Treating uni like a 9-5/10-6

You know the cramming you do 1-2 weeks before the exam & you're hoping the topics you skip don't come up.


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Isn't it basically the same as going to school and doing your homework then laying flat on the bed after 5pm? O.O

You think that's cramming?

Cute.

I have not started university yet (starting in a couple of weeks), but to be honest I thought that you were supposed to treat your studies like a 9-5 job anyway. Why would you not treat university like a 9-5 job?

I have not started university yet (starting in a couple of weeks), but to be honest I thought that you were supposed to treat your studies like a 9-5 job anyway. Why would you not treat university like a 9-5 job?

Has anyone done this before where they treat uni like a 9-5 job mon-fri?
How did it go?

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I recently went back to college in order to get the grades to go to uni. But I decided that on days with an early finish, and even half term I would work til atleast 3pm. I must have been putting twice the amount of work in, compared to some of my class mates. And I never had more than a weekend off. Every half term from Christmas onward, I was in college, doing more work, revising, reading, writing things out. By Easter I actually had a couple of mates who were doing the same thing, which makes it easier.

My GCSEs were mostly B's and C's. My A-levels were D's. Yet this time I got AAB in A-level Math, Chemistry and Biology and that's got me into Universtiy where I wanted too be.

It's definitely worth staying late on days where you finish early. Like, what else are you gonna achieve by going home at say, 1pm and then lying in bed or watching TV. That sure as hell won't get you the grades your looking for.

Cramming is studying intensively for a short period of time before an exam.Learning is understanding the material over a period of time.
Going through a 32 lecture module each with 50+ slides ,2 other modules with 25 lectures each is cramming.

I wasn't trying to understand at that point but to get as much information into my head as possible.


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1 to 2 weeks isnt a short time though. Try 2-3 days...

So I'm going to my 2nd year of uni .
In first year I averaged 68% with panic revision & all nighters .You know the cramming you do 1-2 weeks before the exam & you're hoping the topics you skip don't come up.

However this year I know I have to work hard from day 1 .I am motivated because I have a clearer vision of my future & a 1st class degree would be nice

Lately I've been thinking of treating uni like a 9-5 Job.
During breaks in the day rather than going back to my flat & napping I should go to the library .On days I finish in the afternoon,study until 5pm.When I have a day off (which is about 4 times a term) study from 9-5 with breaks of course!.
Basically try & establish a routine where I only go back my flat *at the end of the day* to shower ,eat and watch TV.

Has anyone done this before where they treat uni like a 9-5 job mon-fri?
How did it go?



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What is one studying?

I'm also going into the second year of uni and I have a similar mentality.

My plan is to go to the library between lectures. I'll go over what was just covered, maybe look up some questions to practice, but I'm not going to over do it. I think it'd be much more straining than a 9-5 job if you were giving 100% almost all the time.

I so agree!The thing is I start at 9 everyday & finish at 4 with maybe 1-2hrs sometimes 3hrs in between so a 9-5 will be 2/3-4 hours of study a day.
I don't want to be a prisoner of my work & then burn out.I'll try it out the first month & see how it goes .



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Yep! Exactly what I meant applying the school routine at university everyday


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