<p>In high school, I went to bed from 8-10pm on a usual basis. The studious students I knew slept around midnight. Despite my early bedtime, I managed to get an unweighted GPA of 3.8 and graduate in the top 10% of my class (class had 342 people) - I’m not exaggerating: it’s on my transcript!</p>
<p>Some people say that getting decent grades in college means staying up ALL NIGHT, and idk how I can do that with my unusually early sleep schedule.</p>
<p>You only have to stay up late if you have bad study habits or have an unusually heavy workload or are just not intelligent/smart enough for college rigor. The way to stay up all night is using stimulants like caffeine. You take a bottle of five hour energy and you can easily stay up all night. </p>
<p>College has harder work that you have to finish quicker than what you’re used to, but you’re also taking fewer classes and spending less time in class. There’s really no reason to stay up past midnight to get you’re work done; only irresponsible people do this and begin kicking themselves for it around 4 in the morning.</p>
<p>For some, working late is a choice as well. You seem to work better in the early hours so don’t change a thing. Personally I was always a night person and lived accordingly with no trouble. It’s really about playing the game thats best for your personal sleep cycle. Don’t think you have to study at night because many do. If college turns out to be more than expected and you need more time, try getting up early and working then or some other variation.</p>
<p>I’m sure everyone pulls a couple of all-nighters now and again, but they’re by no means a routine matter. If you’re a morning person, then your studying in the morning will be more effective, anyway.</p>
<p>DON’T. Don’t stay up late. Now, 8 pm is a bit ridiculous, but depending on your schedule, going to bed past 12 midnight will be bad for your grades, not good.</p>
<p>If you figure you have 12 hours of classes per week, and study up to 36 hours per week (up to 3 hours per hour in class), that’s 48 hours. If you go to bed at 11 pm, and wake up at 8 am, that’s 9 hours of sleep, and you have 15 hours left each day. Give yourself the weekend off, and you have up to 10 hours per day you have to go to class and study. That’s 5 hours left per day to eat, go to the bathroom, and generally be distracted. And you have the whole weekend off!</p>
<p>Unless you are playing sports for your college, or greatly involved with student life or Greek life otherwise, you will be fine. Look at those “studious students” as people who consciously made the decision to mess around for 2 hours that you weren’t messing around, every day.</p>
<p>In general, I used to study on the weekends too, especially if there was a Monday exam or homework due, so if you study 7 days per week, you have only 7 hours per day you have to study, and 8 hours per day to do other stuff. Better to set up your schedule, and depart from it if you have to, then start with staying up late as a rule.</p>
<p>It is not a problem to go to bed earlier than your peers. Most people are not “studying” all those late night hours anyway. If you have the self-discipline, get up early and go to the library while its empty - take your choice of seats - enjoy the sunshine and get your work done during the daytime. Study between classes or before dinner - you will likely be able to get most of your work done in those hours. If you have a work study job that takes up the afternoon or a sport that practices in the afternoon/evening this would not be possible, but barring those it should be workable.
The “work all night” pattern that many college students adopt is partly the common adolescent circadian rhythm that tends toward a night owl habit and partly following the crowd that seems to be the way “everybody else” is scheduling. </p>
<p>I’m in my third year and I have a 4.0, and I’ve never once stayed up all night studying. </p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve ever even studied past 11 or so, aside from a few times when I’ve had tests the next morning. </p>
<p>There is no need to stay up studying all night. If you keep up with your courses and study that material as you’re learning it, you’ll be fine. </p>
<p>Do your work earlier so that you don’t have to stay up all night. There’s no reason you have to stay up all night studying, unless you aren’t able to (or choose not to) do any work earlier in the day.</p>
<p>I’ve never had to pull an all-nighter, I’d rather stay up late a few days then do it all in one night. But I’ve been up late many times. Motivation is the biggest thing, and getting up to walk around once in a while. I end up listening to music too. For me, the faster, louder, and harsher it is the more it keeps me up…but that’s not for everyone. Caffiene helps if you don’t have a tolerance to it yet. Also…I can count on one hand the number of times I went to bed before 11 last school year, and those were probably on breaks. Some of my friends are almost always asleep by 11 and they get good grades too, and probably more sleep. Whatever works for them.</p>
<p>the only times I’ve had to pull an all-nighter were to finish essays or study for big exams (midterms and finals). Unless you’re involved in many extracurriculars/clubs, work a full-time job outside of classes (I know some full-time students who do this), or do active volunteer work every single day, there should be no reason for you to have to stay up past midnight studying. </p>