cramming

Lil_G · #1 03-20-2001, 02:37 AM

Ahh nothing beats cramming to finish an essay that's due for tommorrow...might not be getting any sleep tonight

Anyone else find that after pulling a certain # of all-nighters, they don't affect you anymore?

#2 03-20-2001, 03:58 AM

It's the only way to go.

I can do a 4-5 page essay in one night, easy. I can't remember when I last did a rough draft...4 years ago, freshman year maybe?

But realistically, junior thesis and final papers usually make me responsible and I give myself enough time!

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Lil_G · #3 03-20-2001, 04:03 AM

4-5 pages, hmmmm well i'm almost on page 7 which would leave me 3-5 for tommorrow. I figure three hour sleep for an essay might be work it considering the brain is a lot more productive when it has some sleep. Exams are different, i've gone into exams with no sleep at all and pulled off decent grades.
As it stands right now I have about 10 hours to finish this.

Miami1839 · #4 03-20-2001, 11:09 AM

That was me

Lil_G · #5 03-20-2001, 11:39 AM

Alright, three hours sleep did me well

I just have to go over my structure to make sure my thesis is sound and that my grammar is without errors...

Lil_G · #6 03-20-2001, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by juniorgrrl:
I'm a self-proclaimed perfectionist and overachiever. Lately, I'm always afraid that I won't study enough for my tests, so I always set aside at least the two nights before the test to study. I always end up wasting half of the time, or over studying, but I find preparing way ahead of time helps keep me sane.

The only time I work well under pressure is when I have a website due. There are certain conditions under which I work for HTML coding - I need to have a "muse" hit me so to speak. And I need to be listening to Jimmy Buffett.

Pulling all-nighters just makes me cranky and miserable. Its much easier to just work ahead of time, I think

There is definitely an acquired skill to all-nighters. I'm used to staying up late because i've also worked the last two summers on shit work. I see to be really productive when it's on the line...but there's nothing wrong with being conservative, all-nighters will backfire for some ppl sometimes.

amycat412 · #7 03-20-2001, 03:52 PM

Once a crammer always a crammer -- I write now and it never fails--two hours before an article's deadline I am staring at a blank screen--today was the worst by far--two hours and I just started reading the research--barely made it--sent it in 3 minutes before deadline. ha ha

juniorgrrl · #8 03-21-2001, 01:04 AM

I'm a self-proclaimed perfectionist and overachiever. Lately, I'm always afraid that I won't study enough for my tests, so I always set aside at least the two nights before the test to study. I always end up wasting half of the time, or over studying, but I find preparing way ahead of time helps keep me sane.

The only time I work well under pressure is when I have a website due. There are certain conditions under which I work for HTML coding - I need to have a "muse" hit me so to speak. And I need to be listening to Jimmy Buffett.

Pulling all-nighters just makes me cranky and miserable. Its much easier to just work ahead of time, I think