Just finished my first term in Cambridge and am bored atm so might as well add my week on here as it may be of interest to some (as I dint see many physics natscis writin in this thread)! I'm a physical natural scientist at Homerton doing Maths, Physics, Chemistry and MMS (Materials),
Monday: Alarm goes off at 7:30. snooze till 8:30 and get to Physics lecture on bike by 9. Go to Materials common room and do work of some sort for 2 hours until Materials lecture. Then a materials practical 2-4, then bike home and maybe do some more work. Have a chemistry supervision at 6.30, then go out to the half price Indian with a few of the lads which is always a laugh. Maybe chill the beans followed by bed.
Tuesday: Maths and Chemistry lectures between 9-11 (the four lectures I have mentioned go in these orders [i.e. alternate days] at these times upto Saturday) Go home do work for most of the day until around 8, then go to the bar maybe with some work and hopefully Champs League is on, if not play pool or Itbox etc.
Weds: Monday lectures, home for 1:30, do some work until Physics supervision at 5, then maybe do some work after, otherwise bar.
Thurs: Tues lectures, followed by massive 6 hour brute of a Chem practical or a hencher 4 hour Physics practical. Go home, maybe do a little bit of work, then get in the bar with a crew, go out for the night (usually bar to Wetherspoons to Vodka Revs), get mashed, stagger back at 3 and maybe go to bed straight away.
Friday: struggle up, feel mingin, get to lectures on your bike (the ride in the cold helps wake you up). Try and listen in the lectures, drink bare coffee, materials practical again, then a materials supervision at 6, then go home, chill for the night and go to bed early.
Saturday: 2 lectures a supervision, then home to do some work for various supervisions until around 6ish. Then stop for the night and go out to Wetherspoons again (as most clubs are proper expensive on a Sat), stagger back, stay up until whenever and go to bed.
Sunday: Up at 1, college Sunday lunch for breakfast, get football stuff and meet wherever the captain said. Play football against other college, go home and talk about it for ages, then get my Physics work which is in for the next day. Spend the rest of the day from 4 or 5 until sometimes 2am doing Physics supervision work in the bar watching the array of football on Sky Sports on the big screen (which is an absolute godsend). Go to bed to start again!