<p>Just wondering. This is a purposeless survey fueled by pure curiosity.</p>
<p>I usually get 6-7 hours a night (even on the weekends).</p>
<p>5-7 hours - varies.</p>
<p>I sleep usually around 12-2 (mostly 1) and wake up at 7ish.</p>
<p>During my freshman year, because all my classes started at 10 or later, I got like 9 hours of sleep every weeknight. But now this fall I have 8AM lectures every day… I’ve been getting 8 hours this summer though.</p>
<p>Usually 4 hours a night. This is from having 8AM classes, research from noon until 7pm, frat and club stuff afterwards, making dinner, and starting psets around 10pm (every night). </p>
<p>Sometimes on weekends I did 14-hour sleep cycles, but I still had time to go out and hang out with friends. And party too woot! :)</p>
<p>This summer? Probably around 4-5 hours a night, due to work and research.</p>
<p>8-9, due to work and research.</p>
<p>6-7 on weekdays, 9-10 on weekends. I’m trying to do 7.5 weekdays, and 8.5 weekends, and I’m slowly getting there.</p>
<p>9-10 hrs during the summer haha</p>
<p>depends on what I have to do in the morning…TuTh I wake up at 6:30, so I get like 7 hours of sleep or less. MWF and weekends I get close to 9. yaayyyy. probably will be more consistent during the school year.</p>
<p>4 hours during school, 12 hours during vacation</p>
<p>Just depends on when I get to sleep. No matter what, the crack of sunshine wakes me up. I’m always up around 8, haha</p>
<p>I usually get 6-7 hours of sleep every night. I don’t understand people who sleep/take naps during the day. If I even sleep 10 min. I feel like I’ve wasted the entire day.</p>
<p>On a similar note, Psych 133 (psych of sleep) has changed my life forever.</p>
<p>10 hours weekday
4 hours weekend</p>
<p>12 in the summer haha 7 during school</p>
<p>tree fiddy</p>
<p>Can someone please explain to me how you able to focus on learning and maintain mental clarity on 4-5 hours of sleep every night? What stimulants are you taking? Coffee? Energy drinks? Adderral?</p>
<p>Or are you doing that whole polyphasic sleep cycle thing? Help me out cuz I want more hours in my day too if it means no negative repercussions.</p>
<p>Lol ,this is somewhat irrelevant to the topic, but on finals week, I usually go 2 and a half days without a wink of sleep. </p>
<p>^And coolaid, i dunno if you’re serious or not but it does take a toll on your health. That coffee ain’t calorie free! In all seriousness, you get used to 4 hours a sleep and anything more starts feeling like vacation.</p>
<p>@mariokart64
(I loved that game btw)</p>
<p>I am serious. So do you just keep drinking coffee on your 2.5 day sleepless binge? I have a fast metabolism and am actually trying to gain weight so calories from coffee is of no worry to me. </p>
<p>Also, what you are suggesting is that if I sleep 4 hours/night for a given amount of time I will eventually become used to it and not feel as sleep deprived as when I first begin the 4 hour/night sleep cycle? If so, how long was the adjustment period for you?</p>
<p>LOL, you so funny coolaid. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t do 2.5 days without sleep unless I really have to, and it usually is the case for me during finals week. But i just drink a ton of monsters and coffee. </p>
<p>I am not saying that you will no longer feel sleep deprived as much as I’m saying that you will be used to feeling sleep deprived. Get it? If you gotta sleep at 4 to do psets or readings, and gotta wake up by 8 for class there’s not much you can do but power through it. But then you always crash on the weekends.</p>
<p>I’m gonna assume you’re an incoming frosh. My advice is don’t have this attitude that you gotta make 4 hour sleep schedules for yourself. Cuz truth is you’ll be dozing in classes, really stressed out, and it won’t work for you. Learn how to better manage the time you already have in your day.</p>
<p>I don’t know. My high school friend did polyphasic sleeping (2 hour naps twice a day) during his entire junior year of high school. He took 6 AP classes that year and got an A in every one. </p>
<p>Google polyphasic sleeping. You will find that people who sleep around 8 hours per night get only a fraction of that in REM sleep. REM sleep is the most crucial sleep cycle for brain restoration. The other hours of sleep are essentially not as important. </p>
<p>When one goes on a polyphasic sleeping cycle, their brain adjusts within a few days-weeks. After the adjustment period, the brain will utilize only REM sleep during the 2-hour naps. So essentially, you get the crucial benefits of a good night sleep without sleeping 7-8 hours per night. </p>
<p>I am going to give it a try for the next few weeks. See how it goes. Starting tonight. So I will be back awake around 3AM. Night night.</p>
<p>Coolaid - How do you make sure you get exactly the right amount of sleep though? I want to try the polyphasic sleeping thing too but… I don’t really know when I’m going to fall asleep when I set my alarm lol.</p>