how much study should we do during a week, for vce?

[Akirus]

I have a friend that worked 5 hours a night in year 11, he pretty much aced everything with full marks. Unfortunately, certain personal issues prevented him from doing the same in year 12.

I'm aiming for 4-5 hours of work each school night this year, with an hour or two of breaks.

Really, I would largely attribute an individual's ability to do a consistently heavy workload to his mental strength (which encompasses various factors, inc. determination, pressure/stress management etc).

[vexx]

I have a friend that worked 5 hours a night in year 11, he pretty much aced everything with full marks. Unfortunately, certain personal issues prevented him from doing the same in year 12.

I'm aiming for 4-5 hours of work each school night this year, with an hour or two of breaks.

Really, I would largely attribute an individual's ability to do a consistently heavy workload to his mental strength (which encompasses various factors, inc. determination, pressure/stress management etc).

although i am very determined to do well, i would not be able to focus on doing any study for more then a couple of hours, unless i was stressed by a sac i had in a day or two.

so yeah it's very different for each person& so i'm jealous of those who are able to do many hours without distraction, go for it if you can. i'd be way to distracted..

[Studyinghard]

To aim for 5 hours a night for a whole year when youre coming of a year of next-to-no study is borderline delusional. You'd need to have a permanent monumental shift in attitude to pull it off. Which is something you cannot EXPECT.

You do know all these comments from you really have a negative effect on people, especially the topic starter. Your not meant to put down someone else's opinion like boysenberry. If he/she  (sorry i dont know) wants to do 5 hrs a day then what does it have to do with you.

I also didn't perform that well in Biology this year (31) and it was my only 3/4, though I had a late start so to speak (I hadnt done 1/2 and there was a little bit of "chaos" which lead to me starting the course 2 weeks into term 1 of 3/4) but I am sure as hell going to try my best and keep going every single day because I have learnt from my mistakes. Then atleast I will be satisfied that I did the best I could and to back me up I know that my best was studying ATLEAST 4 hrs a day. I know how boysenberry feels and trust me its a shit feeling and the only way to change it is to study 4 hrs a day.

When you think about it 4 hrs isnt that much because it could mean different things. You come home at like 4 and you have almost done 1 hr of study at school because you are bound to have 1 spare every day. 3 hours left. Start studying at about 5-7. Another 2 hours done. Have some leisure time/dinner etc until about 9 30 and then do another 1.5hrs or more depending on when you are tired. maybe some light reading in bed which is also studying.

[Akirus]

I feel that this is the bare minimum of mental discipline I require to achieve my objectives. Certainly, though, I can see why others may find it unnecessary and overly taxing.

Many people cite their experiences of little study resulting in big payouts (ENTERs in the 90s), but in my opinion the increased workload is necessary to account for the exponential (?) increase in difficulty as you approach the very highest scores.

[Lighties]

Personally I think 4 to 5 hours every night is a bit over the top, unless you're multi-tasking. If I focus on any one thing for more than an hour I tend to lose interest, and forcing myself to do this every night doesn't seem fun. Unless there happens to be a SAC or an exam the next day, then it's different. =P

However, for those that do study a lot and can manage it, I think it's great - if you can put in the hard work, then why not? I think the amount of studying you do during a week should depend on your preferences and how well you study. Like in science subjects, if you grasp the concepts really well, then there's no need to do endless sample questions which are all basically the same thing.

[*ryan777*]

Personally I think 4 to 5 hours every night is a bit over the top, unless you're multi-tasking. If I focus on any one thing for more than an hour I tend to lose interest, and forcing myself to do this every night doesn't seem fun. Unless there happens to be a SAC or an exam the next day, then it's different. =P

However, for those that do study a lot and can manage it, I think it's great - if you can put in the hard work, then why not? I think the amount of studying you do during a week should depend on your preferences and how well you study. Like in science subjects, if you grasp the concepts really well, then there's no need to do endless sample questions which are all basically the same thing.

+1

[Ilovemathsmeth]

5 hours a night is excessive, and is not advised. I probably did a maximum of 4 hours per night in a very busy week with loads of SACs. It's basically not possible. People burn out, can't concentrate, can't focus - without breaks, you can't even do a 4hr study scheme.

However on holidays (especially September), I know that the recommended hours was 8 at my school. I didn't always get to that, consistently getting to about 5 - 7 hours. Even that is not really advised because I did get really fed up with VCE towards the end. Life became like a prison.

