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There is only one way to survive cutting down on the number of hours you sleep.. its to increase your basic metabolic rate... tough to do a 38 as naturally you are slowing down at the same time...
If your BMR is high.. as in yuor ealry mid twenties then you recover more rapidly during your sleep cycle.. add to that good physical fitness and hey presto a 4-6 hour sleep quotient if fine..
You can increase your BMR by making usre yuor diet is very healthy...includes reducing or cutting out caffine and alcohol....and getting some serious aerobi exercise every day... like 90 minutes or so of which at least half should be within your peak heart rate range...
In time, possibly a couple of months you will noitice that you can maintain your activity level on a reduce number of hours of sleep...
However you need to balance that out against the following:-
1) Time taken for exercise....can be great fun if its social.. such as a running group or skating club.
2) Mental acutity during difficult tasks....The mind needs REM time...it works in apporx 90min cycles and you needed three per sleep cycle usually to get a 'recharge'...add in some non REM time and pretty soon you are looking at a irreductible minimum.. for you..
3) The schedule needed to achive this is gonig to severely limit your flexibility....how deos that affect your life...
4) See what Moses said..
Its better to be ready, both mentally and physically to do regualr 'pushes' to get projects moving or completed than try to run a little bit faster for longer..
Like the lumber jack in the Canadian Woodcutting cometition... he you takes time to sharpen the axe will beat those who slog thro it non stop....
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