A recent study shows college students aren’t studying as much as they should be, but they still are getting the grades they desire.

The study, published by the National Survey of Student Engagement, found 11 percent of full-time college students study 25 or more hours a week, which the NSSE believes is the proper amount a student should study.

Forty percent of students reported studying fewer than 10 hours per week.

Stephanie Guido, a freshman pre-physical therapy major, said studying more than 25 hours a week is just too much to ask.

“Nobody wants to study for 25 hours a week, that’s too boring,” Guido said. “I only study 15 hours a week.”

Although this year’s study found the typical student isn’t putting in the “appropriate” 25 hours or more to achieve his or her grades, 40 percent said they earn mostly As, while 41 percent said they earn mostly Bs.

“You can get As and Bs without studying that amount,” said Brian Murphy, a sophomore physical education major. “If they are classes within your major, they are naturally going to come easier to you, I would think.”

Other NIU students said the study fails to acknowledge other aspects of college life.

“College is not about academics all the time,” said Vince DaCosta, a sophomore business administration major.

Other important aspects include going out and meeting and connecting with other people, DaCosta said.

Although individual statistics are not available to the public, this year’s study included 163,000 students from 472 colleges and universities across the nation. NIU was not one of the 25 Illinois schools that participated in the study, according to the NSSE.

The NSSE was founded in 1998 at Indiana University and has conducted the study each year since, which has given institutions detailed reports about students’ performance and opinions on different matters involving university life.

Besides statistics on students and their studying habits, the study also found that 90 percent of students described their college experience as “good” or “excellent.”