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I think this would be an interesting discussion. How much sleep do you guys get, and how are your grades? If you don't want to tell about your grades, just say how much sleep you get. And maybe: sleep vs. college acceptance?

By me on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:00 am: Edit

4 hrs p/night -- 4.0 GPA; accepted to uChicago EA, applying to HYPS.

By veena on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:20 am: Edit

8 hrs ... umm gpa not relevent im an international....

By heat on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:39 am: Edit

3-5 hours a night-3.8 gpa

By hey on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 12:04 pm: Edit

9-10 hrs p/night --- 4.00 gpa; acceptedto gatech, harvard and MIT!!!

By BerkeleyDude on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 04:45 pm: Edit

6-7 hrs/night... 3.9...stanford, yale, berkeley (where I'll be attending)...and volunteering on weekend for about 8-10 hrs. i'm going to berkeley because neither S or Y gave me much financial aid...at least for what my parents can afford...

By curious on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 04:47 pm: Edit

BerkeleyDude,

how much did they give u (if you don;t mind answering)? i got into Yale and i'll be on the work-study prog. plus loan plus the little aid they gave me. i hate them!

By BerkeleyDude on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 04:50 pm: Edit

they gave me around 7000, which is barely enough for my parents. it sucks!and my parents can definitely afford berkeley, so that;s where i;'ll be haeding. i got rejected from Harvard and Princeton, which was okay.

By curious on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 04:51 pm: Edit

same here..rejected from harvard and princeton and stanford 2.

By cardinal on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 04:53 pm: Edit

6-7 hours 3.6 gpa accepted Stanford ED

By 7 hours. on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 06:15 pm: Edit

7 hours... we dont do it out of 4.0 so 93 UW and 100 W... im aj unior so idk where i'll get in. oh, and i take on CC class out of school and have clubs every day, too.

By hh on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:17 pm: Edit

1 hours/month. accepted to Yukon University.

By um...no on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:20 pm: Edit

4.0 (inflated community college grades boosted my GPA) - 7-8 hrs. Accepted to Tufts University ED.

By zzzzz on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:22 pm: Edit

4-5hrs...one all-nighter every 3 wks. 4.5 gpa..4 APs.

By fav on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:22 pm: Edit

4 hrs 4.0 UW 4.8 W accepted Harvard, Princeton, Cat Tech, and Stanford

By hi on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:25 pm: Edit

6-7
3.76 or so UW
MIT defer

By xaph on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:27 pm: Edit

only pulled 2 all nighters in my whole life. 3.6 gpa. got into johns hopkins early decision. 8-6 hours a night. study time = 0-2 hours a day. rarely more than 1..

By wha on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:40 pm: Edit

i never sleep... im addicted to caffeine.. caffeine pills rule! i have 3.9 gpa and applying to most ivy schools

By Burberry (Burberry) on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 08:46 pm: Edit

usually only have to pull all-nighters because it's my own damned fault mostly... procrastination... on avg. 30min hw a day, lots of sleep, 4.0+ GPA but weighted with 5 AP's total. and i'll also be attending DeVry Community College.

By gocardinal on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:44 pm: Edit

6-7 hrs/night...SAT 1430...3 sat 2's avg. 730...gpa 3.9...substantial EC's...rejected from: princeton, mit, caltech, and harvard. got into: stanford (ED), berkeley, notre dame, brown, nyu, ucla. didn't apply to other ivies. go cardinals!

By dxiw on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:46 pm: Edit

sleep: 6-8hours
gpa: 3.8UW,4.4W
never study unless i need to. Like if i know I have a test coming up I will plan out the time it takes to read the material 3 times and then do it a little everyday. If no test coming up then play on the pc!

By ram on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:01 am: Edit

sleep 4 hours
work 6 hours
study 0 hours

um 3.7 gpa
1320 sat
sat II 670,650, and 780

um practice in the morning, work after school and then sleep. im home only at nights! what a life!

By whatsup on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 02:01 am: Edit

gocardinal and berkeleydude, can i have ur e-mail addresses? thanx

By sleep or no sleep on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 05:08 am: Edit

3.9 gpa
6-8 hrs sleep (maybe less!)

By CardinalGirl on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 03:57 pm: Edit

mine:
6-7 hrs/night...weekend 3-4 hrs/vounteer...2 varsity sports each year soccer and b-ball (damn i didn't get recruited for soccer!!!!!)...gpa 3.8UW...took 8 AP's and 6 honors...sat 1310..sat 2 average 690...many other EC's

By yawn on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 05:48 pm: Edit

6 hours 4.0 GPA 8 APs 1520 SAT overconfident idiot I pulled an all-nighter once....

By Francesca on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 06:57 pm: Edit

4-6hrs a night and still get good grades.
I'm curious to find out whether anyone thinks there is a relationship between good grades and the hours of sleep people get??? Any thoughts?
Also, does anyone, like me, hate getting up in the morning??? I do, especially when its raining and freezing cold.
Fran

By JK on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:43 pm: Edit

0 to 5 Hours a night.
3.0 GPA.
1500 SAT

No, my GPA has nothing to do with my sleeping habits. I routinely ace tests after an all night programming fest.

By astonished on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 10:05 pm: Edit

how can you guys have 8-10 hours of sleep and still manage to get into MIT and Harvard?? Do you do homework or what?

By Sleepy and bored on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 03:28 am: Edit

Some people are extraordinarily smart and can do their homework in a snap, some have lousy teachers who don't give homework, and some have no extra curriculurs or extraordinary time-management skills. *sigh* I wish I was one of them.

