Finals time! How do YOU pull all nighters?

[UCDznutz]

Finals week at my school (UC Davis) and LUCKY ME, my hardest class and we get the first final of the whole freakin finals schedule (monday 8am). I'm wondering how i'm going to pull this all nighter off.

Its already 2am, still got a bit of studying to do. In between sections i'm giving my mind a break to think, checking ATOT of course, and lifting some weights to get my blood pumping a bit. Just got my first cup of coffee for the night too. So how do you guys pull off the all night cramming before finals? I think i'm going to need some help around 7am.

 

[ElFenix]

i have never once pulled an all nighter for school. other things, yes. school, never. if you're missing sleep because you're doing schoolwork, you're doing something wrong. thats my philosophy.

unplug your computer from the intarweb would be my advice, though.

 

[Ryan]

It's simple - I sleep

I usually just take the day off from work, and study during the daytime.

 

[UCDznutz]

ehhh i slept earlier and woke up around 11 so i could do this. For some reason i just study better at night. Its gotten me this far with great grades so why stop now?

 

[weezergirl]

i've only pulled an all nighter once for a test and let's just say it was easy staying up but once i got to the test i was half asleep! so yeah, that was bad. i don't do that anymore. i at least try to get 3-4 hours. which will prolly happen tonite (2 finals tomorrow kill me nowwwwwwwww)

 

[ed21x]

if you keep the room cold, you don't get tired.

 

[Spoooon]

Last time I stayed up all night was for a paper. I just stayed up. On occasion, I would go play with the dogs or something, but mostly I just sat and plugged away. General, all nighters are good for doing homework, not learning. So if you are actually studying, do yourself a favor and do it during the day and try and get plenty of sleep otherwise.

 

[tcsenter]

Adderall is your friend. j/k

 

[quirky]

I have to agree with ElFenix. "If you're missing sleep because you're doing schoolwork, you're doing something wrong."

 

[dethman]

i sleep.

 

[weezergirl]

Originally posted by: quirky
I have to agree with ElFenix. "If you're missing sleep because you're doing schoolwork, you're doing something wrong."

lol, i can't think of one person that hasn't missed sleep cuz of school.

(currently 3 out of 4 roommates are up studying for finals while the other one is MIA..prolly at her bf's studying and everybody i know online is up studying for finals as well!)

 

[tcsenter]

I have to agree with ElFenix. "If you're missing sleep because you're doing schoolwork, you're doing something wrong."

Or you're poor. A lot of people don't have mommy and daddy cutting checks for them and have to work while going to school = very little sleep.

Although, to be fair, a lot of people don't well manage that 'socializing/studying' or 'play/work' dichotomy.

 

[LS20]

done it many many times that my bio clock just doesnt demand the 7.8 hours anymore

not cuz i study hard, just cuz i slack off

 

[quirky]

Originally posted by: weezergirl

Originally posted by: quirky
I have to agree with ElFenix. "If you're missing sleep because you're doing schoolwork, you're doing something wrong."

lol, i can't think of one person that hasn't missed sleep cuz of school.

(currently 3 out of 4 roommates are up studying for finals while the other one is MIA..prolly at her bf's studying and everybody i know online is up studying for finals as well!)

if they hadnt slacked off im sure they wouldnt have to stay up studying for finals right now

 

[weezergirl]

Originally posted by: quirky

Originally posted by: weezergirl

Originally posted by: quirky
I have to agree with ElFenix. "If you're missing sleep because you're doing schoolwork, you're doing something wrong."

lol, i can't think of one person that hasn't missed sleep cuz of school.

(currently 3 out of 4 roommates are up studying for finals while the other one is MIA..prolly at her bf's studying and everybody i know online is up studying for finals as well!)

if they hadnt slacked off im sure they wouldnt have to stay up studying for finals right now

doesn't matter. they are all 3.5 gpa and above at ucla engineering school (CS/CSEE/EE majors!) and they're all girls too...

when you make grades like that, who cares if you slack off? and actually i'm the worst slacker, the rest of them don't really, they just study really hard.

