What's the longest time you've ever gone without sleep during finals week?

[Hoeboy]

College sucks eh? I got a week of more normal sleep until I have to stay up for finals. I know some colleges already started their finals. Time to start loading up on them caffeine!

 

[CraigRT]

Man, that would really suck... maybe when I am finished working for a while, i'll go to school

right now i'm out of HS for a couple years and employed.

I'm putting off post secondary because i hate school, it can wait.. heh..

 

[Hoeboy]

ah instant financial gratification. tempting but be careful. you don't want to wait too long before going back and getting your degree. you might find out you're the old geek that stands out in class

 

[CraigRT]

<< ah instant financial gratification. tempting but be careful. you don't want to wait too long before going back and getting your degree. you might find out you're the old geek that stands out in class >>



'Tis true... but one of the main reasons I went to work was: I wanted to see how I would like doing what I wanted to go to school for, as a career/job..

I think I could like it better... I'm even considering maybe eventually trying to take up something other than PC / computer related.. we'll see.

It's probably just my employer.

 

[WageSlave]

countless psychological studies have shown that getting a good nights sleep before a test produces significantly higher test results than the all night 'cram' session

 

[S0me1X]

Don't know, my first ever college finals are coming up next week and after

 

[monto]

prolly 4hrs over 3 full days...

damn freshman year when i had 4 finals across 3 days. i do wish i had a good night's sleep, cause i did pretty poorly on one final (dropped me from A to B-), the others were alright

 

[kt]

wageslave is right.. a good night sleep before the finals is good for you. So, you managed to cram the whole book into your head without a minute of sleep. But when it's time to take the exam, you'll realize everything you crammed into your head doesn't make sense cuz you're too tired. It's better to have a good night sleep and know half of the stuff than knowing the whole thing that doesn't make any sense to you.

 

[kt]

<< prolly 4hrs over 3 full days...

damn freshman year when i had 4 finals across 3 days. i do wish i had a good night's sleep, cause i did pretty poorly on one final (dropped me from A to B-), the others were alright >>


4 finals across 3 days.. that's more enough time. I remember freshman year for me, I managed to pick my classes so all my finals are on the same day. My first final started at 8AM and took my last final at 6PM.

 

[Hoeboy]

ah. for me i work well under pressure. in fact i tend to get better grades cramming than actually studying early.

 

[Flashram]

I just got back from my first final. I have 4 more on Thursday and 1 Saturday. Can't wait for this week to be over! I'm never taking 18 hours at the same time again. Oh wait, I'm doing it again next semester. ARRHRHAGGGG...

 

[Spoooon]

I always make sure I get a decent amount of sleep before tests. There's no point studying if I can barely keep my eyes open.

 

[Hoeboy]

anyone else here find that the first night you try to stay up to be the hardest? the ones after that aren't too bad.

 

[kranky]

Went without sleep for about 4 days. Of course, I kidded myself into thinking I would spend all that time studying and I didn't. I could have easily gotten a few hours every day. On the last day, a bunch of us were at breakfast in the cafe, which faced the rec center across the street. I pointed out the four people who were over there playing pool and asked how in the world anyone could have time to play pool during finals week, and was informed that there was no one there. Sadly, I was hallucinating.

That was the last time I stayed up that long during finals, and managed my time much better in the remaining semesters.

 

[Pyxis]

I'm usually fine during finals week. But I'll find out next week if that's still true. Now this week is a different story. I had three 12 page essays due today and I started them on Thursday night. I knew about those papers for 2 months. Let's just say that I didn't sleep much this weekend. I even managed to sneak in a trip to a nightclub.

Don't know what it is with me and papers but I just can't seem to start them until a couple of days before they're due.