By hvags on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 03:13 am: Edit

"astonished." getting into Harvard with 8-10 hrs sleep is common. i'm currently on my second year at Harvard College. I never pulled an all-nighter in high, managed to get at least 6 hrs of sleep per night. my AP teachers graded based on tests...there was never a homework...well, book reports.

By me on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 03:23 am: Edit

How has that guy already gotten in to Berkeley? They don't send stuff out until the spring. Anyway, 5-6 hours, 4.333 W GPA, only a junior. Hoping for Berkeley

By Liz (Liz) on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:01 am: Edit

Low end of a 3.9 UW, 1550. 5-6 hrs of sleep per night - but it's my own fault. I procrastinate like mad. Hoping for Columbia? I really don't know yet. Just a junior.

By ionstan on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 02:51 pm: Edit

5 to 7 hours of sleep on weekdays

7 to 9 hours on weekends

9 to 11 over holidays

I need my sleep! And the reason why I have little sleep on weekdays is because I waste time...

4.00 UW GPA but I have bad time management skills

By Kk02 (Kk02) on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 03:09 pm: Edit

In the night, it wouldn't be more than 6 or at most 7 hours if I'm lucky. Many times I get a short nap in the day too. (1500, 90/100 HS, Intl).

I don't manage time, man, college deadlines killed my sleep, not more than 5 hours a day near Jan 1. Damn!

By ionstan on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 03:20 pm: Edit

haha yeah me too! all my applications were sent on the postmark deadline. yay~

I really need to stop procrastinating...

By ??? on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 03:30 pm: Edit

when you guys say rejected/accepted to like four schools what do you mean? Only early decision has happened so far. How could you know about Harvard and Princeton and Yale???? Or did you apply last year? sorry, just wondering if i'm retarted.

By jack on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 04:21 pm: Edit

5-6 hrs of sleep, 3.6 gpa ( 6 APs though)

By yayay on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 05:27 pm: Edit

5-7 hours of sleep, 1550 SATs

By Nosleep on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:55 pm: Edit

10/11 hours 2.5 GPA

By BUMPER on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:32 pm: Edit

BUMP

By appple on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:55 pm: Edit

4h , 1.98GPA, 1580SAT

By damn on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 10:24 pm: Edit

slept for 8-9 hrs 9th, 10th grade
5-7 hrs of sleep 11th, 12th grade

800M, 700V, 750 SAT 2 average, GPA 3.5 uw
Deferred from MIT

By Cicero (Cicero) on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 10:44 pm: Edit

3hours of sleep per night ... I'm dead on Fridays But coffee is very good ... the taste sucks but good caffiene. Chocolate also helps. 4.4 UW GPA. 4 AP's, 3 Honors. 25 hrs work/week. 5 hrs volunteering. Few EC's but they take up tons of time. Insane teachers that give hours of homework and a million tests!

By Dyip10 (Dyip10) on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 11:32 pm: Edit

Cicero, it's impossible to get 4.4 UW GPA. If you get an A in AP class, you get a 5.0, however that's considered weighted not unweighted. So the best you can ever get unweighted is a 4.0

By Jiggaman on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 09:48 pm: Edit

4 - 6 hours p/night, all nighters one to two times a week because of last sem. analytical mechanics class. 3.97 UW, 4.4 W. Go espresso.

Clubs, sports, 3 college classes (2 junior/senior level physics, one senior level math)

Accepted UChicago EA deferred MIT

Don't put too much work into this ••••, you only get to be a kid once.

By Jiggaman on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 09:50 pm: Edit

btw, 1570 SAT

By Cicero (Cicero) on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 12:38 am: Edit

sorry, I meant Weighted ... not enough caffeine that day I guess

By Useatoothbrush (Useatoothbrush) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 11:01 pm: Edit

Uh 3-6 hours per night, usually not because of homework but because I can't get myself into bed before 1 AM. I have pulled a couple all-nighters before and about once every week or two I stay up until 4 AM getting something I procrastinated on done. I can't do homework on the computer until it's very dark outside and most of my family has gone to bed. Oh yeah, 4.0 uw and 1560 SAT.

By Dori on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 02:21 am: Edit

2-5 hours on school nights
12-14 hours weekends

somewhere between 3.3 and 3.5 gpa unweighted

all AP/honors

5+ hours of homework EVERY night

3 HUGE extracurriculars: drama, marching band (fall only), and religious youth group. i get to school at 6:50 AM every morning, and usually get home between 5 and 8 PM.

1380 SAT, 30 ACT, retaking both in spring

i'm a junior

By MaritimeEnthusiast on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 02:50 am: Edit

I sleep 2-4 hours a night. My GPA is 3.3 weighted. I used to sleep far more than that, but this year I'm taking my first AP class (chemistry), and it's *loads* of work. I'm a junior, btw.

By meh on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 02:02 pm: Edit

Sleep whenever I feel like it...
3.1 GPA, 1480 SATs

By college crazy on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 02:22 pm: Edit

usually 5 hrs of sleep a week...this semester, more like 3 hrs (3-6 AM). taking all possible APs, 4 point something GPA, 1570 SAT I.

