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Worth pulling the all-nighter?

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user098123
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Trying to decide...quantum chemistry and biochemistry exams back to back tomorrow starting at 9am. Still unprepared, mostly making this thread out of boredom cause I've been studying for hours and hours straight.

Thoughts?
Sep 25 2009 1:40AM
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PaleCelery
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first
Sep 25 2009 1:41AM
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Phantom
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no, get to bed and get some rest. once you're within 24 hours of the test, a good night's rest is gonna help a lot more than studying for hours on end. if you know it, you know it. if you don't, you don't.
Sep 25 2009 1:42AM
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PaleCelery
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but in all seriousness, just do what I do. Stay up all night studying for the test, then accidentally fall asleep and sleep through it.
Sep 25 2009 1:42AM
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user098123
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This is true...but it is a tough decision. Things just click when I cram which always makes me question what I should do. I seem to be one of the few people I've known where cramming actually works. But yes, the lack of brain function due to losing sleep is hard to say. I might just flip a coin on it.
Sep 25 2009 1:43AM
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Phantom
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Now we're talkin'.
Sep 25 2009 1:44AM
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ArnieP
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All nighter

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Sep 25 2009 1:46AM
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Shreddysaurus
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study that shit up then sleep for like 2 hours wake up and shotgun a redbull. then speed through all your note 10 minutes before the test and you golden. just an opinion tho
Sep 25 2009 1:47AM
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sk1er
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It totally depends on when the exam is. Before or at 12 go for it, much later than that and i think you should goto sleep.
Sep 25 2009 1:47AM
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user098123
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One is from 9-10 the other is from 10-11....that is a good idea Gypsy haha I might just have to do that.
Sep 25 2009 1:48AM
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ArnieP
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Did you even read the OP? Starting at 9am.

Fucktard.
Sep 25 2009 1:49AM
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user098123
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Gotta say I'm pretty surprised I am getting somewhat reasonable responses....it must be past the bedtime of all the regular 14 year old NSG idiots.
Sep 25 2009 1:49AM
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ArnieP
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Ya, now it is just time for my 20 year old drunken idiocy.

Woo, idiocy FTMFW.
Sep 25 2009 1:50AM
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Shreddysaurus
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word for sure
Sep 25 2009 1:50AM
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sk1er
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That my general rule of thumb. Way to hate
Sep 25 2009 1:51AM
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PaleCelery
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The adderall response is actually pretty good. That shit is great. Just be careful if you do take it. No more than 20 mg if its your first time
Sep 25 2009 1:52AM
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ArnieP
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Sep 25 2009 1:53AM
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sk1er
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i was gunna post this
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but didnt really feel like it.

Sep 25 2009 1:55AM
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ArnieP
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Excuse me?

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Sep 25 2009 1:57AM
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skier_boy26
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all nighters arent all that bad. Getting like 2-4 hours of sleep, that's bad.

I usually have to do about 4 or 5 a quarter, having food, some light, some music, and a routine to keep off fatigue makes it bearable.
Sep 25 2009 1:58AM
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1080ski
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nah thats not true. if you cram before a test you will remember a lot (provided that you study for few hours at least before the test), but not for too long after. we learned about it in psych class
Sep 25 2009 1:59AM
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Desired_Name
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Hmm, maybe thats how you are, but for me if I dont study the night before tests I will do horribly.
I guess though OP its whatever works for you.
Sep 25 2009 1:59AM
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user098123
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Ya I try not to go to bed I just get so dead at like 4 am...sucks. Still trying to see how I feel, gotta lot of shit to do still tonight.

But ya all about the routine. I do some exercise, pushups and shit like every hour or two, helps big time.
Sep 25 2009 2:00AM
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its 6 where im living. 

get some rest, then go through your notes 10 minutes before the first exam.

works for me.

Sep 25 2009 2:01AM
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ArnieP
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Does that really help?
*serious question*
Sep 25 2009 2:01AM
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sk1er
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yah, i think theres probably alot of misinformation on the educators part about this one to try and get people to have good study habits. I think cramming SOMETIMES leaves you better off then just going in.
Sep 25 2009 2:01AM
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ArnieP
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Ha. Penis joke. Sexual joke. lulz.
Sep 25 2009 2:02AM
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user098123
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Ya it does, exercising releases endorphins in your brain which not only make you happy but they also keep you awake.
Sep 25 2009 2:08AM
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freezed
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yeeee i'm glad i'm done with quantum chem!

Sep 25 2009 2:10AM
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ArnieP
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Interesting theory.... I shall have to try it out.

Fuck no wonder I am so sad, I do no physical activity.
Sep 25 2009 2:12AM
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skier_boy26
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yea those hours around 4-7am are the hardest (usually 6-7 for me). I just stay away from things like red bull; I love the shit, but makes my stomach get that morning hurt soon after. Just keep eating and drinkin and avoid noticing the time - I always try to keep my working pace as close to a daytime pace as possible, because the fatigue easily sets in if you slow down.
 I think during one all nighter is was like late december so it got dark as fuck early and the sun (bright clouds) wasn't noticable till late - i crashed at 5 and slept so hard on a couch at school and it fucked up my work flow bad. I had no music or food, I was about to wretch all over the place; I was ill prepared.
Sep 25 2009 2:13AM
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user098123
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Ya man, it is so ridiculous. I dunno how bad yours was, but ours shouldn't even be called chemistry. Since its the higher level here at MSU so to speak it is essentially just knowing how to derive all of the formulas that lead up to Quantum Theory and then later apply them to subatomic particles....the step below this class (for BA majors and non-chem majors) is a joke, they are learning right now about the different particles that make up an atom. BS.
Sep 25 2009 2:13AM
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fappy
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the crash after an all-nighter is amazing
Sep 25 2009 2:17AM
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user098123
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Must...Persevere...
Sep 25 2009 3:43AM
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Static
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you can do it!

I hate sleeping so I stay awake for days on end, sometimes just for the hard crash.
Sep 25 2009 3:47AM
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CJHski
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for some reason its always bothered me when people refer to staying up all night as "pulling all nighters" ...i dont really know why.
Sep 25 2009 3:50AM
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user098123
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Ya I think I can do it I just don't know...supposed to head to chicago with my gf for the weekend, she'll be pissed if I'm dead all day! haha but school comes first I suppose.
Sep 25 2009 3:58AM
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Dan-Man
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my theory is on all nighters is your better off going to bed around midnight, then waking up again at 7am and do some more cramming, the good nights rest is pretty important as well.

never pulled an all nighter myself unless you call drinking 8 40's and not sleeping for 2 days an all nighter. haha.

Sep 25 2009 11:30AM
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user098123
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Ended up going to bed around 4:30-5. Woke up, felt ok, ate some food and was feeling good. Took the exams, think I did alright.
Sep 25 2009 11:42AM
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user098123
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Ya for sure, thats usually why I try and do a couple hours of sleep and it does seem to help. In the end that is the choice I chose this time.
Sep 27 2009 9:57PM
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spruitm
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i say go to bed at 1
Sep 27 2009 9:58PM
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spruitm
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wow, i was way late
Sep 27 2009 9:59PM
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PAuL_Hellar
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if u do u have to post what happened
Sep 27 2009 10:00PM
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SteezyOhio
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i was up till 8 last night, then woke up at 130 today, dont feel that shitty

Sep 27 2009 10:00PM
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PAuL_Hellar
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no since i posted that two days later i feel like an idiot
Sep 27 2009 10:01PM
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