LeAnne Forquer thought she was the only one having problems falling asleep and staying asleep at night when she was a psych grad student. After completing her recent study, though, Forquer is certain she's not alone: a third of the students she surveyed said it took them more than 30 minutes to fall asleep, and almost half woke up more than once in the night. And this lack of sleep in turn had detrimental effects on academics, driving and health.

Oddly, Forquer also found that the use of white noise alleviated both of these problems. (For those of us not blessed with beachside living and a soundtrack of crashing waves, a radio alarm clock will work just fine.)

But there might be an easier solution: in February, German researchers discovered that a six-minute cat nap can have the same effect on your memory as night-time sleep.

Or you could just go for broke and try the Uberman Sleep Schedule: you take twenty-minute naps every four hours around the clock, resulting in four total hours of sleep. This is how Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and a handful of other legends supposedly slept.

College is actually one of the few places this sleep schedule won't prevent you from living an otherwise normal life -- though sneaking your midnight cat-nap in on a Friday night might be rough.