By moi on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 04:07 pm: Edit

3-5 hours sleep, 5.0 GPA, 1170 SAT

By incognito on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 12:41 am: Edit

About 6 hrs of /night; GPA: 95.837

By Jenniferelaine (Jenniferelaine) on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 12:16 pm: Edit

6-8 weeknights+Friday
11-13 Saturday

29 ACT, 3.8 GPA (HS) 4.0 for college work (so far). didn't apply to any "reach schools", couldn't find any that I liked.

By RUNNINGDAN on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 06:11 pm: Edit

This forum further confirms my suspicions. We (teens) need 8 1/2 to 9 hours and 15 minutes of sleep a night. This needs to be constant to coincide with our natural internal clocks and ensure that we are healthy, but it is not. Recent published studies have suggested strong correlations between lack of sleep and the propagation of certain properties found in corticosteriod immunosuppresants. That is, the lack of sleep below the needed mean and failure to attain constant sleep patterns takes on average 10-15 years off of your average life expectancy if habit. This is attributed to the suppression of the immune system as a result of lack of REM and advanced replication processes occuring within the final hours needed around hours 8 and 9. Short term memory loss, incapacity to properly sort through emotions, and irratibility ensue as a result of aquired neurotransmitter imbalances. As serotonin and dopamine levels decline these conditions not only become more permanent and constant but nerve impulse propagations result in the translation of mechanisms similar to those experienced while taking certain drugs and certain amounts of alcohol. I am currently applying to Princeton RD and have a 3.9 GPA UW/ 4.8 GPA weighted. I have a 1500 on my SAT (800v/700m). Why am I posting this? I am posting this because I have identified an injustice that is being commited agianst all of us. We need sleep, deserve sleep. Constitutional protections in supreme court cases identifying the pretensions of the preamble and general welfare of citizens of the country of the us are in violation. I invite you to all out protest across your respective institutions across the country. I am currently in the process of petitioning the surpreme court and discussed the issue with supreme court justice david souter at an advanced studies law and government class i have taken recently. At my high school i have founded a specific society dealing with injustices such as this and other concerns I have. We can change, we need to change. Focus needs to be on quality and betterment and not quantity and competition. I hope i have your support. I will keep you all updated on my ventures and invite everyone to draft amicus documents in our favor and give them in support of my efforts to fight on behalf of the injustices our competitive capitalist society has created-- the proliferation of inadequacy-- WE WILL WIN-- WE MUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Sleepy and Bored on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 06:55 pm: Edit

wow - i think youre right. Most of the homework that we have that keeps us up at night is purecrap and we don't learn anything. It's time to get rid of such homework.

By MaritimeEnthusiast on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 01:27 am: Edit

You got a point there, runningdan...

By nyguy on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 08:58 pm: Edit

hes right, dont waste your time with hard classes in high school. i wish i was living in oklahoma in a school with only 1 ap and i could just study and get a 1500 sat and then spend like an hour a night of homework. i kinda wish my environment was less competitive

oh yeah

7-8 hours 99.0 weighted and 1440

By Dori on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 01:26 am: Edit

speaking of sleep...i'm going to bed now

By MaritimeEnthusiast on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 01:40 am: Edit

Still, I have to take that class. Everybody I know started taking AP classes last year, but I didn't because I didn't have the prerequisite for the one I wanted (chemistry), and I thought it would be too tough anyway. This year I'm taking chemistry, next year I'll take Calculus and Physics C-- I can't send colleges a card with absolutely no AP classes, and these classes are a lot of work...

By wer on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 07:20 pm: Edit

cardinal dude, how can you get into stanford early decision and all those other schools?

you are supposed to withdraw your application after getting into an early decision program.

you are either a liar, or you breached contract with stanford.

By matt on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 02:25 am: Edit

I usually get about 4-5 hours a night of sleep...this isnt, however, because I study alot I just enjoy my tv and computer and having fun. I do study at night though, I usually dont start homework untill after about 9 or 10, I feel more awake during those hours. I would say that im an ok student with 3.8 gpa unweighted, and 213 psat score...(ap calclus, us history, and english) as a junior. I think I must make some of this lack of sleep up on the weekend thought when i routinily sleep in untill 1 or 2 in the afternoon, 12 hours of sleep.

By igotpants2000 on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 10:33 pm: Edit

geez runningdan youre totally right usually i get like 4-5 hours in at night. i go to a private school (high school) and it totally sucks were supposed to have 4 hours of homework EVERYNIGHT... damn why cant my teacher be nice... neway great thing youre trying to do hope it works... seriously well im off to bed now cya

By Studiousvegetar (Studiousvegetar) on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 09:46 pm: Edit

4.0 UW
7 hours a school night
10 hours a weekend

By Greenbean25 (Greenbean25) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 06:30 pm: Edit

4.5 W GPA (3 AP + 2 honors)
6-8 hours
vasity basketball, tennis
piano
internship
have yet to take the SAT's and ACT's this year (taking in april)

im a junior

By Smiles on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 03:02 am: Edit

I don't get how people get 7+ hours of sleep and get good grades and do all the extracurriculars they say that they do...
For me, I get home usually not before 6:00. I shower, do some chores and stuff like making dinner, waste time on IM/TV/phone, sometimes fall asleep, do stuff for service activities, student council, newspaper, etc, then get to that thing called homework... I'm a junior w/ 4 AP classes and about a 4.07 GPA, so...
Sleep varies from week to week... Last week, I didn't get more than around 3 hours Sunday-Wednesday... Usually, it's around 5... (get to bed around 2:00, up around 7:00) :-)

By Jenniferelaine (Jenniferelaine) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 10:42 am: Edit

I'm just the oppisite, I don't see how you can consistently function on less than five hours of sleep a night (though I've been known to do it). There is no way you're giving yourself enough of a break to be able to function at 100%.

