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Am currently pulling an all nighter for my biology test

Do you guys think its a good idea? I don't know anything about the topics that I am being tested on (not a figure of speech) and don't have the time to sleep and revise

Reply 1

user123456324

Lots of people will say different things but dont pull an all nighter instead at least get 7-8 hours of sleep go to bed early and get up early and cram all of the content the morning before ur exam

Original post by Bhimps

Do you guys think its a good idea? I don't know anything about the topics that I am being tested on (not a figure of speech) and don't have the time to sleep and revise

Reply 2

Bookworm524

sleep is more important to make sure you don't fall asleep while in the exam

Reply 3

Emmmaaaa...

No.I don't think it's a good idea. So you may learn all the content by doing it, but by the time you get to the exam you'll be so tired and your brain will be so dead that you can't answer any of the questions, whether you know the content or not

Reply 4

StriderHort

Nah, no point in an all nighter when you need to be on your game the next day, it will just leave you either sleeping through an alarm, being half asleep or worst case, explosively soiling yourself on the hall floor from overdosing on energy drinks.

But if you're already sitting at the end of the academic year and still don't know the coursework, then things look pretty dire anyway.

Reply 5

SagaciousSag

Original post by Bhimps

Do you guys think its a good idea? I don't know anything about the topics that I am being tested on (not a figure of speech) and don't have the time to sleep and revise

Don't pull an all nighter. Revise the basics of each chapter, then go back to each one and fill in the gaps with more knowledge if you have time. It's better to have an even coverage of everything and hope that you remember some specifics in the exam than to be caught out on entire modules.

Once you get to the evening, just go to sleep. If there's no way you can get a full night in, it's better to sleep for 4 and a half hours and be able to process what you've revised than to fight your tiredness, be less productive and be foggy or even crash in the exam.

Reply 6

amelia5757

Original post by Bhimps

Do you guys think its a good idea? I don't know anything about the topics that I am being tested on (not a figure of speech) and don't have the time to sleep and revise