Exam-Crammers Are Losers, B.U. Health Director Advises

If you haven't cracked a book all year, don't cram for the final. So speaks Dr. Kenneth Christophe, director of the Boston University Health Service, who finds that cramming conditions are just no good for learning.

Successful crammers may sneer at this advice, but Christophe says the student forgets more than he learns after 2 a.m. Cigarettes and coffee are taboo, too, he claims, because they keep the person physically, but not mentally, awake.