By lily on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 10:40 am: Edit

7-8 hours of sleep; 4.0 GPA

By WorkAHolic on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 02:58 pm: Edit

2-3 hours per night 3/4 - 6 AM

All Honors/AP classes since freshman year

4.0 UW GPA / 5.0 W

2 / 323

Two Sports / 4 Clubs

Work After School

By me on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 03:51 pm: Edit

5 hrs nite
3.85/4.6 UW/W
ALL AP's (finished all the hrs)
All American Swimmer on State Champwinning team 5 yrs running

By mike johnson on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 04:52 pm: Edit

usually a little under 7 hours and my gpa is 3.9 in all ap classes (im a freshmen)

By sleepdebtor on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 02:30 am: Edit

last year 4.8 GPA and 5.5 hours
senior year 4.8 GPA and 8 hours (Hell yeah)

By sleepdebtor on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 02:30 am: Edit

last year 4.8 GPA and 5.5 hours
senior year 4.8 GPA and 8 hours (Hell yeah)

By Geoff on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 07:19 pm: Edit

4.1 UW (note. A+ = 4.3)
sleep would be about 7.5 hours/night. I could get more, but I simply cannot get to sleep before 11, even if I go to bed at 9. So, it is not due to workload.

By yo on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 08:08 pm: Edit

4.25 out of 4.5... how we do it in our school
on 4-6 hours a night

By Haiyaa (Haiyaa) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 12:26 am: Edit

4.0 uw
3-6 hrs of sleep per night

It all depends on how badly I procrastinate.

By Phantesi (Phantesi) on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 10:33 pm: Edit

7-8 hours, 3.9-4.0 gpa
Lack of extracurriculars is my problem-small town USA doesn't bode well with the whole college application process.

By Amphionkid06 (Amphionkid06) on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 06:10 pm: Edit

Is anybody here a Junior (5th former) at a New England boarding school? I'm a freshman, and all I hear are horror stories about how much work I'll have to do when I become a Junior. As one senior put it "don't worry, you'll get used to sleeping at 3:00 in the morning, 5 nights a week." Anybody else at boarding school have thoughts about sleep/homework during Junior year?

By Track4life17 (Track4life17) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 11:39 am: Edit

By moi on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 04:07 pm: Edit
3-5 hours sleep, 5.0 GPA, 1170 SAT


hahaha, heres an example of a true moron who just works his ass off, probably sending all day in his room doing and not actually learning anything...anyway, i just found that amazingly hilarious, as for me: 4.1 GPA (W), 1550

By Fyre (Fyre) on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 03:27 pm: Edit

I get a proud 3 hours of sleep a night.
I have 4.4 GPA. SLEEP IS OPTIONAL!!!!!! tehe that's my motto!

By Dree (Dree) on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 03:33 pm: Edit

9 hours a night, 4.0 GPA, accepted to MIT

By Jimjunior (Jimjunior) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 01:27 am: Edit

5-6 hours a night. I could get more like 7-8 if I wanted to, but I'd rather read a book or watch the news. i am tired during the day but my mind functions fine

1520, 4.0 UW
1/180

By Hahaha (Hahaha) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 01:54 am: Edit

8 hours a night, more some nights.
SAT- 1560
ACT- 35
3.92 UW
1/267

By Nautical_2000 (Nautical_2000) on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 02:16 pm: Edit

5-7 hours; 4.0 GPA

By Sar (Sar) on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 06:51 pm: Edit

9 hours/night if no time on internet.
5-7 hours/night if on internet.
95.8 gpa, 1510 sat, no preps.
ECs optional.

I'm going to med school. Yes, I'm serious.

Prestige schools? NYU and Cornell.
The rest don't really matter. Prestige schools don't matter, either. I'm going to a med school. hehehehehe.

By Utop114 (Utop114) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:02 am: Edit

Whats the best way to be up all night. Preferable safe way too. Whats the bast way to be energuzed in the morning as well.

By Ashleycrombie (Ashleycrombie) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 10:23 am: Edit

8 hours a night, when i have varsity sports in the afternoon. varsity softball (fall), varsity basketball (winter). lots of clubs, MUN, etc.

if i don't have sports that day, usually wednesdays, i take a 3 hour nap in the afternoon, and then 8 hours at night. 11 hours a day.

work: max 2 hours a day
study: never. only the day before a test. or two days, depending on what it is!

gpa: 3.9 unweighted
lots of honor rolls
great social life
generally a very happy person =]

oh and i'm a junior in high school
taking 5 APs and 1 IB-Higher Level this year

By Ashleycrombie (Ashleycrombie) on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 03:12 pm: Edit

anyone else?

By Girlinbraids (Girlinbraids) on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 08:43 pm: Edit

On Weekdays: 7-8 hrs of sleep
On Weekends: 8-11
GPA: 3.9 Weighted
SAT I: 1440
SAT II: 730, 710, 690

1 AP last year
2 Honors this year
probably 4 AP's next year (yuck) and a 4.1 GPA

I don't function well after about 9:30 or 10:00 pm =)

By Ashleycrombie (Ashleycrombie) on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 10:43 pm: Edit

hey girlinbraids!! same here! i can't function after 10pm... my system completely collapses!

haha=]

By Eri (Eri) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 12:37 am: Edit

I go to a private school, but I am doing independent study, so I guess some would consider it "homeschooling." Though it isn't really.

Sleep hours: LOL, I average about 6 every night, which I know makes little sense, but I have a tendency to read into the night or study extra for AP exams, since I am totally stressing out aout them. So yeah, sometimes it is b/c of school that I don't get sleep, but I don't mind it. ;)

Grades: Currently have 4.3 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted. And it isn't a homeschool inflation thing as some people call it, because I actually attend a college prep school where I receive grades and am assigned papers and projects, etc.

