Reply to If you kid is studying at Williams/Amherst/Pomona/Swarthmore/Wellesley/Bowdoin now,

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "If you kid is studying at Williams/Amherst/Pomona/Swarthmore/Wellesley/Bowdoin now, "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are their experiences like? I have one at one of these schools and she has been extremely busy with assignments and stuff. She was a self-driven, top student in high school with excellent academic records. She hasn't decided on her major yet. This semester she selected a course in philosophy, economics, environmental studies, and a seminar course. What she didn't expect is the amount of reading and writing required for each class.  She sleeps maybe 6 hours a night or less during the week. [b]She studies on weekends.[/b] She reads while doing laundry. She made quite a few friends, likes many of her teachers, enjoys campus events and a campus job. Her grades are fine, but she has to work so very, very hard I have to watch out for burnout. What are your kids' experience like? Any thoughts or advice? Thanks. [/quote]

Isn’t that normal though? I’m the selective / skimming poster above and even so I spent about eight hours a day in the library on Sat and Sun. That was pretty normal among my friends.[/quote]

Yeah, it's normal to study on the weekends in college. If she went to study thinking she'd have the weekends off, this could be a misguided expectations issue[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics