<p>I need 5 minimum, 8 is the goal most nights.</p>
<p>I typically need 8 to function at full capacity. Any less than 7 and I’m at least mildly impaired. Less than six and I’m dead for the day.</p>
<p>@clairee</p>
<p>You can be physically active and academically inclined.</p>
<p>It varies. When I’m allowed to sleep as long as I want I usually sleep twelve hours or so, but I’m also fine on four or five hours.</p>
<p>I like to have around 7 or 8 hours, but I can function with 6. In the Summer, I really like getting 11-12</p>
<p>ideally, at least 8 hours, but sometimes if i’m in a good mood, 7 is fine too.</p>
<p>I can function with zero for about a day and a half (and with no coffee!) I end up having physical pains but mentally I’m fine and can concentrate. On almost all my AP and SAT tests I took them with less than 3 hours of sleep. During the weekends I sleep around 11 hours. </p>
<p>On average I get 4-5 a night during the weekdays. </p>
<p>I’ve always slept a very minimal amount since I was in middle school because I would stay up and read at night so I guess I’ve acclimated myself.</p>
<p>In the summer I’ve been getting around 5-6 hours, and that plus a nap is good for me! In the past school year though - junior year for me - it was usually around 2 hours a night, and some weeks I would go 2 or 3 days without sleeping. I did survive though! Managed to do projects and take tests and not be a zombie in class. I guess it really does depend on the person.</p>
<p>I can function on as little as 3-4 hours sleep, but on average I get 6-7 hours a night.</p>
<p>10 hours per night.</p>
<p>6-7 for me.</p>
<p>Ideally 12 hours. But due to after school sports year round everyday and homework it’s about 5 hours each night. But I still find time for fun too. I’m not a total nerd.</p>
<p>@1sparkle2 I’m well aware of that. My school is filled with those kids who are good at both sports and academics. 
I was specifically referring to my case.</p>
<p>As long as you have a solid work ethic, going to sleep earlier should be fine. I maintained As/A+s last year while going to bed at 9 or 10 every night. In fact, I even tried to take advantage of that by waking up early every morning and studying for an hour or two – terrible idea. You won’t grasp a thing. </p>
<p>Try laying out your clothes/packing your bag/anything you can do the night before to streamline your getting-ready-for-school process. That way, you can catch a bit more sleep and not be in an urgent rush for the bus stop every morning.</p>
<p>If it’s only one night I can function with 4 or 5. Over time though, I need at least 6 hours a night.</p>
<p>During the school year I go to sleep around 10 but don’t fall asleep usually till like 11 or sometimes 12. Alot of times I wake up through the night, when I wake up and I see its like 2 am I get so mad cuz I know I need to sleep. I have to wake up at 5 am every day to take the bus cuz I don’t go to my neighborhood school. So during the morning I’m not very active cuz I’m just cranky and tired.</p>
<p>I could function on 6-7, but my problem is waking up… I usually sleep for like 6-7 hours, and I wake up and see that I can sleep for another 30 minutes, so I just go ahead and hit “snooze”.</p>
<p>I usually get like 6-7, but if I’m doing some late night homework or something I end up trying to survive off of 3</p>
<p>Need like 8 hours. I have gotten by on 5-6 hours before but I avoid those if I can. If I had my way I’d sleep 10-11 hours.</p>
<p>I usually get 6 and a half hours and I can be good in the morning. Then I’m dead by 3 but I stay up and then I’m awake at night so I stay up late and the cycle resumes.</p>