Suspended from college

Naturally
Sat, 22 May 2010 02:42:35 +0000

3. I will dedicate at least 2 hours a day to homework/studying.



Not enough. That would add up to 14 hours a week. If your son is planning a full schedule, he should be allocating at least two hours out of class for every hour in class, so at least 30 hours of studying per week. If he is not prepared to do that, he shouldn’t be wasting his time taking classes that he will fail.



I’ve heard “two hours of studying per week per credit you’re taking” kicked around a lot, but I’ve only had to study that much in one class (a math class–I am not great a math and it had been years since I’d taken math in high school.) One quarter I took 25 credits (each with a lab, so I was actually at school almost 40 hours a week–not a schedule I recommend incidentally) . . . If I’d had two hours of studying/homework per hour of class I would’ve gone insane.