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My stupid MS program TRIED to haze...but I thought the work was busy work and not very hard. So, I did whatever I had to do to pass (the school is on pass/fail grading). I was not about to stay up 2 days in a row to basically repeat work I had done in undergrad. Some of my classmates did succumb to the pressure to stay up all the time and give up weekends and vacations.
My biggest piece of advice is to DEVELOP A LIFE OF YOUR OWN. Set aside times where you do not discuss school work, professors, or program politics. Spend time with people who aren't your classmates and who aren't involved in your field whatsoever. If you have to leave town for a few days to maintain your sanity--do it. A few semesters ago, I decided to make the weekends my own. I did all of the work during the week, and I would socialize, sleep, and just veg on the weekends. It provided for very stressful weeks, but it was worth it to have a life on the weekends. I see my classmates--even now, weeks after graduation--who didn't develop a life. I feel sorry for them.
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