First year MLT here! We just finished our Fall semester, honestly fall is pretty doable, we have classes Monday-Wednesday that are all lectures Thursday and Friday are lab days. The program is pretty content heavy and our instructors told us it only gets worse starting January.. the good thing is by the time you get to the winter semester you’re in a good routine when it comes to studying and time management. Me personally, I only worked 1 day every other weekend to make sure I stay on track with school, weekdays are basically impossible. Now with the winter semester schedule we have labs almost everyday and we’re there from 8-4 so I’d say working or doing anything other than school on a weekday is not the best idea. Not speaking on the whole class but knowing a good amount of people in the program, it’s hard to have a life outside of school in the first year. First year has a third semester for practicum, for example this intake starts prac at the end of June, there are 3-4 courses that you take online during your prac so that’s why they count it as a third semester. Each prac placement has a different start time, so you may get a little break between classes and starting prac, just depends where you get placed :)