Electric shock yourself awake: Step one is to acquire an electric shocking device. Best bets: a prank store, the Psych department or CVS. Then simply zap yourself every time you start drifting off to sleep. To be honest though, this would probably cause some serious psychological sleep disorders.
Go to sleep in your clothes: Sometimes it’s physically painful to get out of bed, take off your warm pajamas and then change into your clothes for class. Be proactive. Wear your outfit for the next day to bed. Bonus points if you wear a jacket, too.
Go to class hungry: Sure, sure, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But an audibly–digesting belly is sure to keep you -— and your neighbors — distressingly awake.
Water bottle of vodka: Going so hard at Blarney with a 9 a.m. class the next morning was not one of your wisest decisions. You’ve heard of “a hair of the dog that bit you,” but why make it just a hair? Fill your water bottle with vodka — you can't get hungover if you stay drunk.
Sugar shots a la Toddlers and Tiaras: “Go–Go Juice” and a handful of Pixy Stix seem to give those three–year–olds the sugar high needed to prance through pageant competitions. Who’s to say that tried and true method won’t give you the boost you need to stay awake in Statistics?
Doodle: Studies have shown that doodling on the side of your paper actually helps you pay attention by forcing your brain to remain active, even when it's prone to daydreaming. Also, political science seems so much more bearable when your notes are surrounded by smiling kittens.
Paint eyes onto your eyelids: Put those Halloween face paints to everyday use. Carefully paint eyes onto your eyelids so that while you snooze in class, you look unblinkingly and creepily alert.
