<p>So it seems that Columbia students are hardcore in many aspects. What about in their sleeping habits? I know college students in general stay up really late, but what would a good description of some stereotypical students be? HW til 2am? midnight? later?</p>
<p>It’s Columbia. There will be plenty of times where you would have to sacrifice sleep to pull grades. So I’m pretty sure students stay up late to get HW done. Not sure ho wlate and it varies from every student.</p>
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<p>Um…no. You never HAVE to sacrifice sleep to “pull grades”. I don’t care what major you are, as long as you have good study habits (ie working for a few hours every day, not putting things off til the last minute, etc) then you will never have to pull an all nighter out of necessity. </p>
<p>Now, i admit the vast majority of people, myself included, don’t have good study skills but the point remains.</p>
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<p>Um, he said sacrificing sleep, not pulling an all-nighter.</p>
<p>I went 4 years and only pulled one all-nighter on behalf of school, although I did stay up till 7am on one other occasion. It’s by no means a requirement.</p>
<p>I think the OP is asking about the schedule students keep for recreational time too, though. I very rarely went to bed before midnight (usually only the night before a frisbee tournament or 9am exam), more typical was 2-3am. On the weekends, students who go out to parties or bars might be out till 3-4am. There’s a reason Koronets Pizza is open till 4am (and other places similarly - isn’t Famiglia open till 3 nowadays?), it’s because there’s enough business for them at that hour to justify keeping the place open.</p>
<p>“as long as you have good study habits”</p>
<p>And you don’t think good study habits could also cut into your sleep time? You’re a little mistaken.</p>
<p>Most people don’t go to sleep before midnight. I have a couple times and I get called an old lady. Other than that it depends on people’s classes. I’d say the average is 1:30-2:30. It’s really not that bad though. If your first class is 11 sleeping from 2:30-10:30 is a pretty good chunk of time. And doing homework from 9 pm - 2 am is probably plenty for most people. At least that’s how my schedule has worked out. I don’t think I’ve gone to sleep past 2 once this semester. I did have to wake up at 8:00 a lot though.</p>
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<p>Yes, because I didn’t answer that point in the first part of that sentence. The all-nighter comment was simply an extreme case of sacrificing sleep. But I’m sure YOU can make that connection, can’t you?</p>
<p>“The all-nighter comment was simply an extreme case of sacrificing sleep.”</p>
<p>It was irrelevant of you to mention it since I never spoke about pulling an all-nighter.</p>
<p>why does every question lead to heated bickering here. calm the **** down</p>
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<p>It’s irrelevant to mention a worst case scenario? </p>
<p>Also, are you even a student here? If not, I’d say anything you say about these kinds of things is irrelevant.</p>
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<p>I usually go to bed between 12 and 1 am because I have early morning classes, and I really can’t function without sleep (I’ve never pulled an all-nighter for academic reasons). I did wake up at 4:30 this morning to study for Mowshowitz’s bio final, though. (Alas, it wasn’t nearly enough time.)</p>
<p>Anyway, I know people who go to bed before midnight on a regular basis but also get up at 5:30 am and others who have the most erratic sleep schedules ever. It mostly depends on your body, study habits, and the people around you (it’s very hard to pull yourself away from a good conversation, and half the time, the best ones are drunk ones late at night/early in the morning).</p>
<p>I’d say that if you take a normal load freshman year (like, 15-18 credits) and handle your time well, you probably won’t ever need to stay up past 2 am to study. Parties and meaning-of-life bull sessions are a completely different matter.</p>
<p>ConfucianNemesis that is fricking brilliant. Thanks!</p>
<p>“then you will never have to pull an all nighter out of necessity.”</p>
<p>“It’s irrelevant to mention a worst case scenario?”</p>
<p>See the correlation between your two statements? You made it seem as if an “all-nigher” was what I was talking about when it wasn’t. I spotted it and so did C02 so stop trying to twist things up. You’re only digging yourself into a deeper hole. </p>
<p>“Also, are you even a student here? If not, I’d say anything you say about these kinds of things is irrelevant”</p>
<p>The fact is that I am a student in college. It’s pretty much common sense to know these things. Anyone can pretty much guess correctly the study habits and sleep patterns of students at elite & academically challenging colleges.</p>
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<p>Yuppers. Can’t believe he still doesn’t see what the problem is here.</p>
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<p>Why have I not had a meaning-of-like bull session since I graduated from Columbia?</p>
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<p>You didn’t answer the question. “A student in college” means you don’t go here and you don’t name drop your school so I’m guessing it’s not an “elite & academically challenging” college. Don’t assume things you have no idea about. </p>
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<p>Let’s look back at the whole post of what I wrote, not just the last few words:</p>
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<p>Did I mention ONLY pulling all-nighters? No. I started out by mentioning you never have to sacrifice sleep and then segued into the worst-case scenario. Don’t dissect my post to try and prove yourself right.</p>
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<p>I know, eh? Gotta love the brutality of the Columbia forum.</p>