0.35    0.48    0.17    0.51    Intramural sports 
4.9 3.13    3.52    3.18    3.41    Other exercise/fitness 
5.6 3.47    5.12    3.11    4.69    Partying 
10.9    7.52    8.17    6.83    7.58    Other socializing with friends 
4.1 2.84    2.8 3.19    4.13    Clubs/organized groups 
2.1 1.77    2.55    2.67    3.22    Watching TV 
6.6 4.96    4.87    4.89    5.48    Computer games, surfing the net, etc. 
7.3 5.24    4.93    5.94    6.16    Electronic communications (e-mail, instant messaging) 
8.1 7.74    5.74    7.68    5.67    Working for pay 
2.3 1.11    1.05    1.16    1.45    Volunteer work </p>

<p>96  73  75  73  75  Total
14  10  11  10  11  Hours per day


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