Good poll ;)

By Ibkid (Ibkid) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 06:45 pm: Edit

once i'm back from school, i usually have some activity or the other to attend.I am usually home for the day at 6. i rest for some time/watch TV/music/chat on the phone...i mean i'm human for god's sake! after this i am too tired to do anything...it's like my brain just switches off!
so i end not completing homeworks and worrying like mad.I guess i am an OK student, if i had more energy i could do better. I am in the IB program which makes my situation EVEN worse!!
anyone else out there with the same symptoms??

By Poutingminotaur (Poutingminotaur) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 08:05 pm: Edit

i get about 5-6 hours... but a lot of it because i procrastinate...... alot...
i have straight As
taking 6 IB tests this year
going to MIT... woohoo!

By Valley_Girl (Valley_Girl) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 08:07 pm: Edit

let's see... i always have at least 7.5 hours a sleep per night. 3.5 gpa, 1120 sat score
my extra curriculars contributed also. track & cross-country, key club, b.s.o., student government, plenty of office positions and can't forget church activities. all i know is that the top ranking students at my school have 2 hours of sleep, 4.0+ gpa's, no social life and rings around their eyes.

By College_Bound (College_Bound) on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 03:15 pm: Edit

I get 5-6 hours a night and have a 3.8 gpa. I'm training myself to sleep as little as possible and still be productive. It is probably horrible for a growing body, but I could care less. When I graduate college in the distant future I will be working 80 hours a week and will probably sleep between the hours of 2 and 5 a.m.

By Mitacceptee (Mitacceptee) on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 03:52 pm: Edit

I used to get about 5-6 hours of sleep too, and maintained a 4.0 gpa. Now I get about 7-9 hours, which is amazing. Oh, and btw, I also got into 2 ivies.I guess my sacrifice of sleep during my last 7 semesters paid off.

By Jollyapplepie (Jollyapplepie) on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 10:04 pm: Edit

6-7 hours
3.95 GPA
btw, will colleges see "3.95" or "4.0"?

By Amytrabs (Amytrabs) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 03:26 pm: Edit

10 hours of sleep
3.5 GPA 4.4 weighted
junior
1100 SAT

By Leia (Leia) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 04:52 pm: Edit

2-4 hours. All nighters about once every week/two weeks. I'm a horrible procrastinator...
4.5 GPA weighted, 4.0 unweighted.

College, and consequently, sleep, please come soon!

i'm so tired, i'm feeling so upset..although..i'm so tired,
i'll have another cigarette.
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid get, no no no...

By Icarus (Icarus) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 06:27 pm: Edit

0-2 hours per night.... 4.4 GPA - going to UCLA next year!! also a terrible procrastinator

By Lki (Lki) on Saturday, May 10, 2003 - 07:59 pm: Edit

7 hours a night
soph
3.9uw, 4.6w
PSAT 80v, 73m, 73w
ECs - a couple like debate, mock trial, classics league - but some of you pppl are insane - 2-3 sports + 4 clubs a night

By Nutmegisle (Nutmegisle) on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 - 08:39 pm: Edit

Word to all. Get between 7-9 hours a sleep a nite, exp. if ur a teenager (15-19). science says it improves ur grade pecentage by 5 on average. thats the difference between and A and A-!

By Amazingsamson (Amazingsamson) on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 - 02:20 am: Edit

0 to 15 hours
GPA 3.75 (was 3.9, and ranked 2 out of 340 at the beginning of senior year till i started working 26 hrs/week at a dept. store)
SAT I M:740, V:570(been speaking english for only 6 years)
PSAT: M:77 V:540
SAT II: MIIC: 750
A near pefect computer based TOEFL (293/300)

took Math through Multivariable calc by Junior year, and AP Physics same year, currently senior, going to attend U of Chicago! Hardly ever try hard for grades!

Oh yeah, never gotten a B in math or physics, (thats, AP Calc BC, AP stats, AP Physics, Physics regular, pre-calc, Multivariable Calc, Alg. II, Alg. I, Geometry,all of which i took on or before Junior year) All the other classes out there don't count(on a personal level) and they all suck! Including AP Bio and the AP BIO exam two days ago!, have the AP gov't exam in 6 hours!

I just found this website and it is so cool cause i now can exchange ideas and opinions with people that are like me! My school sucks, Avg. SAT for school 740(cumulative), GPA Avg. 1.98!

All u people in here with extremely high GPA's and low SATs, sorry but u suck cause all of the hard work only prepares u for things like standardized exams so i don't see how u can screw up ur SATs if u have a 4.0 plus. Either u suck or ur school is too easy. U people here with high SATs and extremely low GPAs, u rock! cause u are all brave examples of how u don't have to do stupid homeworks and school crap to be smart! Wish i did the same thing as y'all but wasn't willing to gamble.

And if i had a college, i would accept anyone with 1400 plus if I know that they really did get the scores!

oh yeah, last but not least, affirmative action doesn't work!(I know cause i am black and didn't get into MIT, but my sorry essay and Interview might be reasons for rejection), so on that note, DO NOT do interviews when they are optional unless u are extremely well prepared and u know that u will present urself in an amazingly impressive fashion!

By Tanman (Tanman) on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 - 06:12 pm: Edit

My school uses a 6.0 weighted GPA scale. How is GPA calculated on a 4.0 scale (both weighted and unweighted)? Ive tried to look online but found some different ways

Thanks

By Girlinbraids (Girlinbraids) on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 - 07:29 pm: Edit

On a 4.0 scale, an A is a 4, a B is a 3, etc. In some schools, an A-, A, and A+ have slightly different GPA's but I don't know exactly what they are, because my school doesn't do that (luckily.=) AP and Honors classes at my school are weighted on a 5.0 scale, with A's being a 5.

