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Level of Academic Challenge (in percentages)
First-year Students
    Doctoral/Res.   Bac- Bac-    
  Extensive Intensive Master's Liberal Arts General Top 5% National
    Col % Col % Col % Col % Col % Col % Col %
Preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, rehearsing, and other activities related to your academic program) 0 hours/week 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
1-5 hours/week 17 22 22 11 18 5 19
6-10 hours/week 24 26 26 19 24 14 24
11-15 hours/week 21 18 19 18 19 16 19
16-20 hours/week 16 15 14 18 16 19 16
21-25 hours/week 10 9 9 15 11 18 10
26-30 hours/week 7 5 5 10 7 14 7
>30 hours/week 5 4 4 8 6 13 5
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations Never 11 9 8 8 7 7 9 31 39
Often 35 36 38 38 38 38 37
Very Often 14 14 15 17 16 24 15
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings None 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
Between 1 and 4 15 18 19 7 16 4 16
Between 5 and 10 37 38 37 25 37 19 35
Between 11 and 20 33 31 29 40 32 39 32
More than 20 15 13 14 27 14 38 16
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more None 86 83 84 84 83 81 84
Between 1 and 4 11 13 12 14 13 17 13
Between 5 and 10 2 2 2 1 2 1 2
Between 11 and 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
More than 20 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports between 5 and 19 pages None 13 13 12 4 9 2 10
Between 1 and 4 49 49 49 41 50 34 48
Between 5 and 10 27 27 27 36 28 41 29
Between 11 and 20 9 9 10 16 10 19 11
More than 20 2 2 2 3 2 4 2
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports of fewer than 5 pages None 3 4 3 2 1 2 3
Between 1 and 4 27 25 23 15 19 15 23
Between 5 and 10 32 34 31 32 30 30 32
Between 11 and 20 24 23 26 30 28 32 26
More than 20 14 14 16 21 21 22 17
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework emphasizes: Analyzing the basic elements of an idea, experience, or theory Very Little 2 2 3 1 3 0 2
Some 20 20 21 13 21 8 19
Quite a bit 45 44 45 41 45 37 44
Very much 33 34 32 44 31 55 35
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework emphasizes: Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experiences Very Little 7 6 7 3 7 2 6
Some 32 31 32 24 32 17 31
Quite a bit 39 39 40 41 40 38 40
Very much 22 24 22 32 21 43 24
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework emphasizes: Making judgments about the value of information, arguments, or methods Very Little 10 8 8 5 8 3 8
Some 34 32 31 28 32 23 31
Quite a bit 37 38 39 40 39 39 38
Very much 20 23 22 27 22 35 23
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework emphasizes: Applying theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations Very Little 5 5 6 4 5 3 5
Some 26 26 27 23 26 18 26
Quite a bit 37 38 39 38 39 35 38
Very much 32 31 28 35 30 44 31
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Emphasize: Spending significant amounts of time studying and Very little 3 3 3 2 2 1 3
Some 19 19 19 13 16 7 17
Quite a bit 45 44 46 42 45 32 45
Very much 33 34 33 43 36 61 36
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100