<p>Haha, wow, actually, you're right on the money. that is some CC talent</p>
<p>i pwned him on the final</p>
<p>My experience with all-nighters is that for analytical-writing based classes it can work incredibly well (humanities, social sciences), while other classes (sciences, languages) its less effective. I'm definitely a night-owl, so my most effective studying time was always late-night.</p>
<p>In my experience, the big advantage to working at 4:30am is that there are no distractions. My mind is always clear, even if it's not working at 100% efficiency.</p>
<p>I suspect that the results would be different if the question were changed to "have you ever stayed up all night studying?" It would also make more sense, I'd say, to sample a competitive high school with lots of academic diversity.</p>
<p>Well I just had my math exam today and of course I procrastinated studying until 9 pm Sunday night. So instead of giving up at midnight and probably resigning myself to a D, I stayed up until 3:30 am studying and I can confidently say that I at least got a B on that exam. So staying up late definitely benefits me.</p>
<p>Well, yes, staying up late is better for your grades than just giving up on studying or assignments, but it's still not an ideal replacement for not procrastinating until 9pm Sunday night...</p>
<p>It's less "staying up late benefits me" and more "doing my work benefits me." Makes sense.</p>
<p>I would also suspect that the group of students who have NEVER pulled an all-nighter is really small...</p>
<p>one time i pulled 2 3-day all nighters in the span of about month and a half. That was a trip.</p>
<p>Clearly nothing to brag about, so please don't presume I am. I just think it's pretty outlandish / funny.</p>
<p>Maybe also because kids who don't pull all nighters finish their stuff in a larger amount of time and don't procrastinate. They are the good students. THe kids who pull all nighters tend to be more laid back students and they pull all nighters cos they slacked. By the way i am in the latter.</p>
<p>All-nighters do affect your ability to think - really!</p>
<p>I'm the type of person that never uses caffeine and rarely does all-nighters, but one time, I had to pull three all-nighters in a row.</p>
<p>I was basically stuck on what to do for my essays, so I spent three days and nights without caffeine trying to get my essays done for my early applications. After countless revisions, I submitted.</p>
<p>Let's just say - I'm submitting a new essay for the regular decision round.</p>
<p>Once I caught back up with my sleep, everything seemed easier again. I think it's a whole cycle on how you plan everything.</p>
<p>I try to avoid all-nighters when possible, but unexpected things do sometimes get in the way.</p>
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one time, I had to pull three all-nighters in a row.
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Youch. Three nights without sleep is really pushing the limits on how far you can go before running into serious health problems.</p>
<p>I wonder how many of these "all-nighters" are true "all-nighters." </p>
<p>I'd generally take a few catnaps in the course of a long night studying, or writing papers.</p>
<p>My sophomore year of college, I had a test every Friday at 9:00 a.m., and went to bed shortly after it was over. </p>
<p>I work in a profession where I sometimes have to work extremely long hours. I'e always figured that college prepared me well for that experience, even if procrastination was the proximate cause of my long nights of work.</p>
<p>agreed Greybeard</p>
<p>I've encountered some people who claim that they just pulled an all nighter, and a minute later in the conversation, I actually find out they went to bed at 5am. Sleeping from 5 to 9:30 and then going to class at 10 is hardly an all nighter.</p>
<p>I've pulled 2 all nighters in my academic career. One junior year of high school for an IB Math Portfolio, and one this semester (7th) in college when I had 2 papers due the next day (5 pages, and 20 pages). The 20 page paper turned out very poorly. Probably the worst thing I have written in a very long time.</p>
<p>I suspect the answer is because people who pull all nighters generally do so because they haven't studied prior to the night before. Someone who started studying for a test 3 or 4 days in advance, and therefore didn't have to pull an all nighter is likely much better prepared.</p>
<p>I pulled a real all-nighter two days ago because I have two finals yesterday. Let's just say, I almost passed out after the first final because I was so damn tired! And when I tried to study for the evening final, I couldn't and felt like I forgot literally everything. So yeah kids, avoid if possible...</p>
<p>the only all nighters my Ds have ever done was when the Harry Potter books came out...my youngest- 16, actually got delirious....said she would never do THAT again, well, unless there ever was a book 8</p>
<p>I know someone who pulled 37 all-nighters this semester at Georgia Tech. (what's even more amazing is that he kept count!). He currently has a 4.0 GPA, is majoring in aeronautical engineering, and is receiving his degree in his third year of college. He already has a masters fellowship lined up.</p>
<p>So statistics have exceptions.</p>
<p>Their sample is way too small to be commonly accepted, but the results do make sense. Whenever I take a test on little sleep, I think I always, no matter how hard I try, make stupid mistakes.</p>
<p>correlation is not causation....</p>
<p>1) people who do all nighters are generally in more competitive classes with stricter curves
2) the fact you are doing an all nighter means you procrastinate...its not the fact you stayed up all night, its that even after staying up all night you've still studied less total...</p>
<p>I think its a BS study that should not be allowed publication. 120 people? my cousin had to have more samples than that for her double phd paper.</p>
<p>Hm, I think it depends on the person. Sleep habits have nothing to do with GPA. If you work to do well, you'll probably do well. If you don't you probably will not. If you have a plan and grounding it really means nothing if you sleep at 8pm or not at all. Mind over mater. I mean clearly if you go sleepless for a long while at some point you are going to slip, but one night? BS. Even once a week, every week, I don't see interfering with your GPA.</p>