Hope that helps.

By Tanman (Tanman) on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 09:15 am: Edit

yeah thanks

By Sleepin_Zzzz (Sleepin_Zzzz) on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 01:16 pm: Edit

GPA 4.0
SAT 730 & 740
2nd in a class of 320

Sleep 10 hr/day

By Tricia101 (Tricia101) on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 01:39 pm: Edit

GPA: 3.7 W, 3.3 UW

ACT: 28

#6 of 213

8 hours per night.

By Tanman (Tanman) on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 05:51 pm: Edit

GPA 6.875 out of 6 weighted
PSAT 229
1st in class of 800

7 hrs of sleep on most nights

By Incog (Incog) on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 08:47 pm: Edit

14 hours/night
gpa: 3.4 unweighted + #&$# hard-ass private school
sat: math 790, verbal 710

actually, just kidding. i get around 4 hours/night of sleep, but mainly because i'm a time-wasting moron. here's why i'm so sleep deprived:
I come home from school at 4, sit on my ass and listen to music till 8, do homework and study till 1 AM, then i web-design or play comp games till 3 am or something... funny.

By Cheetosxp (Cheetosxp) on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 08:54 pm: Edit

i get about 3-6 hours of sleep.
i would need to be really lucky to get full 8 hours of sleep.

Weekdays, yea im a time-wasting moron too. i waste a lot of time doing nothing (not literally, but not progressive).
i wish that i was smart and start moving my ass.

By O71394658 (O71394658) on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 10:03 pm: Edit

7 hours.

By Dschnapps (Dschnapps) on Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 03:27 am: Edit

About 6-7 hours a night, but theoretically I could get about 10

I come home after eight hour school day, lie down or come on time-wasting website like this

play a little piano maybe (not allowed to watch TV on school night)

and start my hour of hw at eight or nine

more internet until 12

i have four ap's but hw isn't that heavy, especially after ap tests. i feel sorry for these people who ACTUALLY have four hours of hw...that sux

1590 SAT

don't really know my GPA,
but about 3.9 UW, 4.2/3 W

By Yz16 (Yz16) on Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 06:09 am: Edit

gee...

8 hrs of sleep woudl require me to be snoring by 10 pm...

most days i get home by 5:30

4 hrs 30 minutes for hwk+free time + chores + dinner + violin practice???

gotta be kidding.

can you all see why i sleep at 1 ?

By Andymcgav (Andymcgav) on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 09:28 pm: Edit

4-5 hours/night.
4.0 GPA. My teachers are worried that I don't get enough sleep =-)

By Smiley (Smiley) on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 09:41 pm: Edit

Andy--mine too... lol

By Heythere (Heythere) on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 10:02 pm: Edit

Weekdays:

5-6 hours. Not necessarily cause i have tons of work, but because I'm just a night owl naturally.

Weekends:

8-12 hours! Making up for all I lost!

Summer:

10-300 hours! Making up for all I lost throughout the school year! (j/k...actually I usually stay up till like 4 AM and wake up at 2 PM)

4.75 GPA (1 of 448)

By Gianscolere (Gianscolere) on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 07:16 pm: Edit

I've been in 2 high schools this year- one was a highly-competitive college prep, the other a regular suburban school.
For the college prep, I got usually 3-4 hours of sleep due to excessive amount of homework and ranked 1/130.
In the regular suburban high school, I received around 6-7 hours of sleep and am 1/315. In this case, it's not usually because of schoolwork but rather I chose to stay up late on my own. My goal is to get 9 hours of sleep per night at the least.

By Flameball63 (Flameball63) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 06:12 pm: Edit

3-4 hrs. 4.62 GPA, sophomore, hoping to hit the 5.00 GPA Year in Junior, I work better when I sleep less....hmmm...even I think thats weird

By Hukddonfoniks (Hukddonfoniks) on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 04:02 pm: Edit

There really is no way to function at full capacity

I get like 3-5 hours a night, plus random naps
my GPA's around 4.3 and UW is 3.9

part of it is my fault, i do waste time, but there's just too much pressure to succeed

i run cross country too and my times suffered immensely, at the end of the year (im a jr) i was like running my freshman times over again...how sad

i wrote an essay once for school about the sleep problem and how the most important three letters in high school aren't S-A-T or G-P-A or A-C-T but N-A-P. I got the lowest score in the class. lol

By Ch2 (Ch2) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:06 pm: Edit

i usually get 6 hours of sleep on average during the week right now (i'm a junior), although I have pulled my fair share of all-nighters. on the weekends, i usually get more sleep unless i have to get up early for something (like how i had to get up early to take the sat this saturday)
oh yeah, and in the fall, i run XC (i also do indoor and outdoor track, but XC is ten times more important to me) so I usually get like 9 hours of sleep during the week during XC season so i can run well. I know what you mean, Hukddonfoniks, I did outdoor track this year, but AP tests were going on at the same time and i cracked. I didn't even make regionals this year. Oh well, got the summer to prep for cross country!

By Supernova (Supernova) on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 05:07 pm: Edit

well ima sophomore----i procrastinate way too much like by reading this haha

i usually get 6.5-7 hours

gpa - hmmm good question... weighted: probably around 4.4 uw-probably like 3.95 i have 1 A-

By Cremebrulee (Cremebrulee) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 03:39 pm: Edit

Freshman:
6 hours during the school week
12+ on the weekends

3 all-nighters this year

By Ughstinkysocks (Ughstinkysocks) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 04:21 pm: Edit

junior
5 hours... 5 aps... 4.0 uw...