 

[quirky]

perhaps I should take that back. i know its pretty unrealistic to study every single day in the academic calender and I wouldnt recommend anyone doing that (cause then youd be a total loser ). Im just saying you make decisions and you deal with the consequences

nonetheless having to pull an all nighter... thats pretty bad.

plus if you think about it, realistically how much can you learn in one night. ive always thought all midterm/final review sessions do si tell you if you're screwed or not

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: quirky
perhaps I should take that back. i know its pretty unrealistic to study every single day in the academic calender and I wouldnt recommend anyone doing that (cause then youd be a total loser ). Im just saying you make decisions and you deal with the consequences

nonetheless having to pull an all nighter... thats pretty bad.

plus if you think about it, realistically how much can you learn in one night. ive always thought all midterm/final review sessions do si tell you if you're screwed or not

all nighters= the most efficeint studying possible ~ i feel pushed to the limit in how much I can cram, and instantly forget after the final

 

[UCDznutz]

ahhh guess i don't have to pull an all nighter anymore. finished all the sections i needed to study and now i'm just bored. 3 hour nap time woohoo!

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

Im pulling an all nighter and just took a break from writing my damned journals due at 7 this morning. Well they arent gonna be done any time soon, im supposed to have 75 FULL pages, hand written, single spaced, i started at noon :Q Dayum. I have about 35 full pages right now. lol

 

[TallBill]

holy crud thats a lot of pages...

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

yea. my fingers are sore as hell too and i hardly can type let alone move a pen. its weird. my left hand that is just sitting on the paper holding it hurts more than my right...

Im surprised im this far, i have a friend thats in the same boat as i am but she writes about twice as fast as i do, and has bigger handwriting too oh well!

 

[First]

Depends on the person. Some people can stay up for 24 hours without sleep, some for 48 hours. I had to stay up for 48 hours to finish my nForce2 roundup and then take a final last Wednesday. In fact, I'm staying up now, studying for another Final tomorrow, at which point I'll only have one more to go.

It also depends on your job and/or other such obligations. Working for AnandTech pretty much demands that you stay up longer than the vast majority of college students. Anand regularly does it. I do it every so often (obviously it's pretty bad now with finals and all), and so does Matt, Kris, etc.

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

i stayed up for 64 hours one time during summerschool this past summer. I was behind in my hw and the classes werent exactly easy either, i just had no time to stop doing work work work. I just about passed out when i finally got to bed. :Q I was able to stay awake for the most part in the classes too, 80% alert id say. Compared to night swhen i was getting maybe 3 or 4 hours of sleep i was actually more awake in class during that marathon time, i know its unhealthy but i couldnt get myself to go to bed, i had to do the work

I definatley felt the sleep catch up to me the week after....

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Depends on the person. Some people can stay up for 24 hours without sleep, some for 48 hours. I had to stay up for 48 hours to finish my nForce2 roundup and then take a final last Wednesday. In fact, I'm staying up now, studying for another Final tomorrow, at which point I'll only have one more to go.

It also depends on your job and/or other such obligations. Working for AnandTech pretty much demands that you stay up longer than the vast majority of college students. Anand regularly does it. I do it every so often (obviously it's pretty bad now with finals and all), and so does Matt, Kris, etc.

I hate it when i have to stay up to play with new free pc hardware!

 

[First]

Originally posted by: bob970

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Depends on the person. Some people can stay up for 24 hours without sleep, some for 48 hours. I had to stay up for 48 hours to finish my nForce2 roundup and then take a final last Wednesday. In fact, I'm staying up now, studying for another Final tomorrow, at which point I'll only have one more to go.

It also depends on your job and/or other such obligations. Working for AnandTech pretty much demands that you stay up longer than the vast majority of college students. Anand regularly does it. I do it every so often (obviously it's pretty bad now with finals and all), and so does Matt, Kris, etc.

I hate it when i have to stay up to play with new free pc hardware!