@doneinamonth Yes, good thinking. If you wake up early, then you can use the morning time to be productive. But on other days where you spent late night doing problem sets and lab reports, then you can sleep in.
@ProfessorPlum168 Unfortunately Berkeley is very inconsiderate when it comes to MWF classes. There are very few MW classes so having an empty/lighter Friday is almost impossible unless one schedules everything on TuTh which I don’t recommend. There are even classes after 5pm on Friday, so things can get worse.
I personally liked taking labs earlier in the week because staying focused for 3~4 hours is tiring and getting enough sleep over the weekend was the best way to prepare. It’s also easier to convince the lab partners to meet over the weekend to work on the report when the report is due Monday or Tuesday. If the lab is on Thursday or Friday, then nobody would be motivated to meet right away the following weekend, and it becomes a long night the following Wednesday evening. There are other details that it makes you go to earlier office hours which means fewer people coming in and getting more help.