By Mazzo (Mazzo) on Monday, June 16, 2003 - 05:45 pm: Edit

junior
9 hours
3 ap
3.91 uw
never pulled an all nighter

By Overbay (Overbay) on Monday, June 16, 2003 - 07:38 pm: Edit

3-6 hours a night...unlike most of you im not up studying or anything, i just watch tv and waste time. i do read a little and sometimes am doing hw, but most of the time im just messing around. strangely i find myself more energized, though less functioning, on 3 hours of sleep then i do on 9 hours.

i pulled an all nighter twice, both last week. i fainted in gym (oops) and was sent home.

By Stevpear (Stevpear) on Friday, June 20, 2003 - 09:13 pm: Edit

Last school year (sophomore in HS), I'd say I got around 7-8 hours of sleep on the weekdays, and around 9-10 hours on the weekends. I never really felt pressured to pull an all-nighter and study - even on the days before finals, SAT IIs and my AP. Still though I think I went through fairly well, with good grades (got my final grades back today). Also, I stressed out about stuff very rarely, making it an enjoyable year.

Next year will be different.

By Mattman (Mattman) on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 10:13 pm: Edit

GPA: 96.14 uw
QPA: 3.81
a little over 6 hours sleep
rising-HS senior

By Smiley (Smiley) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 03:34 am: Edit

Overbay--I kinda agree with you about being more energized w/ less sleep... all year, I felt that way... although now that I'm actually sleeping over the summer, it's rather nice... ;-)

By Andymcgav (Andymcgav) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 09:39 pm: Edit

Wow this post has lasted for like five months! Kudos to the original poster!

By Distudent108 (Distudent108) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 12:20 am: Edit

how would you compare the 4.0 scale and like the 90s scale?

also do you ppl sleep so little because of school? High school is not that difficult. Im not trying to sound mean or anything but it just isnt that difficult. I also take APs. I sleep about 6-8 hours on weekdays but its not because of school. Its because I'm watching Tv or something. Wow i feel like a slacker. Many of you pull all nighters and stuff for school. I sleep 8 hours and still need coffee please classes are so boring they put you to sleep, but coffee helps. How many hours do you guys study for SATII and SATs. I will be studying for SATII chem and math IIc (i pretty much know everything already) but i need to get my SAT I score up by i dont know 200. How much do u think i should study over the summer? Verbal section is my problem. Math is already 800. Please help! How should i set up my studying schedule ( keep in mind i also have classes (3hours) weekdays and volunteering? HElp HElp please.

By Jollyapplepie (Jollyapplepie) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 02:57 pm: Edit

This doesn't have anything to do with this topicm but what is the difference b/w an A, A+, and an A- and how do you know if they are affecting your GPA. I've never heard of them at my school, but a lot of people keep on refering to them. thanks!

By Distudent108 (Distudent108) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 02:29 am: Edit

i was just asking for a bit of help because you people seem like you know your suff..

By Smiley (Smiley) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 03:38 am: Edit

>how would you compare the 4.0 scale and like the >90s scale?

Not sure... I think:
97-100 4.3
93-96 4.0
90-92 3.7
87-89 3.3
83-86 3.0
80-82 2.7

etc...


>also do you ppl sleep so little because of >school? High school is not that difficult.

I think it varies a lot from school to school. Some have lots of work, some don't...

>Im not trying to sound mean or anything but it >just isnt that difficult. I also take APs. I >sleep about 6-8 hours on weekdays but its not >because of school. Its because I'm watching Tv >or something. Wow i feel like a slacker.

In my school, each AP is 1-2 hours of hw if you have time to do it well. With 4 AP classes this year and 5 exams, I screwed up US by not doing reading (Did fine gradewise (A-, 4), but feel I didn't do as much as I should have)

>Many of you pull all nighters and stuff for >school. I sleep 8 hours and still need coffee ?>please classes are so boring they put you to >sleep, but coffee helps.

Yep... Some all nighters... I'm sleepy in class sometimes... been known to nap through some history movies and study halls

>How many hours do you guys study for SATII and SATs.

not many... maybe a few hours the days before

>I will be studying for SATII chem and math IIc
>(i pretty much know everything already) but i >need to get my SAT I score up by i dont know 200.
>How much do u think i should study over the >summer?

Relax, enjoy yourself...

>Verbal section is my problem. Math is already 800.

Congratz on math! Verbal--do some practice tests, some reading, maybe learn some roots or vocab.

>Please help! How should i set up my studying >schedule ( keep in mind i also have classes >3hours) weekdays and volunteering? HElp HElp ?
>please.

I'm really the last person to ask. I'm the one who spends so much time volunteering and doing other activities that I rarely get home before 6:00. I have a lot of home responsibilities.... By the time I start homework, often 9:00. End up staying up often 'til 4:00 or 5:00 AM and getting up at 7:00. Thus, I don't think I'm the one to give you advice about a sane schedule. :-)

By Canadian_Idol (Canadian_Idol) on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 04:23 am: Edit

anybody in IB?? It's sooo much suffering!
4-5 hours average and 3 all-nighters for geography field study...
I don't know how hard it is at college but I hope it is definitely not worse than this right now.

Thank God for summer breaks.

By Cutie911 (Cutie911) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:26 pm: Edit

6-8 hrs per night..4.9 GPA W 4.0 UW

By Kimfuge (Kimfuge) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:58 am: Edit

4 hours...

-squash national junior team member
-U19 Natioanls semifinalist
-Regional champion
-2 AP's in junior year; 4 and 5
-SAT 1: 1520
-SAT 2: writing: 780, world history: 800; have to take one more.

