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1. How many hours do you sleep per night at Bryn Mawr?

a)      less than 4

b)      4-6

c)      6-8

d)     8-10

e)      More than 10

1. How many did you sleep prior to Bryn Mawr?

a)      less than 4

b)      4-6

c)      6-8

d)     8-10

e)      More than 10

1. How many hours a day do you spend working/studying in preparation for your academic courses?

1. How many hours a week do you spend in extracurricular activities that are part of the college (clubs, a capella, dance troupes, team sports, intramural sports, SGA, Bi-co news, etc)?

1. How many hours a week did you spend studying on an average in senior year of high school?

1. Do you feel like you are stressed out after you got here? On a scale of 1-10 (1 being not stressed at all, ten being most stressed).

1. How would you rate the changes that have taken place in your life after you got here (1 being all negative changes, 10 being all positive changes).

1. Would you say your lifestyle has become healthy/ unhealthy after you got here? (On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being extremely unhealthy and 10 being very healthy)

I sent the survey to a random group of people - people in my classes, in my hall, people I work with and people I know in campus. I did not limit survey-takers to a certain group since I wanted the results to be varied and not be affected by my choice of a certain group.

I asked the questions to compare people's habits between high school and college. I also wanted to see if there is a correlation between perceived level of stress and amount of hours put into work. My questions made people think about how much time they potentially work, and reflect upon their sleep and habits after they came to college. In that sense, they may have acted as nudges since people will reflect on their choices and lifestyle pre and post college.