Are NoDoze pills a safe way to pull an all nighter during college finals?

Do not stay up all night for tests. You're brain absolutely needs ~7 hrs to absorb all of the studying you've done during the previous day of the test. If you're working on a project, I would say the same thing, but since those 7 hrs are probably crucial to getting your project done, then do it in doses. Work for 3 hrs, take a 45 min nap, work another 3 hrs, etc. Don't take no doze, it'll make you feel like you're on crack and it'll make you sick to your stomach. Drink coffee, coffee is also great for stimulating your memory during a test. So if it is a test, skip the coffee tonight, do some studying tonight, get a lot of sleep if possible, drink a couple cups of coffee tomorrow morning for the test. When you miss out on sleep, you're brain can't take data from your 'working memory' (information you've just read/studied about) and put it into your long term memory, which is where it needs to be in order to recall it for a test.