<p>If I studied 12 hours a day and attended class and took notes and I did this everyday and studied even more on weekends would I be guaranteed a high GPA in engineering at a rigorous school? I have stumbled across a schedule that allows me to do this whilst keeping a 6 hour period of free time. ?</p>
<p>As guaranteed as possible. I think you’ll find that twelve hours a day isn’t needed. Oh, and you will get slammed in some classes regardless of how much you study.</p>
<p>Five hours a day is more than enough for the majority of classes, but there will be one or two classes that will need more time like physics, computer science, some calculus.</p>
<p>Yes its possible…but highly unlikely. Engineering is a biotch.</p>
<p>I keep thinking about the difficulty of my chosen major. My first year I’m very afraid that I will get weeded out if I don’t try hard enough. Statistics showed that my school (Purdue) weeds out atleast half of the entering freshman class in their first year, and even more after sophomore year. I really just don’t know if 6 hours a day everyday is enough studying to complete the first year program with a 4.0 so I’m willing to do more. When all you guys say engineering is hard, is that assuming you don’t use supplemental books (like the Idiot’s complete guide to calculus), etc, and you don’t go for tutoring? You just take notes, do HW, read text, and complain that its hard?</p>
<p>You will find that many engineering students may study 6 hours or more a day when they start out but most end up into a routine that requires less. What will happen is that you will end up with certain courses as you progress that require a lot more time than others. There are weed-out courses and physics mechanics is one of them (however, so is chemistry). Many who do nothing but study all the time end up doing poorly and many who study only a couple of hours a day do well. In other words, the “12 hours a day” really guarantees nothing if you do not understand the subject matter, and it definitely does not guarantee a “4.0” which few get. Physics mechanics is second semester first year so that you get some prep for it in first semester through calculus. The courses are hard for most regardless of study aids. However, obviously since many engineers do graduate, a large number of non-geniuses complete the course of study and do just fine.</p>
<p>Indian- some of these people are just aggravating your anxiety, seriously. I’m definitely NOT a genius. I just took chemistry and physics mechanics this past year. Granted, physics mechanics was a b!tch, but are you going to need to study for hours each and every day? NO. I studied the 4 days prior to the exams with 3 friends- we did a lot of problems, and with the exception of the second test (got a 70%), i aced the other tests. I had ‘never’ taken physics before.I took calc in high school though. You need to know how to do easy derivatives and intergals(which you will in your first semester Calc 1 class). Now i havn’t taken any upper level classes and i’m not trying to lower the rigorosity of these courses, but i doubt people are studying even 4 hours every day.</p>
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<p>I disagree. I think at a certain level, time spent studying is directly correlated with grade received.</p>
<p>12 hours a day is way too much.</p>
<p>I know that the classes I study for the most I generally do worse in (hence why I study more)…</p>
<p>Generally I’ve developed a sleep schedule where I sleep 30 minutes every 4 hours. So, I sleep at 7, 11, 3, 7, 11, 3. I maintain perfect sanity and alertness. This is the polyphasic sleep schedule.</p>
<p>That was just background info on how I manage this much free time. But generally speaking, let’s say I spend 8 hours daily studying and I UNDERSTAND the material (I wouldn’t study that much and not understand it, lol); how good or bad can I expect to do in calc/chem/phys? </p>
<p>I heard that sometimes no matter how much I study I will still do poorly in some classes. Is this true? No amount of tutoring, supplemental books, or studying can prevent this? I am willing to do however much it takes to reach my goal but I am unsure as of now…</p>
<p>Edit: By studying this much, I mean a daily commitment, not procrastinating and doing this much the last few days before an exam.</p>
<p>Indian. that’s a very interesting sleep schedule. Odd but it’s pretty interesting.</p>
<p>Why the hell would you want to study for 12 hours a day? Are you planning on memorizng the textbook or what?</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, 12 hours is a bit too much. 8 hours seems more realistic, considering college itself will take around 5 hours, sleeping 3 hours, eating 1.5 hours. That leaves me with 6 - 6.5 hours of free time. I think 8 hours may be needed to do HW and grasp certain concepts to the point of 100% mastery. Correct?</p>
<p>I hope you are getting a single because your roomate is going to kill you with a sleeping schedule like that.</p>
<p>Not only is spe07 correct, but you would also have to go out of your way not to make any friends. College is not all about grades. Enjoy your time there. What’s the point of working hard for something in the future? When does the future become today?</p>
<p>Getting a 4.0 is outrageously hard in engineering, even in college in general. This isn’t high school where a perfect gpa is nothing special. Work hard and try your best, but don’t expect perfection and leave yourself some time to have fun.</p>
<p>This type of studying will pay off for the majority of classes, but you may find that you can get borderline A’s with perhaps one half (or less) of that time. You’ll have to feel this one out yourself.</p>
<p>Some professors, however, seem to enjoy writing very difficult tests which also require a fair amout of IQ to do well on. They like to throw curve ball questions for the brightest students in the class to answer in order to lift themselves from the rest of the crowd. From my experiences, no amount of studying could have helped me in those instances. </p>
<p>So really, you will probably be able to do just as well with half the time that you proposed. However, your method would probably allow you to understand the material more deeply than most of your classmates. I don’t think even the most hardcore students go to that length, though.</p>
<p>I will generally have 6 to 6.5 hours of free time so I will still have plenty of fun during college. I won’t be studying in my dorm, there is no way I would consider that. Also, I would probably do all of my studying at night time so that I can have fun during the day. My sleep schedule does not distinguish night and day so it would be just like studying during the day; also, there would be little interaction with peers at that time, and little noise, so I would study with more concentration, or atleast I think. I understand that there are insanely difficult questions on exams, so I guess I will just <em>try</em> for a 4.0 I just don’t want to end up like the majority and have like > 3.5 for chemical engineering.</p>
<p>you’re SOO weird.</p>
<p>you are trying tooo hard. But this is coming from someone who never studies and will probably get killed in college where you have to study.</p>
<p>What if your course schedule doesn’t allow you to take 30 minute naps in the correct intervals</p>