How many hours a day are you doing?

Messi 10

I'm just wondering how many hours every day on average is everyone doing at the moment? I find it hard to decide how much I should be doing.

I know it's quality over quantity and all that but I just want to know how much time other leaving certs are spending at the books every day.

I'm managing about 3 hours most days which I'm reasonably happy with but I can't help but get the feeling I could be doing more.

Mwah

depends of my mood on the day :P
ive done 3today and im taking a break now and i might do another 4/5 later
not sure tho!

zam

It varies from day to day... some days 3, some 9... But most are quite unproductive. If I have a productive day from the beginning I find that I can study for ages without getting distracted, but if I get up and have a leisurely breakfast and am quite lazy in the morning I get distracted for the entire day :P

Seloth

In exactly 3 mins I want to start studying for the day hah


Did like 4 hours yersterday but only coverd 2 things

theowen

8+. Me feels tired...

highlydebased

2 or 3. Anything more is a waste of time generally I find

Cook!eMonster

I find that im sittin at my desk for ages. but i really amnt learning anything

gemxpink

I start at 9am, usually finish around 11pm, taking two 1 hour breaks. Then again I have so much more cramming to do than any of you so it doesn't really count!

Conor108

gemxpink wrote: »

I start at 9am, usually finish around 11pm, taking two 1 hour breaks

respect:eek:

Seloth

Right worked on bio exam papers for an hour hah,now listening to pod casts.

Cook!eMonster

gemxpink wrote: »

I start at 9am, usually finish around 11pm, taking two 1 hour breaks. Then again I have so much more cramming to do than any of you so it doesn't really count!

ive so much cramming to do aswell. Gonna take a leaf outta ur book! As a matter of interest, how do u concentrate for so long?

Finical

It doesn''t really matter how many hours a day people are doing. It will be different for every individual, it depends what people are aiming for etc also some people are just smarter than others.

I'm doing 5 hours day and I'm cramming away. Some of it is so unproductive though, nothing going into the head and feels like I just done nothing. :pac:

Danger781

I start at one and do maybe an hour then I get bored and cook something to eat.

That takes half an hour. Then I eat it - 20 mins.

Then I go out the back and kick around the ball while I digest my food - 15 mins.

I eventually come back in and try to do some more study but I usually get distracted by Boards.ie & facebook - 20+ mins

Eventually I'll sit down for a bit until I want more food All wholesome healthy food though And LOTS of water

Indigo Sunrise

Cook!eMonster wrote: »

I find that im sittin at my desk for ages. but i really amnt learning anything

I'm the same. I spend most of the day at my desk but I only do 1 or 2 hours study. I just end up going on the Internet or daydreaming. Although I've already managed to do over 2 hours today so hopefully I can continue like this. I find that If I do exam questions under time restriction I don't get so distracted. It's easy to get distracted just reading through pages of notes.

Finical

Danger781 wrote: »

Then I go out the back and kick around the ball while I digest my food - 15 mins.

Haha I do that for my breaks, good fresh air.

Ashashi

I have been studying since october, but still starting at 11, finishing at around 7. But I do get a bit distracted.

_Chaos

i dont measure my study in hours, i measure it in how much i got done?
like theres no point in doing 8 hours if your only gonna do one or two things!

Sophsxxx

Ah I'm now really scared..I haven't done more than an hour a day for the past week.......:eek:

brian1991

I have gotten very lazy and am only doing a few hours daily, which is not nearly enough. I think I've resigned myself to repeating in 2011.

kev9100

I work from from 11 to 5 every day with two 20 minute breaks. I could do more, but I just get too tired.

brian1991

Here's a useful study guide which I have been trying to follow but have failed miserably:

