We started at 6am (5:30 while doing ICU),then did morning rounds until 7:30. After that, I had about 2-3 cases per day (I used to hide out between cases to keep from getting scutted out too much ), then afternoon rounds were anywhere from 3-6pm so we went home anywhere from 4:30 ( on a good day.....VERY rare) to around 7pm.....usually around 6-7pm. we were on call q4 which SUCKED, pretty much all our weekends were shot. Surgery sucked...it was my least favorite rotation. Long hours, not enough teaching (although my couple of weeks in the Surgery ICU were a different story, the attendings were Pulmonologists who were big on teaching). Best way to survive....suck it up, hide and study/sleep whenever possible, and unless you're trying to go into surgery, don't try to be a superstar....chances are no on will care anyway and you'll piss off your fellow students lol.