That said, it really depends on the person.

[kyzoo]

4 hours of actual productive studying is a lot harder than just allocating a 4 hour period to studying; sometimes I can waste 30 minutes mentally fatigued and fiddling with my pen frustrated before I realize I need a break. In that case I wasted 30 minutes not working at peak productivity.

[Akirus]

I do agree that maintaining a consistent 5 hours a night is, to say the least, a difficult task. There will most likely be lapses from time to time; that's to be expected. This being said, if you work at a high level of efficiency, even with those discrepancies to account for, the turnover should be significant enough.

My planning does not only cover academic guidelines I want to follow, but rather I try to include any aspect that may have an effect on my output. I have certain measures to manage physical and mental health, which take into consideration as many realistic obstacles as possible, including many of which people have raised in this thread. And of course, the most important aspect of any plan is flexibility. I am prepared to and even expect to deal with various changes that have not yet presented itself.

Everybody is different, with their own limits, tendencies, habits and so on, but what remains a common element for all in their bid for success is the fundamental logic of compensating for these variable shortcomings. Understanding that you have failings, that these failings can be overcome and thus working to address them is crucial to achieving any particular objective, however minor or grand. This, I believe, is key to unveiling the avenue towards your aim.

[NE2000]

Yes, it depends not on the time but on the production. That is why I settled to set short-term goals for each day rather than allocating time, as that meant I would get the production I desired from myself. Also, if you do set a time, resist the urge to go on VN. As much as you may like to delude yourself, VN is not the equivalent of studying, as helpful as it is

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Also, if you do set a time, resist the urge to go on VN. As much as you may like to delude yourself, VN is not the equivalent of studying, as helpful as it is

someone should make that time spent on VN vs ENTER graph =p

[amirite?]

To aim for 5 hours a night for a whole year when youre coming of a year of next-to-no study is borderline delusional. You'd need to have a permanent monumental shift in attitude to pull it off. Which is something you cannot EXPECT.

You do know all these comments from you really have a negative effect on people, especially the topic starter. Your not meant to put down someone else's opinion like boysenberry. If he/she  (sorry i dont know) wants to do 5 hrs a day then what does it have to do with you.

Yeah and boysenberrys comments (<5 hours = not trying) are likely to have a negative affect on a much larger proprtion of the year 12 population. :rolleyes:
I didnt tell her/him to not study for 5 hours. I said that coming from 40 hours of homework a whole year to planning on doing 40 hours homework a week, and then maintaining that for 40+ weeks, is something you cannot guarantee.

[*ryan777*]

maintaining 40+ hrs a week of "effective" study is hard, very hard and its not needed(for the entire year) if you have good study techniques and you make good use of time in class

[kyzoo]

Studying can be likened to a job, so a full-time student should work for 40 hours a week. Time at school contributes towards this total; since we spend 5 hours a weekday in classes, we'll say that school makes up 25 hours a week. There are 15 hours remaining, if we distribute this amongst weekdays we get 3 hours of homework a weekday. It doesn't look that hard =/

But then again you guys are talked about studying outside of school, in that case it's 5.7 hours of study a day and obviously that's excessive.

[Lighties]

I do agree that maintaining a consistent 5 hours a night is, to say the least, a difficult task. There will most likely be lapses from time to time; that's to be expected. This being said, if you work at a high level of efficiency, even with those discrepancies to account for, the turnover should be significant enough.

My planning does not only cover academic guidelines I want to follow, but rather I try to include any aspect that may have an effect on my output. I have certain measures to manage physical and mental health, which take into consideration as many realistic obstacles as possible, including many of which people have raised in this thread. And of course, the most important aspect of any plan is flexibility. I am prepared to and even expect to deal with various changes that have not yet presented itself.

Everybody is different, with their own limits, tendencies, habits and so on, but what remains a common element for all in their bid for success is the fundamental logic of compensating for these variable shortcomings. Understanding that you have failings, that these failings can be overcome and thus working to address them is crucial to achieving any particular objective, however minor or grand. This, I believe, is key to unveiling the avenue towards your aim.

If you don't mind me asking, what measures are they? I'm looking to for ways to study more effectively, and to have more motivation in studying. And I also wouldn't mind being able to study for 5 hours a night.