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Level of Academic Challenge (in percentages)
Seniors
    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 1 0 1
1-5 hours/week 20 23 22 12 19 10 20
6-10 hours/week 24 25 26 21 25 20 25
11-15 hours/week 17 17 18 18 18 18 18
16-20 hours/week 15 14 14 17 16 18 15
21-25 hours/week 9 9 9 13 10 13 10
26-30 hours/week 6 6 6 10 6 10 6
>30 hours/week 8 6 6 10 6 11 7
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations Never 9 8 6 7 6 6 7
Sometimes
Often 35 38 40 38 39 38 38
Very Often 15 16 18 20 19 22 18
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings None 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Between 1 and 4 23 26 25 13 23 11 23
Between 5 and 10 36 37 36 28 34 25 34
Between 11 and 20 25 23 24 32 27 34 26
More than 20 15 13 14 26 16 30 16
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more None 51 50 50 36 47 34 48
Between 1 and 4 40 41 41 56 44 56 44
Between 5 and 10 6 6 6 6 6 7 6
Between 11 and 20 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
More than 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports between 5 and 19 pages None 9 11 8 3 6 3 8
Between 1 and 4 43 45 42 30 41 27 41
Between 5 and 10 31 29 31 39 33 40 32
Between 11 and 20 13 11 14 21 15 23 15
More than 20 4 4 5 6 5 7 5
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports of fewer than 5 pages None 6 9 7 5 5 4 7
Between 1 and 4 31 32 30 24 26 22 29
Between 5 and 10 27 26 26 29 28 30 27
Between 11 and 20 20 19 20 24 21 24 21
More than 20 16 14 17 18 20 20 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 2 1 2 1 2
Some 15 15 15 10 17 8 14
Quite a bit 42 43 43 40 42 35 42
Very much 42 40 41 49 39 57 42
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework emphasizes: Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experiences Very Little 5 5 4 2 5 2 4
Some 25 24 24 17 25 13 23
Quite a bit 38 41 40 38 40 35 39
Very much 31 30 32 43 30 51 33
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework emphasizes: Making judgments about the value of information, arguments, or methods Very Little 8 8 7 4 7 3 7
Some 29 27 26 23 27 19 26
Quite a bit 36 38 38 38 38 37 37
Very much 27 27 29 35 29 40 29
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework emphasizes: Applying theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations Very Little 4 4 4 3 4 2 4
Some 20 20 19 18 20 15 19
Quite a bit 35 36 37 36 36 33 36
Very much 41 40 41 43 41 49 41
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Emphasize: Spending significant amounts of time studying and Very little 3 3 3 1 2 1 3
Some 21 20 19 13 17 10 18
Quite a bit 45 45 47 42 46 38 45
Very much 31 33 32 44 35 51 34
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100