<p>How important is it to get on a good sleep cycle before the SAT? I am taking it on Saturday, and here I am up at 2 doign hw. Is this bad? I will try to get to bed earlier tomorrow and the day after, but this being the week before spring break and all, my teachers are PILING ON THE WORK and i have huge tests to study for in every class :( Am I screwed? I also need to study like )!#%*@%) cuz I keep scoring lowwwwwww :(</p>
<p>same. it's so hard to keep up with so many commitments.</p>
<p>i got orchestra concert this friday. ugh
i got tennis practice everyday. double ugh
i got practice ap compsci test on thursday to study for. ugh
i got a HUGE HUGE ap chem test on thursday also. wow....
haven't practiced for the sat essay at all. </p>
<p>i blame it on my parents and my ambition.</p>
<p>yes zogoto its bad y dont u turn off CC and go study instead of asking stupid questions that waste ur time</p>
<p>It's not bad, just get the same amount of sleep you normally get, maybe 1-2hours more. Do not do anything drastic like 3+ hours more than usual, this is bad and can throw you off.</p>
<p>I highly recommend that you get a plentiful night of sleep before the test. Your brain typically works best on a good night's rest.</p>
<p>I normally go to sleep at midnight...but I'll be in bed by 9:00pm Friday night...</p>
<p>Yeah I'll sleep plenty on Friday night but does anyone know how sleeping late the rest of the week will affect my SAT performance? Traditionally, I have slept early for at least 1 week before all such exams, but this time I can't pull that off, and need to settle for 1 or 2 every day.</p>
<p>Okay, I just did this 2 days ago and it worked. I had a big ap us history test. And I didn't study at all for it--like I didn't even read the chapters yet. So I sat down at 12 and started reading and studying everything. I drank 2 cups of coffee to keep me going. I've never done that for a test before. So the next day of the test which was 1st period, I was completely fuctioning on coffee because I only had 3 hours of sleep the night before. I got the results today..and it turns out that I and another guy were the only ones who made an A on her test out of all of her AP students. Right after that period I had to run for gym, and I finished the miles first. And all I had was 3 hours of sleep before and 2 cups of coffee. I usually sleep late too. Of course..when I came back home, I fell asleep at 6 pm and didn't wake up till 4 am, but at least that major test was over and the next day was 2 hr delay, so it was a free day anyway. So yeah, I may have been lucky, but that was only the 2nd A I made the entire year. On 3 hours of sleep. So who knows..maybe less hours of sleep just works with you and you'll do better if you sleep the way your body is used to. Hope this helped. Oh and I have another huge Julius Caesar test tomorrow in English, and I don't want to pull an all-nighter, but I may have to again. I don't know if that will work though. Maybe it will work just for one test, and in your case, that test may be the SAT. A lot of people told me not to do that cuz it's unhealthy and blah..but I did make an A which I am so effing happy about. :)</p>
<p>wow, and i thought i was the only one. for some of my subjects, it`s not possible. i do that for my world history tests, though. works for me. all the time.</p>
<p>you guys shouldn't like an "a" on some random test determine that the caffeine used is effective and helpful. i htink it's better to just take a SAT practice test w/ caffeine and see if you can keep your concentration. you can probably draw a conclusion if the score is substantiably different with caffeine.</p>
<p>well, i don<code>t take caffeine. i use water. it</code>s healthy. :)</p>
<p>Everyone's body works differently, but in general its better to get enough sleep for at least the 2-3 days before the test. If my son had been in severe sleep deprivation before an SAT, I would have called him in sick the Friday before. Not all parents (or students) would approve of this, of course. </p>
<p>I think's its more important to be well rested for the New SAT than the old one because it's longer and requires even more stamina than the old one. If you can get an extra hour's worth of sleep tonight, and a couple of extra hours on Friday, it's probably worth more than last minute cramming. You should be familiar with the test - but its your brain (supported by your body) that have to get you through it. Best wishes to all of you on Saturday.</p>
<p>thanks.....Im glad there are moms like you out there! my mom is going to let me sleep in tomorrow and i missed my first period today as well...</p>
<p>I hate how teachers pile on work at the last min before the SAT!!!</p>
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<p>I hate how teachers pile on work at the last min before the SAT!!!</p>
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<p>I honestly think the teachers just don't care. My English teacher is also a test prep teacher at my school, so she's obviously aware of the test on Saturday, but she still bombarded us with a massive unit test on Wednesday. Other teachers probably don't even know that an SAT I exam is scheduled for Saturday, unless they are proctors.</p>
<p>i wish you test-takers the best of luck. i`m taking it in the fall myself, so i have some time to prep.</p>
<p>yeah but ur not gonna be getting the easy test...heck you never know they may scew up sumhow in grading and have to give us all 2400's!!!</p>
<p>I'm taking it in May, but I suspect as long as I'm not sleep deprived, I'll stick with my normal sleeping pattern. Part of the reason is too much sleep makes you feel drowsy, too little makes you feel tired...well rested is the key</p>
<p>about the "staying up all night drinking coffee and getting an A" thing. It works for school tests in which u know whats going to be on the tests but it certainly and definitely does NOT work on the sats. The sats are not something which you can just read a list of things and then rattle them off a few hours later. You have to actually use ur brain (at least on the hard questions). Definitely get a good nights sleep.</p>
<p>i concur. it only worked for me in the classes where the A is easily earned. for the SATs, it`s absolutely impossible.</p>
<p>Okay..but listen. Or rather read. You could study in advance for the SAT, but if you usually get 5 hours of sleep, then get 5 or 7 hours of sleep. You shouldn't abruptly change your sleeping habits. Sleep the way you're body is used to. Plus an A isn't easily earned in AP us history. Sometimes not 1 person makes an A on her test, in which case she'll add a curve so there would at least be 1 A. I'm serious..her tests are harder than the AP test itself.</p>