This article by Kurt Nelson originally appeared on Medium.

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This article by Kurt Nelson originally appeared on Medium.After reading through ArchDaily?s article on the hours architecture students work outside of class, I was curious. I made it through a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree and I?m currently enrolled in the Master of Architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania, so how does the time I spend on coursework stack up to the average of 22.2 hours per week" Granted, the data they presented only represented first-year students, but it could still be an interesting comparison. With that in mind I set out to log one week of my time, just like you would at a job. Here?s what I found.
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Going into this, I expected that I?d come out above the average of 22.2 hours per week, but I was a bit taken back at just how far above the average I was. Using their metric of time spent working on projects for class, I?m at 61.5 hours per week. Altogether, I dedicated 84.75 hours to architecture in what felt like a fairly typical week. Given 168 hours in one week, that puts me at dedicating just over 50% of my time to architecture. Throughout this past week I?ve never been alone in studio; oftentimes I?m surrounded by the rest of my class as we?re all plugged into Spotify and endlessly tweaking whatever happens to be on our screens at that moment, which leads me to believe that the numbers...