Quote: The Video Ref "Agreed. Especially in the first year. The 'university experience' generally means getting blasted out of your skull on cheap vodka 4 nights a week, staying in bed until early afternoon and, very occasionally, doing just enough academic study to prevent yourself getting thrown off the course.'"
Again, not on all courses. I have 25 hours of lectures a week, along with labs which can be up to 10 hours. It's also necessary to put in around 20 hours personal study along with on average 2 assignments and 1 lab report each week.
The sweeping generalisation you make is the socially the perceived view on students but not often accurate. Of course some courses which require less work load and some people will indeed live like this during university life. However, that is reflected in the value of their qualifications post graduation.