There’s no doubt about it that high school students struggle with their sleeping habits. <\/p>\n
Now what about IMSA students? <\/p>\n
According to research<\/a> done by Dr. Dorothy Bruck, a professor at the School of Psychology, Victoria University, most of the teenagers she interviewed for her research \u201cspend periods across most days being quite sleepy.\u201d It\u2019s said that high school students should get around 10 hours of sleep per night<\/a>. The Acronym <\/i>drew on data gathered by IMSA’s Office of Institutional Research (OIR) and interviews with current students, and IMSA staff, to delve deeper into IMSA students’ sleep experience.<\/p>\n In the 2021 Challenge Success Survey, IMSA students reported sleeping an average of 6.7 hours per night. According to the survey, the majority of IMSA students report going to sleep sometime between 11:30 pm and 2:00 am on weeknights and waking up at 8:00 am or later on weekday mornings. Danica Sun, a sophomore, says that she gets an average of four to six hours of sleep a night. Maggie DiMarco, another sophomore, gets around six to seven hours of sleep a night. Upperclassmen like Nadia Ludwig, a senior, tend to get more sleep. Ludwig gets six to eight hours every night, and Pranav Patel, a senior, gets seven to eight hours a night, during a good week. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMSA\u2019s Social Aspect<\/b><\/p>\n Many students brought up IMSA\u2019s 10:00 check when asked why they sleep so little. Sun says that usually she would have been ready for bed by 10:00 p.m. \u201cBut, instead, I\u2019m always out until check,\u201d Sun says. Because of that, she doesn\u2019t start her homework until after check every night, which keeps her up until at least midnight most nights, as she has roughly two to three hours of homework to do a day. <\/p>\n Nandana Varma, junior, states that she\u2019s in meetings for extracurricular activities and socializing with friends all the way until 10:00 check. She explains that she doesn\u2019t start her three hours of homework until after 10:00 check most nights. <\/p>\n Mrs. Tracy Townsend, an English teacher for 17 years at IMSA, explains that many students have clubs, friends, and sports that they want to keep up with, all of which are keeping them out very late and causing them to sleep later. Townsend, however, doesn\u2019t necessarily think it\u2019s a negative thing. \u201cThe social aspect of IMSA is a feature, not a bug.\u201d She explains that many students come from fairly good schools as it is. Students are more attracted to the residential aspect of IMSA than to its academics, in her opinion. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Extracurricular Activities at IMSA<\/b><\/p>\n Many students at IMSA dedicate most of their time to their extracurricular activities. \u201cPretty much when I\u2019m not at school, and when I\u2019m not doing homework, I\u2019m pretty much doing extracurriculars,\u201d DiMarco said. <\/p>\n Ludwig spends 20 hours a week on extracurriculars. She says that she\u2019s managing it quite well, though, even if she does think it might be slightly too many. <\/p>\n Townsend, who thinks that most students do overcommit to extracurriculars, also thinks that every student is overcommitted to something, whether it\u2019s extracurriculars or not. \u201cWhatever the shape is, I think almost every IMSA student is overcommitted,\u201d she explains. \u201cThey\u2019re just overcommitted to different things.\u201d <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Living Away from Home<\/b><\/p>\n Kylie Marsden, the 1506 D wing RC, explains that she thinks that many students sleep less when at IMSA because they\u2019re living away from home. <\/p>\n Sun explains that not being at home has caused her to sleep less. Usually, Sun would have to be ready for bed by 10:30 p.m. because of the living arrangements in her house. At school, though, she can stay up as late as she\u2019d like without disturbing people, allowing her to sleep less and less. <\/p>\n Other students, though, would clearly disagree. Patel says that living away from home has actually benefited his sleep schedule. \u201cI think that\u2026 coming to IMSA has benefited my sleep schedule, but that\u2019s not a high bar by any means,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n Ludwig says that living away from home hasn\u2019t disrupted her sleep schedule but rather given her \u201can opportunity to become flexible with it.\u201d <\/p>\n DiMarco agrees with both Patel and Ludwig, explaining that no matter where she\u2019s sleeping, it doesn\u2019t quite matter. \u201cI\u2019m fortunate to have that, \u2018cause I know some people have had trouble sleeping.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s no doubt about it that high school students struggle with their sleeping habits. Now what about IMSA students? 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