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Maybe I'm missing something, but so far I don't see time to sleep in college... Is it just me or...? It seems that, between classes, friends, and being actively involved in a bunch of activities, there isn't really time...

By Feenotype2 (Feenotype2) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 03:45 am: Edit

Yeah, you just have to learn to use your time wisely. I shouldn't talk though. It's 244 here in Nashville I still am nowhere close to getting my frech composition done.

By Jl87d (Jl87d) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 08:19 am: Edit

"It seems that, between classes, friends, and being actively involved in a bunch of activities, there isn't really time..."

Cut out some Friends and, or Activites.

Either that or invent a way to be human and not sleep. while not suffing a sicotic episode as a result. See- All the nightmare on elm street films. LOL!

By Megofou (Megofou) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 08:28 am: Edit

Simple answer to a simple question...there's not.

If you find a moment, cling to it.

By Welshie (Welshie) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 11:12 am: Edit

The weekends. So far I go to sleep around 3am most every night and wake up around 7 but on the weekends I can sleep in until noonish.

By Nikdanger (Nikdanger) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 03:49 pm: Edit

NO TIME TO SLEEP

i came home for a week break, and i have slept half the time because there is no sleeping at school, at least no quality sleeping.

between construction outside dorms, partying, and people hangin out till three every night, you will not sleep too much.

By Justinmeche (Justinmeche) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 04:34 pm: Edit

The reason why many students don't have much time to sleep is because they try to put so many things into one day. I've never been a big social person and my work always came before social events. Not having a hectic social life makes it easier to concentrate on work but it all depends on your priorities. With the way my life is going investing the majority of my time in my work is going to pay off in a significant way. I have already experienced the consequences of letting distractions get in my way.

By Meth5400 (Meth5400) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 05:31 pm: Edit

i def get sleep-i'm a frosh at princeton. i mean ur classes are over at like 1:20 at least twice a week-no way you have over 8 hours of homework. sleep is really doable-i promise. you may stay up all night or keep odd hours-but you can definitely make up for it!!! hope that helps-honestly, dont freak, you'll be fine

By Idiias (Idiias) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 05:42 pm: Edit

I have come up with a new sleeping schedule just recently:

4am-8am
4pm-8pm

It works like magic. Because at around 4pm, you've finished all your classes and you dont want to start your homework, so those end up being your most inefficient hours(4pm-8pm). By 8:00pm you wake up, which is the standard times for club meetings. At about 10ish, you start studying and doing homework until 3:45 in the library's 24-hour study labs, and then head back to your room and go to sleep again. I really like it so far.

By Xenowang (Xenowang) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 09:25 pm: Edit

Great idea if you want to mess with your sleep cycles.

I've been getting 8 hours a night for the past two weeks or so.

By Welshie (Welshie) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 09:51 pm: Edit

Your body is adaptable like a mofo. I'm sure anyone that tries Idiias' methodology will go through some funky moments but once your body gets used to that system, you will be set. I have a similar schedule:
3am-7am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday
3am-9am on Tuesday, Thursday
With a one or two hour nap after classes. On weekends though, I sleep like a bear.

By Icarus (Icarus) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 10:21 pm: Edit

sleep? what is this "sleep" you speak of? :-P

By Justinmeche (Justinmeche) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 10:36 pm: Edit

My sleep schedule is simple. Weekdays: 1am or 2am to 7am. I am on campus MW: 10am-2pm, Tue/Thur: 10am-630pm, F: 10am-5pm. I commute to campus.

I could never adjust to sleeping for a few hours in the early evening. That is when I am fresh and ready to work.

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 11:15 pm: Edit

Find time at night, peeps. 4 PM to 8 PM sounds ridiculous. That's the late afternoon/evening. That's party time!

By Idiias (Idiias) on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 11:43 pm: Edit

No my friend, party time is AFTER 8pm...Welshie's right, I've had some weird moments, but that's just cause I'm in transition period right now. I will get fully use to it in a matter of days.

I notified my entire floor of my Fall Sleeping Hours, and put up a schedule on my door in case they forget. I am also petitioning to change the buildings quite hours to match my sleeping schedule, no jk, but I really did post my hours on my door.

I know the schedule wouldn't work for some people. If I went to college in my hometown, it would never work. Or people who have jobs, for example. I'm just a freshman in pre-law society and intramural soccer, so I don't have alot of obligations to other things. So luckily I can be flexible...

By Megofou (Megofou) on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 12:10 am: Edit

Right now...I have this beautiful little relax time right in the middle of the day.

Classes 10-12, lunch and rest 12-2 (some days 3) and class either 2-3 or 3-5 or both. That two hours is gold. When I have three, I pop in a movie and sink into recharge mode.

Sleep would be easier at night if I weren't so awake. Night is when I play poker. If I win, I'm hyper. Annnd I've won 4 out of 5 nights. The fifth I had to stay up anyway to write an essay. >.<

I'll get sleep when I visit home.

By Lifeisgood (Lifeisgood) on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 12:26 am: Edit

I think my problem is just that they're so many people I hang out with and so much to do that I never start work before midnight...

By Musicfan805 (Musicfan805) on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 01:01 am: Edit

What school do you go to, lifeisgood?

By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 01:08 am: Edit

There is NO time for sleeping!

Between schoolwork, hanging out, partying, and getting involved around campus...I am SO sleep-deprived. It's 1:07 a.m. and I still haven't finished my Calc problem set. Feel great though (even with the huge bags underneath my eyes)...

