<p>I usually do all of my work asap, but a lot of things have kept coming up this semester. So, I've been pulling all nighters a lot more lately just to get my work done.</p>
<p>Anyone else find themselves doing this a lot? LOL. Advice on staying awake would be greatly appreciated. I've thought about taking my Adderall (prescribed for ADD) but I don't want to run out before my next refill, so.</p>
<p>Why would you “pull allnighter” and waste your precious time posting on CC? </p>
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<p>I don’t think I’ve ever pulled an all-nighter for school work. Usually it’s just to reset my body clock.</p>
<p>Because I was finished with my homework at the time, thanks though. I find it impossible to wake up if I don’t get a certain amount of time. I can’t really drag myself out of bed either, since I suffer from pretty bad fatigue due to a disease. LOL. No big deal though. </p>
<p>No reason to be rude. :)</p>
<p>And mortal, really? LOL. That’s kind of nice though. Lucky. </p>
<p>I really wish sleep wasn’t required. More time to do everything and still be lazy.</p>
<p>IMO the only good explanation for having to pull an allnighter is that you’re really bad at time management. </p>
<p>I’ve pulled a lot of allnighters before, and I’m telling you, DO NOT make this a habit. Just complete your work on time</p>
<p>^This. If you’re pulling regular all-nighters, you need to improve your time management skills or quit some extracurriculars. There should be enough time most days to get your work done, study, and relax or socialize. Besides, all-nighters will make you more sluggish and thus less productive the next day. </p>
<p>My advice is not to take Adderall or drink more caffeine but to seriously look at your schedule. It’s amazing the work you can get done in what you thought were small pockets of time throughout the day. For example, my classes don’t start until ten or eleven, so by waking up at 8:15, I can be in the library by 8:45 and get 1-2 hours of work done. By cutting my lunch down from one hour to a half hour, I can get a decent amount of reading, flashcard reviewing, or paper brainstorming in. Etc. Or by scheduling office hours with a professor the week before a paper is due or before an exam date, you force yourself to prepare before your meeting. It’s a tough adjustment to make when you’re used to just having enough time to get everything done without having to think about it, but it’s one that becomes surprisingly easy after a week or so.</p>
<p>Moreover, in my experience, people tend to exaggerate how little sleep they get. This means that you might think a large proportion of your school’s population is also pulling regular all-nighters, or at least sleeping very little, but they’re actually getting a decent amount of sleep (6.5 hours+) most of the time. In other words, there’s no reason to be pulling regular all-nighters (or even all-nighters at all).</p>
<p>I have never pulled an all nighter so far and I am a junior. I plan to once or twice this semester because my printing class always has a couple open studio all nighters for work and fun. I didn’t do it last semester because I had to work early.</p>
<p>One Adderall and you should be able to get a fair amount of work done…I always use it when I have to pull an all-nighter. </p>
<p>I have rarely HAD to do all-nighters though. I think a lot of people panic when they have a lot of work and assume they have to stay up all night. You can manage your time much better than that. I am kind of a slacker, but I just get my work done when I really have to, no breaks, no excuses. The times I have been forced to stay up are rare.</p>
<p>Wasn’t really looking for advice on how to avoid them, thank you though. I really do appreciate it, especially the fact that you’re so nice about it. I love all nighters tbh, but I am working on avoiding them. It’s too hard to catch up on sleep with them, and there’s no real point. I’ve been using a printable weekly schedule. Still trying to plan it out, but I think it’ll be pretty helpful. </p>
<p>I would be screwed if I didn’t have my adderall. I only take it when I’m exhausted after a full nights sleep or when my ADD is horrible. Well, I have taken it to get me through work and homework before. I go through about 9 pills a week at most. Which sounds awful. BUT, it’s ir. Meaning it doesn’t last long. It only lasts for about 2-3 hours for me, so.</p>
<p>RoxSox, I’m kind of weird because I don’t panic about all nighters. I work extremely fast (and manage to do A LOT better ) when I know the deadline is coming up. I work better under stress I guess?</p>
<p>And one adderall does get a lot of work done. I don’t use it for all nighters, just because I don’t want a crash right around 6am or so. LOL. </p>
<p>I do love how it brings out my creativity. I rarely use it for assignments though, just because I don’t it to become a habit or for people to think I need adderall to get good grades.</p>
<p>The latest I’ve stayed up working on something was one a.m…and it was a week before the paper was due. </p>
<p>I like working on something in increments and doing what feels like a billion writes and rewrites, edits, etc. on everything I do. I would suggest starting early (as in, as soon as you get the assignment) and do tiny bits every week. All that helps:)</p>
<p>Yeah, starting early is obviously what I need to start doing LOL. I always work better under stress though, so.</p>
<p>I’ve never pulled an all-nighter. The latest I’ve stayed up working on homework is around 2:30am a few times though, and then went to sleep for a few hours.</p>
<p>All nighters are completely unnecessary.</p>
<p>Clearly no one in this thread is an engineer.</p>
<p>Apollo, that’s just your opinion. It’s not really a fact… </p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of students (including me) stay up all night to finish work that has been put off. </p>
<p>I can think of situations where an all nighter is kind of required though. For example, a professor of mine posted our weekly assignments late. We have two days to finish a weeks worth of work now. I normally spend 1-2 hours daily trying to finish all of my homework for this class… I’m sure if someone has a busier schedule than mine, an all nighter may be needed.</p>
<p>Like I said before, I wasn’t looking for what you think of all nighters.</p>
<p>Fall semester consisted of lots of all-nighters because I didn’t study for a big exam, so I would just study all night long. Nevertheless, I did well on my exams, but losing that much sleep was so not worth it in the long run - I literally crashed into deep sleep for a week during Christmas break! My work ethics and study habits have improved a little, but still needs work. Because I’m a perfectionist, I constantly review more material than I should. I’m trying to tone down this semester. I haven’t pulled another all-night yet, and I hope I don’t need to!</p>
<p>I’ve pulled quite a few all-nighters these few years of college. And every time, without fail, I realize it’s because I’ve been sitting around on my ass all day procrastinating. </p>
<p>I get really cranky when I do pull all-nighters, so I try to sleep before 12 nowadays. Also, those energy drinks and coffee does nothing for me. At all.</p>
<p>I’ve only pulled a couple of all-nighters, and that was because I had a 15-20 page paper due in a week, and I hadn’t had time to really type everything out. I try not to pull all-nighters; it doesn’t end pretty for me or anyone around me.</p>
<p>I don’t try to pull all nighters but I do sleep pretty late when studying for midterms and finals. I need some sleep so my brain could function during the actual exam.</p>