<p>it depends on the kid
my daughters roomate likes to be up early- so an 8 oclock class wouldnt be a problem- afterall- from bed to desk it might only take 5 minutes
She has late work hours however, and has later classes- 10am I think is the average</p>
<p>As you know my D goes to school on the quarter system. She is currently taking 3 classes this term (she loves her current schedule because she goes to the gym with friends from 8:30 to 9:30 and has time to come back, shower, change and go to class)</p>
<p>D has 2 m/w/f classes</p>
<p>first one at 11:15 thru 12:20 has an X-hour (an optional class hour which the professor can use to hold class and hers does) on tuesday from 12:00 to 12:50</p>
<p>second class is from 12:30 to 1:45 with an X hour (this professor uses his X hour) on tuesday from 1:00 to 1:50</p>
<p>Her tues/thurs class is a 10 A which meets from 10:00 to 11:50 with an X hour on wed. from 3:00 to 3:50 (this professor only uses his X hour for review sessions to discuss exams/papers)</p>
<p>Overall her schedule is as follows:</p>
<p>Mon/wed/ Fri she is in class from 11:15 to 1:45, Occassionally she has a class on monday from 3:00 to 3:50</p>
<p>Tues/ thursday, she starts class at 10:00 and finishes at 1:50</p>
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<p>Last term her first class, spanish began at 10: am m/w/f , but she had a spanish drill that met from 7:45 to 8:30 4 mornings a week.</p>
<p>The year she took her science w/ lab class her lab was once a week from 2 to 6 pm</p>
<p>things change depending on the type of schedule you have.</p>
<p>**Spring term{/b[ is is planning on the following schedule (not so much for time but because she needs the courses):</p>
<p>m/w/f a class that meets in the same 11 am time slot</p>
<p>t/th a class that meets in the same 10A time slot</p>
<p>and a m/w/ f class that meets at 2 pm with an X hour that meets on thursday at 1 pm.</p>
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<p>First term freshman year, she had a math class (9L) that met m/w/f at 8:45 in the morning. Other than drill, that was her earliest class</p>
<p>My D prefers classes in the 9:30-10:00 starting range. Even though they’re up late, they really don’t sleep in much beyond 8:30 anyway -bright sun, birds, slamming of doors all prohibit that.
I think the ideal schedule is classes M-Thurs, with 9:30 morning and maybe 1:00-2:30 afternoon classes, with the occassional late afternoon lab or seminar thrown in. If they can get away with no Friday classes, they feel like they’ve won the lottery. That hasn’t happened often, though. If you take foreign languages, they usually meet every day.
She has 4 or 5 courses each semester with courses meeting 2-3 times per week, and french or spanish every day. Labs come on top of that, so it’s a pretty heavy load.</p>
<p>Jeez, I don’t have a clue as to my kids college schedule. She said something about gym in the morning and naps in the afternoon and she stays up late every night studying and writing papers. Now that I think of it, I don’t even know the names of her classes except she’s doing a bunch for her Sociology major this term. I expect we’ll be helping my son with picking classes a little more. A goal will be late starting ones…</p>
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<p>Thanks for the input. My son is a “late riser” (even tho h.s. forces him up by 6:30am.) However, he does not “hear” two alarm clocks next to his bed – they just beep and beep until his younger brother yells at him. He can sleep right through two alarms (with loud alarm options) going off at this head (Does anyone know of an extremely loud alarm clock with a reset button???)</p>
<p>Sybbie: I think my son would like your daughter’s schedule… He loves staying up late (studying, TV, whatever) and would like to stroll into classes between 10 & 11. I’m just glad to hear that is doable :)</p>
<p>Daughter is a night owl so the schedule works for her.</p>
<p>regarding sleeping throught he alarms; have them placed across the room from each other, so when he sets the snooze on the first one he will have to get out of bed to turn the second one off. </p>
<p>Note: this may only work once because he will probably never set that second clock again :)</p>
