Be honest.

[LionsandBears]

I'm a last minute kind of girl. My idea of a great subject is one where assessment is 100% exam. I cram leading up to it, scribble furiously for 3 hours during then walk out as ignorant as I was before I started. The text books and learning then come out when I actually have to apply something in the real world.

On of the best things that helped me study was a speed reading course. I was able to use that to get through material efficiently. In my Masters degree half of the readings were supurfluous. It was a matter of working out a logical way to answer an assignment and finding the reference material to back it up. All this worked for me unless the subjects involved maths, in which case I usually had to actually learn something so spent more hours on it. If it was how modern business management is influenced by Marx, Plato or Machiavelli then I just grabbed a few points and ran with it.

The trick with education is knowing how you best learn and adapting accordingly.

[LimeSlice]

No, not consistently! But often, yes, I will spend the full 10 hours per week.

Like Tash, I am a last minute and exam person.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I needed it, which is why i was not able to continue... trying to keep up working 15-20 hours a week, 15 contact hours, being a mum, wife, cook, cleaner etc...
and being pregnant and exhausted i just couldn't fit it all in.
I think it depends on how long it takes you to read, understand, and then contextualise what you are doing. For me i have to do it several times until i am satisifed i have a clear understanding. For others they pick it up real quick. Biology (A&P) was consuming me and it was probably 20hours a week instead of just 10!

[~Kaz~]

I completely agree with Tash

The trick with education is knowing how you best learn and adapting accordingly

I think it really is very individual how much time a person needs to spend. Depends on what else in their life is draining their energy (be that kids or partying til all hours ) and also the subject matter, interest in it etc etc.

I tend to be a bit like peanutter and err on the side of the nerd. And also, I have this lack of confidence thing when it comes to my subject matter that I need to really read, sometimes re-read and completely get it and be able to verbalise it to someone else who doesn't know a thing about it before I'm confident I'll get through an exam or be able to use it professionally etc. Having said that, I did cram a lot during undergrad but for post grad (all of my course work was done pre-pg/DS) I was more consistent and probably put in more hours than they said was required but I was also more interested (mostly) in what I was studying and it was more relevant to my practical work too ITMS.

[Catastrophic]

Honestly... I don't at all...
I never read the allocated readings, I do a lot of winging it :P
and just kick arse on my assignment/exams

[feeb]

I am doing 2 - 3 hrs reading at least 4 nights a week but not effective reading as so tired I struggle to understand things and have to re read!
I am so far behind only done 5 out of 13 modules (we get assessed on our responses and postings on forum) and I need to find articles for essay due to 28 days nad then there is another after that!! Juggling uni, placements, kids is living nightmare lately and I do wonder what I am doing but keep saying it will be better when i am 9 - 5 mon - fri!

In my nursing undergrad I did a fair bit but not as much as I should as living on campus was too much fun!!

My mid I was juggling work and placements and uni and tended to cram before exams and essays.

[Traveller]

I probably spend about 26 hours a week this trimester for 4 credit points. Feels like far too much to me

[AndiE]

Honestly? When I was at uni - I NEVER did 10 hrs per subject. Absolutely NEVER. I worked 50 hours a week and was "at uni" 10 contact hours a week. That was lectures. I didn't go to tutes!

Didn't make a difference to my marks - I'm a crammer, so my last 2 weeks before exams were plain study. Only to promptly forget everything in the subject as soon as I walked out of the exam.

For me, university was only a basic building block to my career - it's life experience and work experience that make me the professional I am today.

^^ Describes my uni experience to a T. I did my assignments last minute, crammed for exams in the 2-3 weeks (sometimes even 2-3 days!!) before hand. I passed ok, but uni really didn't advance me toward my career as such. I was lucky enough to gain a professional placement two weeks after I completed uni and I haven't looked back.

[Sopdet]

I discovered last weekend that I do retain a lot, was out with feeb & Pandora and able to spout info, from a subject I did before I took a break from my degree for a year or so.
My anatomy subjects are going to do my head in - remembering it all!!!!

[*Twinkle*]

No never. I work 40-50 hours a week easy, and honestly I love the degrees I am doing, so I find because I am engaged it's easy. I don't do half the reading and still have a great gpa. I think though it comes down to your own personal learning style.