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So I came across an article on Yahoo! that talked about how all-nighters don’t help a person when they’re attempting to study for a test. The study showed that people who had never pulled an all-nighter had higher overall GPA’s than people who did pull all-nighters.

So this study can be taken in a couple of ways. One way it can be interpreted is that sleep is important to people, and that after a certain point in time, the brain is just unable to understand anything that’s going on, making it pointless to continue to study. Another possibility that can be inferred is that the people who didn’t need to pull all-nighters were inherently smarter, therefore their GPAs are just naturally higher. I was one of those people that never pulled any all-nighters throughtout my college career (although that didn’t necessarily reflect in my grades ) I’m also pretty sure my brother hasn’t ever pulled an all-nighter for school work, but I could be wrong, and I know Mazie never did for school work either.

I think my philosophy was more along the lines of, since I know I’m not going to do well, I’d rather at least have a good night’s sleep

So for those of you who find yourself pulling all-nighters to cram for that test or finish up that homework, learn from this study. Get your sleep, as it’ll help you more, or just get smarter!

Here’s a link to an old post my brother wrote on Test Taking. No guarantees, but it seemed to have worked for him, and look at where he’s at now!