<p>The problem isn’t that he presses the snooze button… he never presses a snooze button. He just doesn’t hear either buzzer at all. He sleeps through both on-going alarms completely. I had a brother who was just like that. His alarm would wake everybody up but he wouldn’t hear it at all.</p>
<p>My younger kid doesn’t have a say in her schedule. Three days per week, her studio classes run from 9-6. They are also at least 10 blocks away. And there is no such thing as no Friday classes. Today (Friday) she had studio from 9-6 and in fact, I believe that was followed by a “class” every other Friday night from 6-8 PM for Scholars. Two days per week she doesn’t start as early. She does have activities that run until midnight, however. </p>
<p>My older D tends not to take classes before 9 or so at least. However, two weekdays, she must be in a van at 6:30 AM in winter for training. And in the off season, she has some workouts that are at 7:30 AM. On weekends, she must be up often at 6:30 AM every Sat. and Sun. for two months. Also, she has classes ALL day on Friday until 6 PM.</p>
<p>DS doesn’t have a say in his schedule either…he is a music performance major and his classes are pretty set. For two years, he had theory and sight singing at 8 am. Never missed a class. As a junior, he doesn’t have theory until 9 and he likes that much better. Of course, his ensemble rehearsals are everyday until 6 or 6:30…so it’s a long day. He lives off campus now…goes to the music department and stays there all day…practices in between classes. AND is packing his lunch.</p>
<p>I have to say after reading all the comments on the consummables needed for school…a bunch of you must have boys because there is WAY more stuff than deoderant, shampoo, toothpaste that my girls have or take to school! I won’t name it all here but add in lotions, make up, skin medications, other hair products, etc. and it is a lot of stuff. </p>
<p>I also think that part of living on their own is learning how to manage picking up incidentals that they need…be it laundry detergent, milk, shampoo, or other supplies. Same with managing spending money.</p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>I’m still learning about all of this… are there colleges that don’t have classes on Fridays??? I thought most schools do the MWF & TTH classes + sometimes an extra day for labs, etc. That is pretty much how they did it in the stone ages when I went to college.</p>
<p>Or else there exist girls who don’t use make up, skin medications, and other hair products. :-)</p>
<p>Soozie: there was a reason that a bunch of girl stuff wasn’t listed. Girls tend to want to try whatever is “the latest” or whatever their friends are using so there is no point in stocking up on make up, etc.</p>
<p>SJ Mom: Cangel’s D here: I’m actually around $200 at the moment. (whoops), so something tells me I shall be entering the negative territory by the end of the term anyway.</p>
<p>Greensleeves, thanks for the update. I think it’s just hard to estimate how hungry you’ll be for a 10 week period! What will you do when your DBA is $0? Will you just let it go negative or will you try to eat in town? My son did a little of both – he felt that the food at Dartmouth was good, but not a bargain. (I should add that we’re a brown bag kind of family – my husband has been bringing his lunch to work for 25+ years.) DS has been going to brunch on Sundays – it sounds like ‘all you can eat’ for $8 or $9, I think. When we’ve visited, we did eat at Wraps once – good food for a reasonable price if you haven’t yet tried it.</p>
<p>I’m cutting down on random things, and will probably try to balance eating out with that. Or mooch. I have food stocked up in my room too, for days when I’d be eating by myself and I don’t feel like heading to Thayer.</p>
<p>I think it’s good for kids to have to get a little resourceful once in awhile and fend for themselves. Start them out with some stuff and then let them figure out how to restock.</p>
<p>Weenie… I agree… as long as their idea of “restocking” is not becoming a continual mooch to suitemates – as some kids are known to be. Obviously, the chronic moochers, never learn how to properly “restock”.</p>
<p>BTW… Weenie… I LOVE your screen name. My sister’s name is Jeanie and we call her “Weenie” (short for “Weenie, the dancing Beanie”)</p>