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In my day, we somehow managed to get a good education, do required homework, get plenty of sleep, and have lots of time left over for sports, jobs, interests, and all kinds of social activities. Most of my peers did most of it, and quite a few did it all.  I don’t know exactly what happened, but that’s certainly not the norm for college bound high school students, anymore. Nowadays, with all the time it seems to take to be competitive for a seat at a good college, it’s normal for serious students to be sleep-deprived. Studying is important. But there’s a point at which more time spent studying hurts your GPA more than it helps. Lack of sleep will eventually become harmful to memory, creativity, thinking, reading, writing, and other mental and physical processes necessary to do good academic work. Growing teenagers need a good nine hours of sleep per night. When I ask students how much sleep they’re getting, the answer is generally in the neighborhood of six to seven hours per nigh...

In my day, we somehow managed to get a good education, do required homework, get plenty of sleep, and have lots of time left over for sports, jobs, interests, and all kinds of social activities. Most of my peers did most of it, and quite a few did it all.  I don’t know exactly what happened, but that’s certainly not the norm for college bound high school students, anymore. Nowadays, with all the time it seems to take to be competitive for a seat at a good college, it’s normal for serious students to be sleep-deprived. Studying is important. But there’s a point at which more time spent studying hurts your GPA more than it helps. Lack of sleep will eventually become harmful to memory, creativity, thinking, reading, writing, and other mental and physical processes necessary to do good academic work. Growing teenagers need a good nine hours of sleep per night. When I ask students how much sleep they’re getting, the answer is generally in the neighborhood of six to seven hours per nigh...

In my day, we somehow managed to get a good education, do required homework, get plenty of sleep, and have lots of time left over for sports, jobs, interests, and all kinds of social activities. Most of my peers did most of it, and quite a few did it all.  I don’t know exactly what happened, but that’s certainly not the norm for college bound high school students, anymore. Nowadays, with all the time it seems to take to be competitive for a seat at a good college, it’s normal for serious students to be sleep-deprived. Studying is important. But there’s a point at which more time spent studying hurts your GPA more than it helps. Lack of sleep will eventually become harmful to memory, creativity, thinking, reading, writing, and other mental and physical processes necessary to do good academic work. Growing teenagers need a good nine hours of sleep per night. When I ask students how much sleep they’re getting, the answer is generally in the neighborhood of six to seven hours per nigh...