Early to Rise, Early to Succeed? Sleep Patterns and Academic Wellbeing

Abstract

Many people believe that waking up early leads to better academic success, but there isn’t much research to prove this idea. This study looks at the connection between wake up timings, sleep patterns, and academic performance among 47 undergraduate students to see if early rising really helps with grades. We used a survey through Google Forms to collect information about students’ wake times, sleep quality, when they prefer to be active, and their GPA scores. The results show a more complicated picture than the simple idea that “early birds” always do better. Our data indicates that students getting up between seven and eight in the morning often do quite well in their studies. They end up with an average grade point average of eight point two nine out of ten. We noticed a strong link too between feeling energetic early on and staying focused for the rest of the day. Still, some patterns in our findings raise real concerns about how students perform. Around sixty percent of them get six hours of sleep or even less every single night. Then there is the fact that seventy four point five percent check their phones or other gadgets just before going to sleep. All this probably gets in the way of doing better in classes, regardless of when they start their day. Our work points out that pushing for earlier wake up times alone is not the key here. What counts more for success in school turns out to be solid sleep schedules overall. Those who line up their routines with their own body rhythms and make sure to get plenty of restful sleep usually see higher marks in the end.