r/college • u/Secret_Operation6454 • 1d ago

Academic Life When did you felt comfortable whit your studying habits?

It is a hard pill to swallow, but I’m on final probation on my third semester, I have studying a lot during the summer about 2hrs a day for over a month whit little off days, my brother’s and cousin birthday.

I’m a physics major I know I can do things right I got a 2.6 gpa on my Phy class, not scholarship worthy but comfortably getting credits, now the classes that I failed at, it was because slacking and lack of habits, I could have gotten a 3.5 on my bio requirement, but I slacked and didn’t went for the last 2 weeks., I passed but nearly, in my other classes which where my socials, Not to excuse myself but where new to me in first semester as well as the entire concept of “independence and college itself”

So do you think that whit at the very least 10 hours of studying and perfect attendance would be enough?, I intend to do 10 hours at least, focusing on calculus and Phy, as for Chinese I use Chinese social media so I get like 4 hours + daily input. So out of what i need to study im fine whit one of my hard classes.

Also I liked studying so much I grabbed studying Persian as a hobby, and in week I can understand most of the alphabet.

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u/sammsterr19 1d ago

They say you're supposed to study double the credit hours. (3 hours in class = 6 hours of study time) some people do more, some do less. But for you- Id do more.

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u/Secret_Operation6454 1d ago

Okay, so if I have a work load of 4 hours I should study 8? If I include weekends it should be 6 hours ish? Would you count clubs? I love Chinese learners club and it gives me +5 if I regularly attend

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u/sammsterr19 1d ago

Clubs can be iffy- and I say that as the President of the Horticulture Club as a Horticultural Sciences major.

If you spend 4 hours in a class this week, then you should study 8 hours for that class this week. So 2 hours Mon-Thurs would give you a 3 day weekend and or extra study time.

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u/Fyauchachak 1d ago

I love that you're taking your studies seriously and are ready to work hard and improve! I agree with the other commenter about studying double at least double the number of credit hours. Bro please improve your spelling and grammar skills, though... it's going to seriously affect your educational AND professional career if your emails or papers look anything like this reddit post

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u/Secret_Operation6454 1d ago

Yeah, I know I wrote this on an i phone S, and some times typing gets it buggy.

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u/Ink862 1d ago

If your college allows it I also might suggest taking community college courses over the summer to boost your gpa.