Typical 1st Semester 1st year day

There are actually 2 types of days during the 1st semester, a test week day, and a non test week day. Since there is a test once every other week, there are about as many of each type of day. 

Non test week day:
Wake up at 6:45 to get ready to go to school and be there by 8 am class.  4 out of 5 days I'd be wearing scrubs because I'd either be in the Gross Lab or the Pre Clinic lab doing wax ups.  Usually there's classes in the morning, Gross, Gross Lab, Histo, Histo Lab, Dental Anatomy, or Dental Anatomy Lab.  The afternoons would be filled up with Gross Lab, Dental Lab, or some type of smaller class like Biochem, Bio Materials or Case Studies.  Each class was mostly a powerpoint presentation with a ton of information read to you that was also found in the packet given at the beginning of the semester.  Each day was 6 hours of class or lab and I'd usually study about 3 hours in addition to that.  1/2 day a week was time off, so I'd use that to study. I would usually put in 40-50 hours on this type of week.  Usually to school by 8 am or 9 am and home by 5 pm or 6 pm.

Test week day:
Our schedule was pretty well coordinated between classes, so we rarely had multiple tests on any single week or day.  When we did have tests, I would usually do the absolute minimum in the other classes and shift all of my studying to the class with the test.  I usually studied maybe an hour more per day than on a non test week.  I would usually put in 50-65 hours on this type of week.  Usually to school by 8 am and home by 6 pm or 7 pm.  I've been to so much school in my life, that I really wasn't stressed out about any test or class during the semester.  I would say  my stress level was quite a bit less than what it was during undergrad, because in undergrad you needed to get the top scores in order to be competitive to get into dental school.  Dental School affords you the real opportunity to really learn what you'll use the rest of your life, so it's more of wanting to learn the material for life, rather than for the upcoming test.  This I felt was the reason I felt less stress before tests than during undergrad.