| all nighters are not exactly normal. My girlfriend, an architecture student, has yet to pull one of those. Granted, there's been times when she has been very very busy, she's never actually had to stay in the studio all night. The latest she's been back is probably around 1 or 2 in the morning on the worst days. She's also signed up for 18 credit hours and a painting studio class, most students are signed up for 15. Several of her friends have pulled all-nighters, but that's what they get for starting a project at 5 pm the day before it's due. My gf starts her projects early, doesn't procrastonate, and she does just fine. The stress comes from difficult professors who are very pretentious, and sometimes hard to please. I'm not saying all-nighters don't exist (because they certainly do!) but rather working hard on days and weekends is an easy way to minimize the sleep-less nights.
She swamped this week ... but has only one final exam next thursday, then she's done. I'm loaded with finals the following week, she gets off easy!! |