first all nighter

<p>um yeah I will def. have to pull one tonight for my AP chem test tomorrow...gah, i always wait til the last minute</p>

<p>Whoa. 120 algebra problems??? That is definitely insane!</p>

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so whats the least amount of time you guys have slept in a whole school day (just those 5 days)? mine was probably 8 hours in a really bad week when we had tests almost everyday and all the procrastination caught up with me.

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<p>You've never slept less than 8 hours a day? Or did you just type that in wrong? It seems like you mean a week, in which case it was probably around 30 hours for me.</p>

<p>lol yea i meant week. the least amount of time ive ever slept in a week was about 8 hours</p>

<p>Monster energy drinks are very helpful, but if you're doing work that doesn't require deep analytical thought, I would suggest listening to fast paced music, it will help you stay alert and awake.</p>

<p>Suggestion: when pulling an all-nighter, take power naps every one to two hours or so (I've found that my optimal power nap duration is 17 minutes; yours might be different). If you do, it'll be much easier to stay awake the next day. Also, in my experience, all-nighters are more productive if I periodically refresh myself in this way so that I'm not half-asleep when I work.</p>

<p>However, what's more important is that you manage your time well enough so that you never have to pull an all-nighter in the first place. Easier said than done I know (also from personal experience :P).</p>

<p>I cannot do power naps, they do not help, as I just end up sleeping. I can't do the napping thing, I'm too much of a heavy sleeper to do it. I just stay up and stay active. I have to be doing something, either writing and doing some problems or typing away at the computer.</p>

<p>You can't really tell if I've slept 16 hours, 1 hour, or my regular 8, as I can just pull it off. Usually when I'm off, I'll just blame my lack of sleep even if I get 16 hours. Most people don't know that I am pretty good at being active without much sleep so it's an excuse that I can pull out time and time again. :)</p>

<p>Naps can work well... if you are able to wake up! Sometimes it helps me, but it screws me over when I wake up at 6:30 and it is time to go to school. If you don't wake up then you're screwed. What will happen to me is every time I have an all nighter... or I only get like 3 hours of sleep or so, I always tell my self that I'll never procrastinate again. Three weeks later the same thing happens lol. I find that it isn't the homework that is so bad, it is just the nights before tests that cause me to stay up for most/all of the night. This is probably because I do my homework as quickly (but neatly!!!) as possible and therefore the material doesn't stick. My advice: Get whatever h/w you have for first and second period done right away... even if it is the most time consuming. Then if you have a nap and don't wake up till it is time for you to go to school you can (possibly) do some studying for later classes and/or do h/w for later classes in your first two periods or at brunch/lunch. Granted I know this is sometimes not possible because of certain teachers or certain activities at lunch and such, but that has definitely helped me get some extra sleep on some days. </p>

<p>Wow long post.</p>

<p>EDIT: Well QuixoticRick I completely agree about naps. You posted while I was typing so I didn't see your post, and therefore would have probably written less about napping if I had seen your post. Nice excuse btw. :)</p>

<p>I will probably be pulling an allnighter tomorrow. </p>

<p>This is the most horrible week ever, currently it is:
2 tests tomorrow (Econ; teacher has no idea what she's saying, and French)
1 test Thurs (Math; don't understand)
2 tests Fri (Stats, Physics; don't understand)
Lang reading/annotation due tomorrow
Lang reading/annotation due Thurs+"pop quiz"
Lang edit note (weekly grammar hw) due Thurs
Lang OP ED due Thurs (in depth analysis of an OP ED from the Times, basically a short paper)
Read 150 pp of a novel by Thursday
Write Rough Draft of paper on the novel/another novel by Friday</p>

<p>That is on top of regular math, french, stats, econ, and physics hw.</p>

<p>oh and I have trouble with naps too. Nobody can ever wake me once I sleep.
If i want to sleep, i SLEEP.</p>

<p>Welcome to the club.</p>

<p>One day, this was my hw schedule (all due the next day):</p>

<p>1 15 Page APUSH Paper about a President
1 4 Page APUSH DBQ
1 5 Page AP English Final Draft about crap
60 Pages of APUSH Reading </p>

<p>needless to say our APUSH class was on the verge of declaring war on our tyrant</p>

<p>my first all nighter was camping out on black friday. not on academics; the irony haha</p>

<p>im a freshman and i havent pulled any all nighters yet. :)
the latest i stayed up was probably 2:30am but then i woke up at 7:30 so it wasnt that bad. but i cant get my body to get to sleep BEFORE 12:00am. it just wont let me :( oh and i also find that if i eat when i get home, ill usually nap around 5 and wake up at 9. then im always fresh and can concentrate on my hw. but sometimes i dont have any hw so i cant sleep! ill probably pull some all nighters soph/junior year</p>

<p>I am a junior this year and in AP classes but I have only stayed up until midnight, and that was only once. I just do homework over the weekend.</p>

<p>only one and that was on an airplane on some 6 hour trip</p>

<p>Please, PLEASE just conserve your time and don't wait to pull an all-nighter. . .we, as teenagers, especially need our sleep! I pulled hardcore all-nighters during summer@brown and they were AWFUL. Not funny, not fun. That's just me though. . .:/</p>

<p>I haven't pulled any all nighters yet, but it may come soon if I don't get cracking on my mock trial stuff. I'll probably try for at least four hours of sleep, since I do indeed need to function the next day.</p>

<p>I have pulled soooo many all nighters you guys would be jealous, but i usually will take a nap during the day to help me out.</p>

<p>I hate redeye flights for that reason. But it seems that you don't really have a choice when flying from the west coast to the east coast, outside of getting up at 4AM to drive 2 hours to San Jose.</p>

<p>Horrible weekend
It's 4AM and I've currently done 23 pages---two more sections to go.
!@#$%</p>