University and free time

This question is primarily to those who finished their degree in university or who are currently in university, how much free time did you get? I know it depends on the program but I'm taking Nursing next year and I would like to know if I lstill have free time to play video games? How many hours are you free in a week?

Yeah, theres enough free time to get all your studying done and some enjoyment. Weekends will consistently be your best times to devote several staight hours to.

I can manage 2 to 3 hours of totally free time on a weekday. Nursing might be a bit more difficult because of how highly competitive it is. Certain semesters will be notably more difficult. Some of my more advance calculus classes made me cut down my free time to only 30 minutes a weekday or so for stretches of a few weeks. Some semesters were notably light (some bullcrap Art History classes, a Geography class, and a Literature class) and i had little homework at all leaving most of the day free.

I'm majoring in computer science and I'm involved with on campus groups and I have a girlfriend. I don't have much free time. Ever. Except when my inability to sleep comes into play and I stay up really late.

I spend almost 100% of my free time listening to or reviewing music and playing bass, with the occasional party.

"Nursing next year"

"free time"

NerubianWeaver

Nope.avi

Depends. I quit playing video games for my freshman year thinking college was going to be brutal.

But then after i realized how easy it actually was, i had plenty of time for gaming.

I have pretty much NO free time at all. I'm only in my second year, I'm studying Computer Games Design and my uni has decided to make it as full on as physically possible, to the point where working 125 hour weeks has become the norm ¬__¬

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"Nursing next year"

"free time"

htekemerald

Nope.avi

Depends. I quit playing video games for my freshman year thinking college was going to be brutal.

But then after i realized how easy it actually was, i had plenty of time for gaming.

SauceKing

TBH TC; although I said my friend has loads of hours doing Nursing, i'm sure you'll find plenty of time to play video games. The night before I left for uni, i decided I wasn't going to take my PS3 but by the morning I changed my mind and it was the best decision I could have made there. Turns out my flatmates were cvnts and many on my course were in a similar boat; needless to say, having it there as an option to use in free time was great.

I gave myself too much free time by skipping classes so I failed. :P

I was a full time student throughout college, majored in neuroscience, graduated with a 3.81 GPA, and worked in a lab full time as well. I always had plenty of time to slack off.

I've heard electrical engineering students and CS majors have pretty heavy workloads though due to the fact that all of their classes hand out huge homework assignments on a regular basis. Also, pre-meds tend to have to split their time between volunteer hours, clinical shadowing, extracurriculars, classes, studying, research (although not nearly to the same degree as pre-PhDs), and MCAT prep which does actually wind up taking up all of their time.

For all other majors though, my personal observation has been that the people who complain about not having enough free time either have very unrealistic expectations for how much free time they should have (ie they want to do nothing but party) or they're trying to major in a subject that they can barely handle and have to study for extremely unreasonable amounts of time just to perform acceptably.

I shouldn't have as much free time as I do, but I dick around and don't focus..

That will change a bit next year. I swear!

There is more free time than I ever could have imagined.

First year computer science student, and I probably have too much free time. Except all my tests/assignments seem to be due at the same time so I have really busy weeks, but most of the time it's not bad at all.

This semester I have a lot of free time. Only taking three classes and the one is rock climbing so there is never any homework there, Alice 2.2 class the homework takes like 4 to 5 hours if you don't know what to do but I understand it, and Survey of Computer INfo/Sys has like no homework except read a chapter and maybe do two labs and thats it. My major is Management Information Systems

You will have a good bit of free time which will be consumed by studying.VintageVader

Uni is not a death camp. Yes they want to work ou hard, but they arent going to do it at the expense of your mental stability. If you haven't had major problems with your work ethic or conceptual absorption for the past twelve years then you shouldn't worry about college.

It depends on the UNI

If you're going to a state school, yeah you'll get loads of free time

If you're going to a Top 25 school...Like Princeton or Brown

Then you won't have much time

It depends on the UNI

If you're going to a state school, yeah you'll get loads of free time

If you're going to a Top 25 school...Like Princeton or Brown

Then you won't have much time

SaintWalrus

To the topic creator, I see that you're a Nursing major. Most of the nursing majors I knew had less free time compared to everyone else. Its a major that requires a lot of commitment. That being said, your life will not be dedicated purely on studying. You'll find free time every now and then. Just manage your time well. As for me, I was a double Business major. There were weeks where I had plenty of free time. The only times I stressed out were during finals and projects.

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It depends on the UNI

If you're going to a state school, yeah you'll get loads of free time

If you're going to a Top 25 school...Like Princeton or Brown

Then you won't have much time

kamikaze_pigmy

You'd be surprised. If you work efficiently and organize your schedule properly, you'll find you have plenty of free time in spite of the heavy workload. I was less busy in university than I am with work now.

university and free time in the same sentence? hell no

more free time than Ive ever had before in my life

A-FVCKING-LOT of free time

It depends on how you're able to handle a course load. If you're barely starting college likely you're going to be taking a lot of core and intro classes. You should have plenty of free time. I know several others who are studying nursing and they seem to have enough free time to spend.

I have plenty of time to be lazy. Like now for instance since I'm posting on this site.

I'm an architecture student and haven't had the free time to play a game in 2 weeks. :(

My week ends are devoted solely to building models, because my other class work takes up the rest of the week.

It's not that bad. Although nursing may be different, but I have found that no one course is ever too overwhelming on it's own.

I'm doing a double degree full-time. When I go back to university this will be my roster:

• Monday: 8:30-7:30 University
• Tuesday: 11:00-8:00 Work @ Job 1
• Wednesday: 9:30-12:30 University
• Thursday: 9:00-5:00 Work @ Job 2 (every second week)
• Friday-Sunday: 9:00-6:00 Work @ Job 1

Basically there's only 12 hours of classes a week. I have ample free time to work two jobs and have every night free!

If your not working then yeah youll have a good amount of free time if your a full time student.