How many hours a day do you devote?

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Successful individuals in academia and professional careers often dedicate significant hours daily to studying and internalizing complex material, particularly at the graduate level. The discussion highlights that the amount of study time is highly individualized, influenced by personal intelligence and the necessity of learning for research purposes. Participants express a preference for practical learning over traditional methods, such as textbooks and lectures, indicating a shift towards self-directed study tailored to specific needs.

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to your career/academics? this is a question to people maybe past the graduate level who are successful? when i look ahead the courses i'll be taking senior year and at the grad level i get the feeling that i will probably have to be studying for a very very long time each day to internalize them fully. is this true? i know this is heavily dependent on my own intelligence but I am still curious how much other people study.
 
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there was a poll similar asking this exact same question. scroll back a few weeks and you'll find it in this section.
 
I only read/learn stuff when it's necessary for my research.

I don't think I'd ever go through a textbook; ie. over the questions, ever again.

Likewise, I don't think I'd sit in on a lecture series; even though the opportunity would be there -- I had ideas of doing this when a graduate student.
 

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