What is the social life like of an MA student

I'm doing my Master's year atm (though it's a 4 yr undergraduate integrated master's, so it might be a little different? apparently they're classed as equal though) and, as some previous posters have said, I have very few contact hours (3 hrs class/tut on weds, 3 hrs class/tut on thurs, 4 hrs lab on fri) which means I have a lot of free time. However, I'm supposed to be using most of my free time to do my research project. My project is going smoothly so far and I'm ahead of schedule so I have a lot of free time atm, but some of my friends are having issues and spend a lot of time in the lab. I'm actually finding this year much more chill than my other 3 yrs of undergrad study, probably because i have so few contact hours and i get to do everything in my own time. also, since this year is heavily weighted on the research project, i only have 2 exams per semester which is great.

note: i'm studying physics so there isn't really any 'coursework', just lab work. i imagine the humanities might have a much higher workload in this respect.

Would anyone say that their social life was pretty much the same as their undergraduate?

For me, physics was intense from day 1 to the day I finished. Surprised you don't have any coursework though - I used to get weekly (or sometimes bi-weekly) worksheets in every lecture module.

I had a LOT more free time in my Masters degree (which was not integrated: it was in a different field) and the workload varied enormously from almost nothing to almost everything all at once around this time last year. I probably socialised more as I had a wider circle of friends and managed my money better than in first year. For about half the year I was dining out three times a week and going to the pub at least once a week, often twice. That and I knew it would be my last year as a taught student so I wanted to make the most of it.