Originally posted by: DrPizza
Nope, didn't study in high school; the only work I took home was major projects - multi-page papers. I managed to go through 4 years of high school without ever reading a novel for English. I never had below a 90 average in any class; I was advanced in all subjects; graduated near the top of my class.
College: majored in mathematics. Never/rarely studied for math exams. Easy A's. 4.0 in my major. I graduated summa cum laude; however, it required a TON of extra effort in the courses outside my major to maintain such good grades. Such wasn't necessary in high school, but in college, since I was paying for the classes, I always tried for the best profs (who weren't necessarily the easiest profs)
All-nighters are generally a sign that the student was lazy or procrastinated during the semester. There's more than enough time to get everything done at college - if you work diligently throughout the week. Treat college like an 8-6 job, taking a 30 minute break for lunch, and you're in good shape, minimal time needs to be spent at other times. Newsflash: college profs say "for every credit hour, expect to spend about 2 credit hours outside of class working." Many students think the profs are exaggerating. 18 credit hours means about 18 hours worth of class per week (roughly) + 36 hours of work outside of class = 54 hours total. 8-6 means 9 1/2 hours of work a day, 5 days a week. That's 47 1/2 hours worth of work. Your evenings are free, your weekends are free. Perhaps a few hours on Sunday night reviewing your notes, and maybe one evening at the library a week doing some research. Unfortunately, most college students socialize away every free minute during the day, and wait til 7 or 8 at night to begin doing work/studying.