<p>You guys who don’t study at all are so cool and edgy.</p>
<p>As for the OP, 5 hours is probably over the top.</p>
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But wait, I’m only sal! For now ;] And yeah, people say that to me as well - It’s not that I don’t have work ethic really, I just only do things that I absolutely need to. If I truly didn’t understand the material, I think I might study, or something. Lol. But anyway, thanks! :D</p>
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For the record, I’m not trying to be “cool” and “edgy” by not studying - I just don’t really need to study. Would there be a point of making stuff like that up, just to post it on a forum where most people will put me down for not studying?! No. I just don’t study, and I’m stating that fact.</p>
<p>Haha yeah, sorry, I didn’t mean that I considered not studying indicative of not having work ethic; I just meant other people might interpret it that way. </p>
<p>And yeah, sorry, SAL. XD</p>
<p>(I’m sal, too! 
But I put some effort into things, lol. And our rankings are just based off of freshman, sophomore, and junior years… they were solidified at the end of last year. [Although they haven’t been released yet… we all kinda know where we are.] Yours has senior year in it?!)</p>
<p>yeah, for some people, getting a 3.8 w/o studying is a much, much better bargain than 4.0 with studying. No ones trying to be cool and edgy by not studying, but if you have to spend 6 hrs a day to get a 4.0, and someone else can get it without studying, then go figure… intelligence =/= GPA.</p>
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Exactly!!! That 6 hours a day = 4.0 is our current val… urhghghghg lol</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and Poseur - Yep our first semester senior year is included, LUCKILY for me :] I’d rather have both semesters, but at least that means I can ease up a BIT second semester, lol.</p>
<p>I was being sarcastic when I said my max was five minutes. However, my studying time rarely exceeds longer than ~20 minutes per subject and only if I have a test or something. Pay attention (and I mean really pay attention) in class and you’ll be surprised at how much better you will be. For some memorization intensive subjects (i.e biology), studying is absolutely necessary, but for other classes (say english or a math class) studying has never really helped me. </p>
<p>P.S. I also do really well in school, but unfortunately I’m not going to be the val or sal. Definitely top 5% though.</p>
<p>I have so many tests and quizzes, if i studied five hours for each one I would never sleep. I should be studying for a math test right now actually 
my previous school rarely had tests so I’m not used to studying for tests. This year, I would say I study one or maybe two hours for tests. It depends how much homework for other subjects I have on the night before</p>
<p>^Ha ha I should be “studying” for a math test too! Of course this means I will spend the rest of my afternoon perusing CC and youtube.</p>
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It’s still studying. You’re absorbing information, reading it, writing it, thinking it. By default it meets the criteria of studying, “doing” the assignment. </p>
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Oh, freshman year? Um…? Like that matters anywhere?</p>
<p>Now it’s different; I’m 3 weeks into school and my GPA’s probably closer to a 3.1 ish now…2 C’s at the very least. I don’t have the same expectations/abilities/mindsets as you guys, so simply, it’s just the facts as it is.</p>
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I don’t include the original learning of the information in studying. I suppose if you include that, then you’d have to include time in class when you paid attention to the teacher, or any time you actually learned something. But I don’t soooo… lol.</p>
<p>That’s pretty fair game I suppose, but I just consider hw to be on a totally different tangent than sitting in class. It’s supposed to be review and etc. w/e…</p>
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That’s exactly how I feel about it. I have somewhere between a 3.8 and 3.9 right now and could almost definitely have the 4.0 if I put the effort in, but just don’t care enough to do it. I’d rather use the 6 hours for something else…</p>
<p>AP Calc BC: 0 min
Honors English: 0 min
Honors History: 0 min
Spanish 5: 0 min
AP Bio: 1 hour
AP Physics: several days (these tests are insane, much more difficult than the AP tests and have average test scores of less than 30-40% in a class filled with 4.0 uw gpas…)</p>
<p>As said, it really depends. But studies have shown you retain information much better if you did 1 hour over 5 days. Not good to cram (A VERY bad idea if you are planning to take an AP test on the subject you are studying)</p>
<p>I’ve studied for up to I think 8 hours spread out over 2-3 days, but that was one really insane occurrence.</p>
<p>*What are your definitions of studying? Especially hpa10/IV/llpitch? *</p>
<p>Well for the majority of quizzes/tests in my school I just quickly review the test material in the short class time right before we take the test. Finals are this week though and I’m actually going to have to study for like 3+ hours tonight for a Lit and Bio final tomorrow =/</p>
<p>I have never spent 5 hours studying for one test. A final, yes, but not a single test.</p>
<p>ttan is right in saying that little bit each day > cramming when it comes to retention, but all of us cram once in a while (<em>cough</em> theology <em>cough</em> ).</p>
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Finals in September? …Oh man, where do you live?</p>
<p>i cant imagine what you people that need to study hours and hours for silly high school tests will do in college.</p>
<p>help the curve you will.</p>
<p>cramming doesnt really work unless you have a basic idea about most of what youre supposed to be studying…
just look past notes over occasionally once every couple of days so you don’t forget what you learn and you’ll be fine</p>