The daily rhytm is:
breakfast – learning – snack – learning – big lunchbreak – learning - snack - learning - eveningbreak - review
1 h 2½ h 30 min 2½ h 90 min 2½ h 30 min 2½ h 2 h 15 min
This leaves you about 8 hours of sleep, which you absolutely need with this system.
Now this is important: Breaking up your day into four learning sessions like this is a must. You cannot study
efficiently all day for many days without proper breaks. You’ll be dead exhausted after a few days.
In the middle of your 2½ hour learning-sessions you also take a short fi ve or ten minute break - to stretch,
walk around, get a glass of water, and then back to studying. If you fi nd 70 minutes of study a bit long, then
experiment with two quick breaks inside each 2½ hour learning-session.
The productivity of this exact daily routine will blow you away. You are welcome to use it for other purposes
as well (like work). I challenge anyone to give me another daily routine that delivers better results than this
one, without ruining your health.
Where do we fit exercise into this schedule? Into one of the learning sessions... You just take your MP3 player with
some audiomaterial with you and go for a walk, a run or to the gym.
Ok then, what about family time? Into the meal breaks - 1 hour for breakfast, 1½ hour for lunch, 2 hour
eveningmeal break. If you spend that time with your family members, I guess your time together might actually increase?
See, I’ve thought about everything! (Actually I learnt this from others who had gathered lots of research behind
it, tested it myself, and it works magic.)
And in case you wondered, ‘snack’ up there might be a healthy mini-meal, like eating a fruit, a youghurt, some
nuts etc. I never gave you license to eat only chips, cholocate and cookies. All that sugar might actually make it
harder for you to sustain effective learning. So study hard, stay healthy, and be amazed at your results.

Hope this helps,
Brian

CantStandMeNow

kev9100 wrote: »

I work from from 11 to 5 every day with two 20 minute questions. I could do more, but I just get too tired.

Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one whose brain is fried because of work :L

The_D_Man

I have some amount of cramming to do between here and the ninth...I'll definitely have to pull an all-nighter for Physics and possibly Biology...life is tough!

xxmeabhxx

I've been going to the library to study which is good because I get loads done and there's less distractions, did six hours today Only problem is I'm wrecked when I come home which isn't that late (5 - 6 o'clock) and only do another hour maybe.

gant0

I aim for 6 or 7 but usually fall short to around 4 or 5....next week and during exams it's gonna be anytime I can,I study!!:D

dazco

I felt so good on sunday 'cause i got 7 hours of really productive work done and thought this week would play out similar to that....... it hasn't ......got no more that two hours work done each day

zam

I find that I do more when I think about how scary the exams will be if I don't know everything.

aine92

8-12 hours usually, so so tired every day but sure look its only for a short while!

MagsK93

I'm going to try that timetable and see how it works out, right now im doing about 4 hours but it takes me ages to learn stuff and i get very easily distracted definately cramming physics and art the nights before!

telephone

Generally about 12 hours minimum a day. Fingers crossed it all pays off! Got 500 in the mocks but want to increase it to 560!

unknown13

4-6 hours per day

gant0

telephone wrote: »

Generally about 12 hours minimum a day. Fingers crossed it all pays off! Got 500 in the mocks but want to increase it to 560!

Holy Sh1t!!!!with that study you should be aiming for 600...not a chance in hell I could ever do that much!!!don't really see the point in killing myself if I'm gonna get my course with 400 points

Messi 10

So I've learned I'm going to need to step up the study by a small bit.

But anyway to the people who are doing 8 hours or so of study every day, how do you do it?

Seriously, how do you do that without losing your focus totally or getting insanely tired. Even at my most productive for every hour study I do I'd need at least an hour of a break afterward or I'd totally lose my concentration. My problem at the moment though is instead of taking 1 hour breaks I'm taking 3 hour breaks!

xxmeabhxx

Messi 10 wrote: »

So I've learned I'm going to need to step up the study by a small bit.

But anyway to the people who are doing 8 hours or so of study every day, how do you do it?

Seriously, how do you do that without losing your focus totally or getting insanely tired. Even at my most productive for every hour study I do I'd need at least an hour of a break afterward or I'd totally lose my concentration. My problem at the moment though is instead of taking 1 hour breaks I'm taking 3 hour breaks!

I really find studying in a library or at school if your school lets you study there after the grad helps. For me anyway I work better if I feel like people can see what I'm doing (lol maybe i'm just paranoid), there's also less distractions, if I'm at home by myself when my dad and sister are at work then i just do nothing for the day. This may be different for different for different people but i study much better earlier in the day then at night cos I feel tired so try getting up early and going to bed early.

zam

Messi 10 wrote: »

So I've learned I'm going to need to step up the study by a small bit.

But anyway to the people who are doing 8 hours or so of study every day, how do you do it?

Seriously, how do you do that without losing your focus totally or getting insanely tired. Even at my most productive for every hour study I do I'd need at least an hour of a break afterward or I'd totally lose my concentration. My problem at the moment though is instead of taking 1 hour breaks I'm taking 3 hour breaks!

