I plan to stay up till 4 am studying for my history final, and sleep during the 2 hour free period that i have before the exam.

Tell me some of your stories while studying for these large tests... ;o

statix

United States1760 Posts

May 21 2008 03:01 GMT

one time i didnt study at all for a final and got a perfect score

IntoTheWow

is awesome32277 Posts

May 21 2008 03:02 GMT

I always fail while trying to do this kind of stuff. Sometimes i ended up veyr very tired in the middle of the exam, when i tried to study with friends all night long we ended up playing winning eleven all night (i won!).

So i usually grab my 7 / 8 hours of sleep before an important test.

Wizard

Poland5055 Posts

May 21 2008 03:03 GMT

Reflex

Canada703 Posts

May 21 2008 03:08 GMT

There is a study done on students who pulled all-nighters before exams, and students who didn't. It was actually proven that the students who got a proper night's sleep actually did better.

Though if you don't know what the hell you're doing, gl with your all-nighter

~.~

geometryb

United States1249 Posts

May 21 2008 03:14 GMT

I did this once. got a bad grade.

dO_ov

United States190 Posts

May 21 2008 03:17 GMT

you should only cram the material into your brain if you're in deep shit

otherwise, sleep is much preferred.

but again, like intothewow, i tried staying up, ended up playing pes instead..

also, i won too =)

YPang

United States4024 Posts

May 21 2008 03:26 GMT

I think this history final will determine my A or B, so i'm pouring all out... the bad thing is that the day after tomorrow i have my chem final too, which i'll have to stay till 4am... rofl.

ahrara_

Afghanistan1715 Posts

May 21 2008 03:31 GMT

i've pulled four or five all nighters in the last two or three weeks. 2-3 cups of coffee, and a little motivation is all it takes.

honestly, if you're cramming because you're not confident, not getting sleep will hurt you more than it will help. by the time you're in class it'll hurt to stay awake.

terranmetal

Canada153 Posts

May 21 2008 03:33 GMT

#10

I'm all done exams.....mmmmmm sleep, but you want some don't you? Oh yeahhhhh.

BaDayOri

Korea (South)469 Posts

May 21 2008 03:33 GMT

#11

I'm studying for precal final

I have a fuckin 71 in that class. I need at least a 61 to pass the class...

awesome im so smart

BaDayOri

Korea (South)469 Posts

May 21 2008 03:34 GMT

#12

On May 21 2008 12:33 terranmetal wrote:
I'm all done exams.....mmmmmm sleep, but you want some don't you? Oh yeahhhhh.

fuck you nugga

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

May 21 2008 03:48 GMT

#13

I'm only speaking from a highschoolers perspective so..

If you only have a few hours left to study, skim through all the material in about 15 minutes and thats it. I think sleep should take priority over studying right now. Taking tests while sleepy and in my previous cases extremely hungery is very annoying and will often cause dumb mistakes.
So, go to sleep and walk up feeling refreshed, calm, and confident!!!

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

May 21 2008 03:51 GMT

#14

Yeah stuff like that is only useful if you know 0 about the course, then you can cause a massive surge of information into your brain without fully understanding all the concepts, spew it all out, then hope not to need it again. It actually provides a satisfying feeling if you pull it off, but it shouldn't be a common thing.

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

May 21 2008 04:04 GMT

#15

On May 21 2008 12:33 BaDayOri wrote:
I'm studying for precal final

I have a fuckin 71 in that class. I need at least a 61 to pass the class...

awesome im so smart

. . I guess math is hard for some people
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I have a straight 100 in that class, Well i would have if it wasn't for that damn pop quiz , i made a 90 on, which i STILL should have a 100 for but Nooo, 99

YPang

United States4024 Posts

May 21 2008 04:08 GMT

#16

Drinking high caffeinated soda to keep me awake...

Ancestral

United States3230 Posts

May 21 2008 04:15 GMT

#17

I got a 91% on my last macroeconomics exam after staying up all night, and the class average was a 69%. So that's pretty good, but I did get 2 hour of sleep. I find the best way (unless somehow you magically know everything days in advance) is to study hard in the night, get up with a few hours to spare, and then study more. All you'll be thinking about is the material since you fell asleep and woke up with it. Of course this assumes you already have at least a basic understanding of what you need to know.

As far as absolutely no sleep at all, I think you'll just be friend and not do to well. Study as much as possible, but sleep some too, or you'll die.

ieatkids5

United States4628 Posts

May 21 2008 05:40 GMT

#18

im awesome because i do all my studying weeks before the exam and get a good nights sleep (10 hours for me) the day before the exam. (for AP exams)
well, some of the time. other times i dont study at all, but i still get high grades because high school is easy.

Holylight

Korea (South)460 Posts

May 21 2008 06:46 GMT

#19

On May 21 2008 12:08 Reflex wrote:
There is a study done on students who pulled all-nighters before exams, and students who didn't. It was actually proven that the students who got a proper night's sleep actually did better.

Though if you don't know what the hell you're doing, gl with your all-nighter

~.~

Link to study please or else it doesn't really matter now does it

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

May 21 2008 06:59 GMT

#20

That's a pretty frequently cited study actually, though I've never seen the paper itself. Nonetheless it is operating with a pretty general, or rather, normal condition. One can't exactly say that a night's worth of sleep will make you learn a subject the lectures of which you haven't gone to ever.

YPang

United States4024 Posts

May 21 2008 07:05 GMT

#21

Its 2am, i have 2 more hours.