<p>i get seven hours of sleep, if i'm really lucky. But have a nice cup of caffeinated chai tea every morning, which works until i get to school and the teachers start lecturing about some utterly pointless topic.</p>
<p>I CAN'T, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES function AT ALL without sleep.
If I only get like 6 hours of sleep a night, I'm DEAD. Quite literally.
I think I'd end up choosing grades and sleep. Who CARES about having fun and actually talking to someone once in a while? Who CARES?...I do. (Oh God, I'm going to seriously die.)</p>
<p>To those at BS now...is giving up one of those three worth it? Or would you rather be back home with all of them?</p>
<p>While it's certainly true that there isn't enough time in the day to do everything you want, you don't have to give these up if you are good at managing your time. I know people who choose all three everyday. The one you drop usually depends on the day. On Thursday nights, most people won't sleep much, but they'll sleep a ton on the weekends. If they have an easy homework night, they'll socialize and sleep, but the next night they'll work on a paper. The one you give up usually alternates, so you won't find up failing, friendless, or exhausted.</p>
<p>If it is really true about the late hours at SPS, I may rethink having my youngest daughter apply there next year. I like the mandatory study hours at most boarding schools, and the lights out by 11:00. This structure helped my daughter (currently at BS) maintain her GPA, get enough sleep, and still have time to socialize with friends.</p>
<p>If you really want you can put your daughter in study hall. Many advisors will put their advisee in study hall, or parents will request it. Either way its not that big of a deal.</p>
<p>As I said in a different thread girls dorms tend to go to bed much earlier then guys dorms, which I feel these supposed late hours are coming from. So I feel she will get plenty of sleep.</p>
<p>For girls dorms I seem to believe 12 is when most are asleep.</p>
<p>I've heard that said about every school I've gone to, boarding or not, as well as every college to which I applied. I wouldn't worry too much about it. I certainly felt that I had time for all three (in addition to 4 - just sitting around doing nothing) during my time at Exeter.</p>