Does University get easier as you go along? I hear it does if so why?

i cant imagine course content getting easier. as time goes on you develop skills and habits needed to do well. thats why your grades will improve, not because it gets easier.

You'll get used to the lack of sleep.

I cant say from experience, but I would say the courses get harder, but you get more interested in the courses you are taking, so from that aspect you really like what you are doing and therefore its easier, also you get used to the "style" of uni... But im sure theres some mind blowingly hard courses bound to cause some tears in my future

Edit: Of course I could be wrong!

I am in my third year now, my marks are definitely better from first year. I am more used to the campus, and hamilton which helps as you don't feel like a stranger to McMaster. Another thing is you understand how to do well in your classes.

that depends entirely on yourself

^ What Ryan above said. I know people on both sides so it really depends on if you're determined to improve & become more interested in your upper year courses.

if anything u get used to the pressure/stress/the routine cycle

Like everyone has said so far, the content definitely is not easier in upper years. However, the courses tend to be more focused on specific topics, which I feel makes it easier to study for them, since there are fewer topics to look into. You just need to know those topics really, really well. And it definitely does help that you get used to the routine and (hopefully) learn how to manage your time better and all that as well.

Depends on your program. In many programs, the second year is supposed to be your 'most difficult' year.

Depends on the program.

1st year - adjustment, getting used to how to study and living away from home.
2nd year - usually fairly easy.
3rd year - depending on the course load, is pretty easy
4th year - if you're doing a time consuming thesis and working on applications/interviews for grad school it's pretty difficult.

Depends on what courses you take, and how you manage stress.

For instance, I found first year of science to be very easy compared to my next 3 years of hell studying physics.

Yes, and no..

I mean, you learn how to deal with certain courses, study, manage your time, balance, etc. But the courses/content get more interesting since you have more say in what you take, yet they definitely don't get easier. I also totally agree about getting used to the lack of sleep over the years.

Originally Posted by ~*Sara*~

Yes, and no..

I mean, you learn how to deal with certain courses, study, manage your time, balance, etc. But the courses/content get more interesting since you have more say in what you take, yet they definitely don't get easier. I also totally agree about getting used to the lack of sleep over the years.

Can one expect to sleep for at least 5 hours a night on average or even less than that? o_O

Originally Posted by herBs

Can one expect to sleep for at least 5 hours a night on average or even less than that? o_O

It depends on the program of course, but the problem is lack of consistency. So you can find yourself sleeping for 4 hrs a day one week, and then a whole week with all-nighters, and even some weeks where you have "nothing" and you can get 8 hours of sleep. So my problem (besides procrastination of course), was getting used to the variability.