By Twinkletoes696 (Twinkletoes696) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 05:06 pm: Edit

Hey guys!

During the school year I get 2 1/2 hours of sleep a night. (I'm not sure how I did it either!)

I have a 4.43 GPA, straight A's in the 95-100 range in all honors and AP courses. I was in only 1 out of 2 AP classes that my school offered, but nonentheless, my school has a really demanding program. I took honors pre-cal, Spanish 4, chem, and English, and AP US History. I was also in psychology and the child development programs at my school. However, it wasn't the AP that kept me up; it was pre-cal and chem because I struggle like crazy with anything math related! It's because I "learn differently" and by rights, should not be in honors math or science anything, but I've been able to prove that I can handle it; I just have to work a lot harder.

With that said, I am 3 or 4 in a class of 310. I also am active in many extracurriculars, including :
*editor of my school newspaper
*National Honor Society Secretary
*student representative to Board of Education
*volunteer at an elementary school as a tutor/ teacher's aide
*active student council member, leading blood drives, toy/food drives, dances, other school sponsored events, etc.
*Art, Spanish, Science National Honor Societies
*Lead in school play
*Cheered and played tennis but had to stop due to a severe wrist injury that is still in need of surgury.
*Wil begin a part-time job next week and will also begin pre-pointe ballet lessons.
*Baby-sat for many, many kids since I was 12... just thought I should include that.

SAT Math-610 (Hey, I am probably somehow math learning disabled. Getting that score was a real struggle, but I still hope I can improve it because I know its going to hold me back a lot.)
SAT verbal- 680 (could go up, but I know I can improve it next testing administration)
SAT US History-720
SAT Math IC- 560 (calculator broke in the middle of the testinG! But I'm sure it wouldn't have been much better anyway)
Writing-660


Ooo boy... what else? Oh yeah... unlike a lot of other people who I know that are at the top of their class, I know that this is probably really looked down upon but lets just say I have a really big social life. LOL. Maybe this will keep me from getting into Harvard, but I know I have had an awesome high school career academically, and extracurricularly- and I have managed to have a great time too with my friends.

By Ml41588 (Ml41588) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 08:24 pm: Edit

Twinkletoes696: Thank you for telling everyone how great you are with all your accomplishments.

By Twinkletoes696 (Twinkletoes696) on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 06:45 pm: Edit

You're quite welcome ;)

By Hukddonfoniks (Hukddonfoniks) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 02:58 pm: Edit

wow im glad im not alone

3-4 hours a night for me

Aim is the devil

By Entropy (Entropy) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 04:01 pm: Edit

procrastinator but it hasn't caught up with me yet. 9+ hours of sleep, and I have taken 5 AP's so far and a 3.857 GPA unweighted. I do most of my homework in class. I have to get enough sleep or else I fall apart in class.

By Spooks42 (Spooks42) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:53 am: Edit

3-4 hours a night
about a 3.7 gpa, but i never study
I think i might have some disorder, and the lack of sleep balances me out.

By Yehosh1 (Yehosh1) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 02:56 am: Edit

3.8 GPA, 4.5 weighted

6-7 hours

I want to sleep more (and it wouldnt hurt to study more) but I waste my time on stupid threads like these (no offense to you guys), and therefore I get those damn A-s. I am going to sleep now, hehe

By Szetom (Szetom) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 04:45 pm: Edit

every1 on these posts are so hyped up about grades.

there should be a post thing about the fun you can have in college and hs!
about all the friends you meet.

and hte balance between academics and social life

3 s's: study, sleep, social

By Christy_Pie (Christy_Pie) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 08:00 am: Edit

ALL IB classes
4-6hrs
less than 5 when i have a project or a test the next day.
I really try but nothing goes into my brain! I think my school has the most IB procrastinators and I'm one of them.
3.7GPA

By Bluegurl813 (Bluegurl813) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 09:39 am: Edit

Wow, last year I was a freshman, and discovered that I had ADD so I did not do so hot in the Pre IB programme. I was in 5 PIB classes and 2 band classes. I would get maybe 5 hours if I was REALLY lucky, but mostly I got between 2 and 3 hours of sleep a night. Sometimes I'd be up all night putting of those damned assignments. My GPA? *shudder* 2.93 W. Band took up my days during the first semester (because of football season) and the fact that I had to stay at school until 5pm every day during the second semester (no ride, and some band practice) took up quite a lot of time. Also, spent 6-7 hours at orchestra practice every weekend. Pre IB was a joke, and most of my teachers were jokes...thus explaining why 75 of us barely pulled Cs.

By Zero (Zero) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 02:30 pm: Edit

Average school night I say I get 7-8 hrs of sleep...during the school day I take naps during class that generally add up to about an hour and a half or two hours. Then I usually come home and do some sleeping. So on most days I am asleep 10-12 hours. 4.3 weighted GPA, prolly around 3.85 or something unweighted. I'm somewhere in the top 10% of my class, definately not top 3% though.

By Wceastpa (Wceastpa) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:19 am: Edit

this issue should be revisisted. i just don't get it.

By Twinkletoes696 (Twinkletoes696) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:53 pm: Edit

what's not to get?

By Jongleur (Jongleur) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 02:03 pm: Edit

unweighted gpa- 3.93
weighted gpa (uc scale)- 4.35
hours of sleep- 7 per night
one all nighter in three years of high school

By Slinky333 (Slinky333) on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 02:10 pm: Edit

UW GPA: 4.0
Hours of sleep: 6-8
2 all night study sessions, which ended up making me bomb the test by sleeping through it. 7 APs, all 5's so far, but I'm not feeling good about Chemistry.