Well it is very, very tedious. For example, I have one class that requires us to draw 100 different poses per week which totals to around 700 when we reach midterms plus a separate 1000 as midterm project.
In another class, we make small traditional animations for the animation principles where in it's required to have at least 30 frames each, around 50/100 for midterms and finals, then we're supposed to take a picture of each drawing and arrange it on the PC, so most animation students carry a lot of animation paper during 1st/2nd yr.
Very tedious, but it's fun, imo, if you really enjoy drawing since you'll be suffering with like-minded people and the improvement results are quite visible after every term.