University and free time

Like most have already said, it really depends on your major, course load, and work. I was an engineering major and generally didn't have that much free time. It was pretty bad in the second semester of working on my senior project when I had to go in to work on it six days a week including Spring Break.

I have a Bsc in Nursing, got it at U of Montreal... I was working 30hrs/week, had a girlfriend and played videogames. It just depends what you're ready to cut out of your life... I wasn't sleeping much more than 6 hours a night.Krigen89

Depends on a free things Major, course load, and time manage skills. Last semster i had all gen eds and i more time on my hands then i knew what to do with. This semster not so much i have 18 hrs of class a week, more hw, and more other stuff to do. but you still have a lot of free time.

Is university classes mon-friday liek high school? NerubianWeaver

I don't get very much freetime, I play more videogames at school than I do at home now because when I'm at home I have homework or I have to go to work. I never have time to do homework between classes so I just go to the gameroom and try to relax. Play some Smash Bros or something.

Is university classes mon-friday liek high school? NerubianWeaver

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]Is university classes mon-friday liek high school? gameguy6700

Off topic I know, but wow that system is so different to what we have here.

Here we do four courses a session, where each course has an average of three hours of classes. Usually this is split into a 2 hour lecture and 1 hour tutorial, or a 1 hour lecture and 2 hour tutorial. Obviously there are some variations, though I've only had two classes that were 1x 1 hour lecture and 2x 1.5 hour tutorials.

Also, lectures are voluntary as the notes are posted online and usually so are recordings. I worked my timetable out last session to be 8:30-12:30 and 3:30-6:30 on Monday, and 3:30-6:30 on Wednesday. However, I usually only went 11:30-12:30 and 3:30-6:30 on Monday and 5:30-6:30 on Wednesday, as I skipped lectures ... and I'm averaging just below a Distinction

I go for clases 4 days a week, I start from 8 and get back at 5 in the afternoon.

Not to mention the amount of studying I have to do at home and the papers I have to submit.

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"][QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]Is university classes mon-friday liek high school? daqua_99

Off topic I know, but wow that system is so different to what we have here.

Here we do four courses a session, where each course has an average of three hours of classes. Usually this is split into a 2 hour lecture and 1 hour tutorial, or a 1 hour lecture and 2 hour tutorial. Obviously there are some variations, though I've only had two classes that were 1x 1 hour lecture and 2x 1.5 hour tutorials.

Also, lectures are voluntary as the notes are posted online and usually so are recordings. I worked my timetable out last session to be 8:30-12:30 and 3:30-6:30 on Monday, and 3:30-6:30 on Wednesday. However, I usually only went 11:30-12:30 and 3:30-6:30 on Monday and 5:30-6:30 on Wednesday, as I skipped lectures ... and I'm averaging just below a Distinction

Engineering...not much free time. When midterms hit and I had 5 to 7 assignments a week to pound out, I definitely had negative free time. Me and my close friend used to joke about how there wasn't actually enough time in the week to do it all. I used to hand in assignments that were 70% completed. Well I suppose I could have pulled all nighters, but I value sleep more than school. My rules are never skip a meal and get at least 6 hours a night.PS2_ROCKS

[QUOTE="PS2_ROCKS"]Engineering...not much free time. When midterms hit and I had 5 to 7 assignments a week to pound out, I definitely had negative free time. Me and my close friend used to joke about how there wasn't actually enough time in the week to do it all. I used to hand in assignments that were 70% completed. Well I suppose I could have pulled all nighters, but I value sleep more than school. My rules are never skip a meal and get at least 6 hours a night.gameguy6700

I envy you people who can function on less than seven hours of sleep a night. I really do.

[QUOTE="PS2_ROCKS"]Engineering...not much free time. When midterms hit and I had 5 to 7 assignments a week to pound out, I definitely had negative free time. Me and my close friend used to joke about how there wasn't actually enough time in the week to do it all. I used to hand in assignments that were 70% completed. Well I suppose I could have pulled all nighters, but I value sleep more than school. My rules are never skip a meal and get at least 6 hours a night.gameguy6700

How is that different from what we have? Most college students take about 4-6 classes a semester, each class meets for 2h30m per week (labs will typically add on 1-3 hours to that), attendance to classes is usually voluntarily (except for labs which are always mandatory), and most people only have a few classes per day.gameguy6700

Our university goes by credit points. 24 credit points is full-time study, and almost noone goes over that. Subjects are either 6 or 8 credit points, meaning I can study full-time doing just 3 subjects (as what a lot of people do).

Also, you said that if you work your timetable out correctly you might be able to get a Friday off. Universities here are virtually closed on a Friday (weekend hours for library, almost no classes on, etc).

Another thing, most classes I've been in are on the same day. For example, say the lecture for MARK101 is on Tuesday, then the majority of the classes are on that day as well. Also, the vast majority of students don't go to lectures, as they are a waste of time.

I've noticed that we spend very little time at university. It's two semesters of 13 weeks. However, the first week is just introductory lectures (no tutorials), then there's reading week (no tutorials or lectures), and then there's a week with a public holiday (usually results in all tutorials and lectures being cancelled). So really there's only 10 weeks per session of actual work. I don't know how the US system is though ...

I get a lot of free time, you just have to use the time productively :P

Of course, you can have some fun time, too. =)