<p>I’d estimate that about 70% of us turn in between 12 and 2am, so 10:30-11 is earlier than most, but he wouldn’t really be an outlier. Some areas tend to be noisy past 11 (even on weekdays), but if he says that he’s an early sleeper on the room matching form, they should find a quiet place for him.</p>
<p>I would fall into the group of people that goes to bed between 12 and 2am. My roommate tends to go to bed at least an hour earlier than I do. It’s definitely possible to get to bed by 11 most nights if you manage your time well and aren’t involved in a huge amount of extracurriculars (1st year fall semester…being a frosh, I can’t speak for the other years).</p>
<p>I think the social events mentioned are primarily weekend events, though on some weeknights there are things like watching movies in the dorm courtyard. I’ve found that those sorts of things are fairly easy to avoid if you want to work or sleep. Weekend events tend to be louder, and I’ve never had trouble with noise on weekend nights, but I happen to live in a dorm that blocks out outside sound pretty well.</p>
<p>That said, I think that late nights are definitely a part of campus culture. For me, a lot of the time that goes to “waste” is time spent hanging out with friends (we sit in the dorm lounge and do homework together), so most of the time it’s worth it to me to stay up a little later to socialize rather than sit in my room and work by myself all the time. However, I’m quite confident that there are many people who sleep earlier and are satisfied with their social lives. It’s often said that from school, sleep, and socializing, we have to choose two. At least on a small scale, there’s always some sort of trade-off, so I think it’s really a matter of what each student chooses to put first.</p>
<p>Son chose Mudd over Stanford, Caltech, CMU, Cornell, U Chicago, U Rochester, + others
He has done well at HMC and most likely will be admitted to a great grad school.
Funny how perspectives change. When making his choice he was most influenced by the fact that HMC has no grad students and that the professors main focus is on the students. Now that he is applying to grad school, he seems to be leaning toward schools that either do not have any undergrads or have mostly grad students.</p>
<p>Another current Mudd student :D</p>
<p>I also got into University of Virginia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CU-Boulder, and Colorado School of Mines. I was rejected by MIT.</p>
<p>My sleep schedule is pretty dependent on the day of the week. MTThSa its 12-1, SuTh its 2-4 due to homework deadlines, and Friday its almost always 3 or later(why not?). And if I get behind in just one class all of those times move back an hour. My roommates somehow manage to get to bed at around 12 every single night. I guess they all take school and sleep more seriously than I do, and therefore are just better at getting both (they all made the dean’s list last semester). I’m definitely a night owl, and I’m quite easily distracted, so its hard for me to get the right amount of sleep even though my social life really isn’t that much more interesting than theirs, nor am I doing a whole lot more extracurriculars. I am getting a lot more sleep than I did as a freshman though - during pass/fail I pretty much decided that sleep was worthless and then developed horrible habits. Living with people who get to sleep at a reasonable hour this year has definitely been beneficial. </p>
<p>Very few people are still going to bed at 10:30 by the end of their first semester here. A couple of my roommates pulled it off for the first month of last year*, but now even they find it strange to be in bed so early. This isn’t just a Mudd thing from what I hear - most college students sleep somewhat later than they did in high school. </p>
<p>*Note that they did this while living in East, which is right across from North, which is one of the dorms that plays loud music on weekdays. With earplugs and a little adaptation, one can learn to sleep through surprising amounts of noise and light.</p>
<p>Sorry about the rambling…I’m going to go sleep instead of bothering to edit this ;)</p>
<p>Do you guys take naps??
I’d sleep late and take naps</p>
<p>maruhan – If my Mudderfrosh takes a nap in the afternoon, he doesn’t wake up until the following late morning or afternoon. Feels better, but then has to play catch-up again. Naps can be trouble!</p>
<p>I. Love. Naps.</p>
<p>I take a lot of naps…I have a gap between lunch and class at 2:45, so I’ll often take a nap so I’m more awake for class. I try to limit naps to 20-30 minutes so they don’t mess with my sleep cycle too much, and I don’t think I’ve had any problems so far. I also tend to be somewhat unproductive during awkward gaps in my schedule, so I don’t see taking a nap as a horrible use of my time.</p>
<p>okay, so i totally love naps and i could totally sleep between classes… will it be possible for me to get around 6 hours of sleep a night + 1 during the day, and like 11 during the weekend days… lol</p>
<p>yeah. cuz I take about 2 hrs of nap everyday
hopefully I’ll have a schedule that I can sleep in between classes</p>