My experience with my undergrad is we all wanted to frontload readings: we could do readings on buses during our commutes, we could do readings on our breaks at work, we could do readings in twenty minute bursts between classes while grabbing food. The more we did readings way in advance and in those snatched bits of time, the more we could dedicate actual chunks of reasonable working time to papers and projects that required space, time and full physical engagement.

Which meant we were still doing a lot of last-minute homework at 12AM! It's just we were doing the five page paper due tomorrow, rather than the readings. >.>