Which are you doing?
Studying it is supposed to comprise about 30 hours each week for every semester that you are a full time student, so 2 hours for every hour that you are in class.
I wonder how many students within Baruch College actually do this, both Freshman and Seniors alike. For the common perception is that you will have to give up your social life in order to accomplish it. But is this true?
The answer is that it depends. It depends who you are and if you can effectively manage and organize your time and work. There are people who manage to accurately schedule every second of their time and are therefore are always aware of the deadlines they have. They get things done during the times that they have free and don’t wait to the last minute. They are able to do many things. Then there are also people who are not as detailed in their scheduling but they know what thy have to do for their classes and their other commitments. Therefore although they may leave things for the last minute the work gets done and it is done properly for they were thinking about it prior to the deadline. Then there is a third type of person. Someone who does not structure there time in either of these ways. Some who is not able to keep track of deadlines and remembers things at the last minute.
When you get to college, because there is a lot of work to do for the classes, everyone will at least have to become the second type of organizer. For you will need to keep track of deadlines and the different requirements for the courses you take.
Your study habits and how much more time you need to dedicate to your studies depends on which of these general categories you fall into and what works for you.
There are some people who do better when studying before class, while there are others who do better while studying after an exam. There are those who can not study at home, but some may study better on the train or on the phone. Know what works for you, and unless you get 100’s on everything all the time, make sure you’re open to trying different methods for different classes.