<p>dchow08 and RedFish,
My S graduated from Swat in '07, and he always told me the “formula” was more like 3+ hours of work outside the classroom for every classroom hour. Notwithstanding that formula, there was still plenty of time left over for him to participate heavily in a couple of extracurricular activities and just generally “hang out.” As several posters have noted, the first semester is graded as pass/fail, which does help many students adjust to the workload and expectations.</p>