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Originally Posted by blondebutsmart
when I attended my orientation earlier in the summer, they must have mentioned the amount of hours we would spend in class/studying a minimum of five to seven times. I'm not kidding. Yes, I realize I may just be a naive freshman, but it made me somewhat nervous.
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They only do that to make sure that you are prepared. They don't want you to forget that even though you'll only be in classes 15 hours a week, academics (especially engineering) IS a full time job, so you shouldn't slack. During orientation I was told I would be studying 2 times however long I was in the class (so, if I was in class for 3 hours a week I would be studying 6 hours a week for this class). This is not always true.
You will, however, need to set aside some time to do homework. Sometimes it tooks me hours to figure out some problems!
But the only weeks I can really think of that I spent nearly 30 hours doing coursework were weeks that I had a big homework due, a lab report, two exams... you get the point!