<p>I'm just now finally beginning to comprehend that Exeter's 11 PM internet shut-off policy might be problematic for a procrastinator such as myself :)</p>
<p>Does anyone have any advice for how to deal with the Internet shut-off, and other things that might help/assist/inform me?</p>
<p>Having a smart phone</p>
<p>You won’t really need the internet for most of your work.</p>
<p>Is that really? I never knew that; to the best of my knowledge I thought the Internet was needed for most work, for instance, the math curriculum’s virtually “self-learning” system that I presumed would undoubtedly require Internet resources?</p>
<p>That’s interesting.</p>
<p>Have a smart phone that can be a mobile hotspot.</p>
<p>don’t procrastinate :)</p>
<p>For my kid, the key was to find the “math geniuses” in the dorm–from what I can tell, the guys in the dorm help each other out a lot with their work. Probably not after 11 though! As far as I can tell, he has used the internet to access the library for research papers (mostly did that on week-ends) and occasionally for other assignments. Definitely not all the time, though–Exeter is a very print-based and person-to-person learning environment. </p>
<p>You would need some kind of word processing software on your computer though.</p>
<p>I’m almost done with my second year at Exeter, and I can tell you that the internet isn’t really needed after 11. There are websites that work after 11 anyway; such as: Blackboard, Lionlinks, and Webmail. Those are the main sites you’ll need for work anyway. Also, math has nothing to do the internet. At all. We just use our books and calculators.</p>
<p>If you ever want to sleep, you’re going to have to learn not to procrastinate! I think you’ll be fine if you can do that.</p>