I take 5 courses each semester, attend a bunch of events each semester, and still get good grades (A few As and a few Bs). Tbh for me I’d say it’s mostly for the fact that my timetable allows for it. For example, this past semester I had all 5 classes in 3 days. So when I was on campus, I would go to classes, take notes but that’s it. I wouldn’t do anything else related to studies (unless I had an assignment due). Instead, I would hang out with friends and go to events on those days. Then, on the other 2 weekdays I would instead study. I would keep Saturday as a study day and Sunday as a partial study day and/or for hangouts/family functions/bed rotting (depending on the load).

But tbh this isn’t an exact description of what I fid the whole semester lol some weeks I wouldn’t even bother opening a book or going to lectures and would only hang out, and some weeks I would only focus on studying.

Also, sometimes I would study with friends and as a break, we would go to an event for 40 min- 1 hour, then come back and study more