Yale rocks...

By Lifeisgood (Lifeisgood) on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 02:02 am: Edit

I second that, Candi... It's so worth it tho

By Maryville (Maryville) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 12:09 am: Edit

I hear ya. I'm usually groggy in my first class (either 9:00 or 9:30) because of the lack of sleep. There is so much going in within the social/academic construct of the university - meetings, friends, exercise and homework.

By Harpgirl27 (Harpgirl27) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 01:20 am: Edit

It's the internet that eats my time, to be honest. night is the only time I really have to talk to friends/family from back home, so I'm routinely up till 2 or 3 am. it's NOT good and something I'm going to have to work hard to break because I've been falling asleep in classes. But it is hard...the environment is such that you have to conciously force yourself to go to bed.

By Guyute (Guyute) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 07:30 am: Edit

just dont waste your time like me. its 6:30 and im 2 pages into a 5 page paper. mehhhhhhh. im gonna go get breakfast in a little while. math at 8, physics at 9. ill just sleep 3-10 tomorrow and then go out and have some fun

By Copper45 (Copper45) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 08:10 pm: Edit

I have PE at 8:30 MWF. That was a mistake. Yes, but I'm all with you Lifeisgood.

Emory '08

By Ledzeppelin1000 (Ledzeppelin1000) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 01:33 am: Edit

ok for college people, there is a sleep schedual that might help, you get 2 1/2 hours or something close to that of sleep. what it is, you sleep for 20 minuets, wake for 4, sleep, 20 wake for. for the first 10 days your body is a zombie. but eventually your body instantly jumps into REM for those 20 minuets, so you get 2 hours of rem instead 1 30 and you feel better than before. now there have been no clinical studies about the long term affects, but its an intresting idea and it does work, if you search the interweb youlle find articles about it. as a side note, people such as thomas jefferson, thomas edison, da vinchi did this sleep schedual

By Idiias (Idiias) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 03:51 am: Edit

you spelled schedule wrong. you are not a credible source.

"The sleep management system predicts that 6 continuous hours of sleep for all personnel is the minimum required to sustain performance and increase the probability of a successful operation. "

"Studies show that this type of sleep deprivation plays a large part in accidents and other poor performance, whether making mistakes with simple calculations, failing to notice vital data, or doctors falling asleep in the operating room. This can be caused by direct lack of
sleep, or by the broken sleep and constant readjustment of the biological clock caused by shift work. "

"If you wish to apply these findings to your own life, you should note one thing. People are not good reporters of their own sleep patterns."

I'm on the 4am-8am, 4pm-8pm schedule and I really like it. Although because of the studies above I think I might switch from 4 & 4. to 6 & 2.

By Fendergirl (Fendergirl) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 09:50 am: Edit

this year i have been getting to be pretty much around midnight - because i know once i start getting assigned more work i'll be up all night or pretty close to it. last semsster (spring of junior year) i was probably pulling 2-3 allnighters per week to accomplish everything.. and at the time i hated myself for doig it,but now i'm glad i have them classes over with.. allows me to take whatever I want my senior year (like maybe three clsases left in my major.. rest are electives)

By Ledzeppelin1000 (Ledzeppelin1000) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:15 am: Edit

all right asswipe, you missed what i said
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/103358/720
that is the url to a website describing what i meant. idiias, you are an •••••••.

By Bellevueteen (Bellevueteen) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:27 am: Edit

Why aren't we talking about combining some of these activities, like sleep and class?

By Welshie (Welshie) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:53 pm: Edit

Bellevueteen, that's just a given . To give you folks an idea of how much sleep I get on the weekends, I crashed yesterday afternoon around 3pm, woke up at 8, got dinner, talked with an international student until 12, crashed again and woke up at 10am. For the mathematical uninclined, that is 15 hours of sleep in a 19 hours span or, in pecentages, that's about 79% of my life during those 19 hours were spent sleeping. Now I am extremely alert and energized for the homework/football game this weekend. I love it.

By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 02:06 am: Edit

"It is important to note that there are no studies as to the long-term physical or physiological impact of this sleep cycle. I really don't know if this cycle is causing long-term damage to myself or not, and if this concerns you, I wouldn't attempt the cycle."

"Uberman's sleep schedule is a potentially dangerous way to increase your waking hours. Although I found success with it to this point, there still may be physical and psychological dangers that I have not yet met, and there may be grave difficulties for others attempting the cycle."


Quotes scare me.

By Kewkiekid (Kewkiekid) on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 05:18 am: Edit

well today's my first day of college, i haven't slept more than 4 hours a night for the last week (before moving) because i'm an insomniac. and now it's 2:15 am and i'm getting up at 8 to do stuff. i'm going to log off and go shower and sleep soon, i hope.

By Idiias (Idiias) on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 02:28 pm: Edit

dude im sorry...i was in transition period of my sleeping hours and wasn't thinking rationally.

anyway, I'm not sure I like the Uberman and I don't understand how that guy takes 20 minute naps in the middle of his workday like that...

By Ledzeppelin1000 (Ledzeppelin1000) on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 06:35 pm: Edit

he sort of just falls asleep for 20 minuets, its like saying, yo im taking a nap for 20 be back soon, and just does it, im pretty sure as long as you told your boss or something it wouldnt be a big deal