Here’s a graphic illustrating the “hours spent per week studying or research outside of class” in the fall term of Senior year:
This seems about right. About a quarter of seniors report working more than 21 hours per week outside of the classroom, but it is a bit surprising that 33% report working fewer than 10 hours per week. Keep in mind that roughly 50% of seniors completed this survey, and that these figures pertain to the fall semester of senior year, which might be much less academically intense for many students.
Another interesting graphic shows post-graduation plans for graduating seniors. Contrary to the prevailing notion that this year has been especially difficult for seniors on the job market, this graphic shows consistent employment/graduate school rates going back to 2002:
It’s possible that the economic downturn has had more of an affect on starting salaries than on overall employment levels, or perhaps the other 50% of seniors who didn’t fill out the survey were disproportionately underemployed for next year.
Finally, here’s one that shows the general level of satisfaction with the quality different Cornell courses:
As expected, satisfaction appears to be negatively correlated with the level of difficulty.
Thanks for the tip, Ferenc, we’ll look into it. Are you using internet explorer? This is the only explanation I’ve found so far– it might be the case that we can’t change this for explorer users.
Strange, we’ll look into it. Thanks.