What’s the maximum number of study hours per day one should expect? Have a habit of hyper focusing but also leads to burning out, what’s the sweet spot where I can say I deserve some daily rest?

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The hardest part of an MBA is getting in.

Honestly it’s your decision if you want to get onto the deans list (which needs a lot of hours), read every case study and pre reading (need medium number) or coast through (just a few hours needed beyond classes).

Obviously pros and cons to each level of study commitment.

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No idea.

Personally I did a month of intense study for GMAT.
- 1-2 hours in morning
- 30min over lunch
- 1-2 hours before dinner and another few before bed
- tutor 2x a week
- weekend study like FT job
- only took Friday night off to socialize but no drinking. Had a new girlfriend at the time

Got me from 640 to 710 GMAT score between my two tests and ultimately into LBS (MBA2014 grad)

On a different note, my brother in law took all my coursework books and studied one weekend and got 700 which got him into his school.

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2 hours per day

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