First of all wake up ridiculously early. Get a sheet and make your timetable for the day. I personally plan it around an hour of a subject, then a fifteen minute break, and so on. DO NOT GO ON FACEBOOK for the 15 minute break or if you do set a 5-10 minute timer and log off as soon as it goes off. Discipline!
I give myself an hour for lunch and in that try to get some fresh air which helps your concentration. Conitinue working like this until the evening, and then usually things slow down after dinner so I give myself the evenings off! This is why I get up early...
Also I find meeting friends or taking long breaks in the middle of the day really distracting and makes me lose my focus completely... Maybe that's just me though

lc2010

zam wrote: »

First of all wake up ridiculously early. Get a sheet and make your timetable for the day. I personally plan it around an hour of a subject, then a fifteen minute break, and so on. DO NOT GO ON FACEBOOK for the 15 minute break or if you do set a 5-10 minute timer and log off as soon as it goes off. Discipline!
I give myself an hour for lunch and in that try to get some fresh air which helps your concentration. Conitinue working like this until the evening, and then usually things slow down after dinner so I give myself the evenings off! This is why I get up early...
Also I find meeting friends or taking long breaks in the middle of the day really distracting and makes me lose my focus completely... Maybe that's just me though

Doesn't seem like a bad idea!! Just one question though, what time is seriously early??

Sl!mCharles

Usually around 3-4 but sometimes 5+ and that's always a cause for celebration

zam

lc2010 wrote: »

Doesn't seem like a bad idea!! Just one question though, what time is seriously early??

Haha it's probably not that early. Just for me. Wake up around half 7 and begin working at 8-8.30!

lc2010

zam wrote: »

Haha it's probably not that early. Just for me. Wake up around half 7 and begin working at 8-8.30!

Oh right yeah that seems doable. lol I was thinking you were suggesting some mad time like 6!!:):p

ldxo15wus6fpgm

lc2010 wrote: »

Oh right yeah that seems doable. lol I was thinking you were suggesting some mad time like 6!!:):p

I plan on getting up around 5am each morning during the exams to do some much needed cramming.
Knowing me, I'll be up at 8:50 and racing to get in to the feckin hall on time :rolleyes:

FordieMUFC

4-6 hours a day. Anythign beyond that you're kidding yourself. No way the brain can maintain all the info you process in 12-14 hrs per day. At the end of it all you'll be so wrecked that in those 12 hours you'd really only get a good solid 4 hours done.

x in the city

I did a masters in UCC, about 6 hours a day was the most I topped off. cant imagine lc student would do much more, too much study is going to f**k you over.

get rest and the most important thing is to have a clear study plan.

I started studying for my modules in april, about 3 day per module.

In may it was the serious stuff, again 2 days, 3 days per module.

as long as you cover the stuff thats all the matters, who ever corrects papers are not robots and they mark accordingly, they will know if the student has put in an effort from the paper they correct.

good luck!

Victoria.

At the moment I'm doing about 5 hours study a day and then just flicking through my notes in the evenings when I'm tired. Finding it impossible to concentrate though just can't wait until its over!

zoom!

an hour and a half a day i'd say but I'm gonna step it up today and go for 6. for the first time I'm actually worried about the LC which is a good thing because it makes me study but why am I only getting worried now

gemxpink

Cook!eMonster wrote: »

ive so much cramming to do aswell. Gonna take a leaf outta ur book! As a matter of interest, how do u concentrate for so long?

Sorry forgot about this thread

Guilt! Sheer guilt of not doing anything all year (okay, slight exaggeration) just makes me focus.

Hope the exams are going okay for you!

EuropeanSon

I'm doing 5/6 per day.
I need 4 As and 1 B, including As in Maths and Applied Maths to get my course, a 4-year masters degree in Maths in St. Andrews, Scotland.

bubblz

these days doing about 5 hrs... i dnt start til about 2 cuz i dnt work well early in the day.. sometimes i keep studyin til about half 12 at night...

last yr it was a night before job before all the exams nd i got 420

hoping for 470 but highly doubt that this is going to happen...

callaway92

about 10 mins

zam

I'm doing less and less study as the exams go on! I'm so exhausted from actually doing the exam and get complacent! Ah well sure, it's almost over.

PARARORY

I'm doing less and less study as the exams go on! I'm so exhausted from actually doing the exam and get complacent! Ah well sure, it's almost over

Exactly how i feel! Its 9 o clock and i feel like iv only been home from maths and hour or two...

fufureida

12 hours a day