umm...i hated school and had the same problem. fortunately i went to a lame school with a bunch of slackers. also notice that i am not jumping to take the GRE.

one thing i can tell you is this: while i was in leiden i spend three weeks writing a four page paper, and it was the best thing i ever did. i would write about a paragraph every other day. which i guess is a testament to spreading the work out and planning ahead...but it is probably only really helpful when you only have one or two assignments at a time.

so i'm a lot of help. at least its a subject you are interested in?