Sometimes students are expected to do a lot on not a lot of sleep. From balancing homework and school to friendships and social lives, sometimes there just are not enough hours in the day.
People might wonder how students make time for it all, and to this, students would respond that they do not sleep. So we asked students the question, what is they longest they have gone without sleep and what was it for?
Ben Caler, Folsom, Calif., senior, 29, neuroscience, “It was finals week a couple years ago and I had to work two 16-hour shifts, so I was awake for 42 hours.”
Brad Corbett, Blytheville, Ark., junior, 22, finance, “Probably 26 hours. I was driving out here from Arkansas. I think I’m still recovering from that.”
Chase Roberts, Holladay, Utah, senior, 24, electrical engineering, “I did like 26 hours a couple months ago. We were working on a project for Outlet Baby Monitors. We were trying to get a prototype done for them, so we pulled an all-nighter.”
Samantha Song, Singapore, junior, 23, neuroscience, “Probably just a whole day for finals.”
Daniel Booth, La Verne, Calif., recent graduate, biophysics, “I usually sleep a lot, so maybe the longest would have been like 17 hours. It’s not very long. The reason would have been like a paper or something.”
Cody Heffner, Paso Robles, Calif., senior, 24, computer science, “Probably not very long, probably just 24 hours just for fun. Playing video games with friends.”
Kaliesha Foy, West Valley, sophomore, 19, pre-nursing, “Probably 24 hours for fun because I was stupid.”
Chris Maldonado, Washington D.C., junior, 22, accounting, “The last day of my freshman year right after finals. I stayed awake for the whole night with a whole bunch of friends to hang out.”
Joshua Miles, Vancouver, Canada, senior, 23, electrical engineering, “Two and a half days because I was just being stupid and partying with friends that lasted way too long.”
John Carter, Pocatello, Idaho, junior, 22, business, “I’ve gone a couple days without sleep before. One time was for a senior all-night party in high school and another time was for a charity for cancer patients.”
Ioana Schifirnet, Romania, sophomore, 20, information technology, “A day–it was New Years or something like that. I need to sleep a lot.”
Gary Kinross, Florence, Ky., junior, 22, mechanical engineering, “I’d say 40 hours. Trooper right? For a combination of finals with work.”
Maloni Langi, Dugway, Utah, senior, 29, sociology, “Three days for a movie marathon with my brothers during some summer.”
Katie Warren, West Lafayette, Ind., senior, 22, family life, “That would have to be probably two days for finals.”
Matt Raikes, Santa Rosa, Calif., senior, 24, recreation management, “Probably 32 hours studying for finals.”
Shawn Leichty, Mesa, Ariz., senior, 24, exercise science, “It was something for school that was due the next day. I didn’t sleep that time for like 26 hours.”
Shalee Hiatt, Southern Calif., sophomore, 19, math, “Like 25 hours–it was for a Book of Mormon challenge with the youth.”
Sam Roberts, Alpine, sophomore, 22, biochemistry, “I think just once I went 24 hours without sleep to finish a project in high school that I procrastinated.”
