How useful are all nighters...really?

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[DoctorNB]

Maybe a new insight on the people who do all-nighters?

Betting my money that the gal with a 3.7 actually has better time management skills than the 2.9 average students.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316796,00.html

 

[gujuDoc]

Ok so i have my O-chem final for the class in which I may receive my worst grade thus far in my collegiate career.

I was wondering when studying for a test that's hugely impacting you...how useful is staying up all night and popping open a red bull in the morning?

I've pulled 2 all nighters ever...1 ended with me being 100% exhausted on an exam missing tons of little tricks and getting a horrible grade (C-). The other ended with me getting lucky reviewing a practice test very very similar to our real test and the repetition made me very strong at it so i did well (A-).

I was not about to pull an all nighter for the beast that is ochem though, haha. I only had 4 hours of sleep though 🙁 i feel pretty tired and hope it doesnt affect me.

So yes how do you all deal with messing up your sleep cycles for times like these? 😛

I wouldn't do a full out all nighter but I've definitely been getting only 2 and 3 hours of sleep the last few weeks because of the final we had in grad school.

 

[LadyWolverine]

I admit that I have almost invariably pulled an all-nighter (or, at maximum, slept for 1-3 hours) before each of my medical school exams. Sometimes, I try to lay down and get some rest, but my mind is going 2 million miles a minute and I can't fall asleep. So, I figure, I might as well study/cram since I won't be sleeping. Although it's horribly nerve-wracking and I feel overtired for that period of time, once I get to the exam, I usually get in the zone, and am able to focus. Only on a couple of occasions did I start to feel seriously fatigued towards the end of the exam.

I don't really think it has impacted my performance in a negative way. I do fine on exams. But I don't know if it's worth the physical and mental anguish that I experience the day/night before the exam. I can't speak for my classmates, though. I know plenty of other people who do it my way, and also many people who need a full night's sleep before the exam.

 

[bodonid]

I used to pull all nighters every now and then in my first few years- they worked occasionally, depending on the class- but the thing I remember most is what lack of sleep did to me: after about ~30 hours of no sleep I start to hallucinate- nothing major, just seeing small dark images in the corner of my eye that make me jump and turn 90* right or left and then kick myself for jumping. But I have been wondering- will this be a problem when I am on call? Do any programs still use 16 or 24 (heaven forbid more) hour shifts? Not too worried, but since you guys brought it up-