It's a well-known fact that college students don't get enough sleep. But what doesn't make students sleep? Is it pressure from the student's parents to do well in school or the feeling of having to be present at every social event or perhaps both? This is obviously different for every student, but most don't sleep because they are studying. Students will force themselves to go against their biological sleep clock so they can do another task. “We sleep less because we want or need to work more, study, socialize, or engage in other activities that take precedence over healthy sleep.” (Imaging Sleep and Sleep Disorders) College students prioritize school over sleep due to the high amount of homework they have to do, but unfortunately this has a horrible effect on the student's physical health and the health of their class . Most college students these days pay a lot of money to go to school, or perhaps I should say the students' parents pay a lot, but nevertheless there is money to go to college; students have a lot of pressure from their parents to get good grades and make all this college money pay off. Another stressor is scholarships, most students on scholarships have to keep their grades high otherwise they will lose their scholarship. All students focus on their GPA, is it high, is it low, will it get me places? With all the students worried about their GPA and how they should prepare for the next phase of life (whether it's medical school or an engineering internship or, dare I say it, a job), why should they care if they're getting an amount of sleep? greet. It goes without saying that all students want good grades. Typically, in college, the grade is based on... half of the paper... port for a good night's sleep). And as the school year progresses, the student might follow this study routine, staying up late to get work done, every week. Over time this will become a lifestyle and the student will suffer health consequences due to lack of sleep (Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep). Of course, there are reasons why students justify not sleeping in school, such as an assignment being turned in, or not reading a chapter on the next day's test. But when it comes to sleeping or doing homework, the answer is SLEEP!Works Cited page1. Elizabeth J Church JD., Imagining sleep and sleep disorders, 1 July 2012, EBSCO2. Daniella Green, Providing Residences with Support for a Good Night's Sleep, February 1, 2014, EBSCO3. Office of Communications and Public Liaison, Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep, 5 December 2013, Google search