Studying and Working

[Mirosuke]

Just wondering, anyone does both things on your schedules? How is it?
It'll be my first time doing so. I'm working on a japanese restaurant at mornings and studying at afternoon/night. I'm a lazy-ish person, I must say... So, I am kind of afraid to give up at the end lol

Good luck for those who starts college/university this fall!

PS: I don't have guts enough to take Accounting this semester ): fml.

[inky]

used to work 2 days and go to school for 5. I just graduated so I'm getting ready to quit my current job as soon as I take the boards. It was a pain in the ass but it kept me on my toes.

[Toasty]

I would never even consider working whilst i'm actually at uni. Enjoy it too much to waste time working, and i dont want to risk having to stress about a job as well as uni deadlines.

I just work through the summer - aka now.. for min wage. :/

[dom]

I did it for a while and it was ridiculous. I did 35 hours of work a week and had a full class schedule. I used to work 13 hours on Monday, then had a 16 hour school day (because of a mix of day and night classes and had to bus 1:30 each way) I got home at midnight and had to wake up at 6 for field ecology every Wednesday, then be on time for work at 11:30. Thursday was another 13 hour work day, Friday had 8 hours of class, then a full work day on Saturday and only had Sunday off. I had a hard job too, so it wasn't like I could dick around.

That didn't even last a year, **** that noise.

[EvGa]

Honestly depends on how difficult your course load is and how difficult the job is. I've seen people (friends) with easy ass majors (general business, history, etc) work 40hours a week with no problem. The engineering, math, computer science, etc majors tend not to have jobs or if they do they are usually a 'sit-on-your-ass' job in a computer lab on campus.

That said, I don't work and take classes. That's what my scholarships, grants, and small loan is for. The only paid stuff I do is, see: "what is your job thread".

[inky]

Yeah, I worked in jobs that allowed me to study at work. I got lucky and managed to land a job on my last year in HS so I've been working for the same hospitality company for a few years now. Weekend office jobs - email responses / reservation / auditing.

I can't imagining working a heavy loaded job with my applied natural science major.

[Nantosh]

I'm going into my second year of uni this fall, where I'll be working as a RA in an upper year building. I'm considering keeping one of my two summer jobs, as it's a very simple reception job that is quite flexible with hours and even (supposedly) allows me to study at back desk reception during the academic year.

Really can't decide wether I'm actually up for it though, as my RA job is supposedly quite time consuming with a lot of late nights as it is. Not to mention I have 15 hours of labs plus write up time, with lectures piled on top.

I have more lab hours then lecture hours, how ridiculous is that?

And dom, that's seriously f//cked up.

[Pinoy_Archer]

I'm a graduating Student and having a job experience is required in our curriculum, Practicum. So now, I have 8AM~5PM Work at the DSWD and 5:30~9PM is school. I have to consume at least 480 at my OJT. Also Exam's a 8Itch

[TOloseGT]

The thought of prestigious career and making bank keeps me going.

[Doron]

I do it. I've made days that I started school at 8:30 to 4 and then go on to my job, which starts at 6 to around 11 at a restaurant. + my traveling time I barely saw my family but meh, doesn't really matter. I did that for about 4 days a week, plus working on the weekends and also going out.

Thing is that I barely do anything for school so that wasn't a problem, but even if I did, I would've managed with my weekends and the in between times.

[BuDo]

I did it and hated it...I had no free time..Worked weekends and attended class weekdays. I told my boss to change my shift so I could at least have some free time on the weekends...Then my homework suffered a bit...But I guess its just me and my poor time management abilities.

[Mirosuke]

lol, guys... nice way to encourage me.
Anyways, I'm taking like 4-5 courses, not sure. Taking a language class as well (Japanese). Man, Science courses are hard to make friends lol.
At least, if I am working, won't have any problem for my own needs.

[inky]

lol, guys... nice way to encourage me.
Anyways, I'm taking like 4-5 courses, not sure. Taking a language class as well (Japanese). Man, Science courses are hard to make friends lol.
At least, if I am working, won't have any problem for my own needs.

Not true lol.

I know people who work and study full time. My schooldays were normally 8-14 hours long (with an hour or 2 break in between for some classes. Each class is at least 3 hours). Not to mention studying, doing paperwork, projects after class.

[CrimsonNuker]

My friend just posted her uni sched. on Facebook. This looks depressing.

[Toasty]

6 modules? :/

I have 4.

[Mirosuke]

My friend just posted her uni sched. on Facebook. This looks depressing.

Spoiler!

Friday... why would she...?

[inky]

So...are you taking the job?

On a slightly infuriating side note, watch this:



Hmmm..I work, study and paid my own tuition to work in a hospital. Granted it's subsidized, it's still pretty expensive for me since I didn't want to ask my folks for money. This fucker gets paid by my taxes so he can be a "musician"?! $22,000/year and he still sounds and acts like someone with the mentality of a high school drop-out imbecile. BLAH...!

[Jerk]

Depends on what you're studying. I would say if you're studying science or engineering, you can work at most part-time (15-20 hours a week). Otherwise it would be very difficult to manage a full class schedule, work, and enjoy the college life.

Personally, I'm studying engineering and I work 15-20 hours a week and It keeps me on my feet, but not it's not so overbearing that I don't have time to enjoy myself.

[Doron]

I say just try it depending on your class schedule.

I mean, just for a few weeks. if it doesn't work out just quit becuase of school, right?

[MrTwilliger]

I studied and worked for 2 & 1/2 years, which was the entirety of my diploma. Initially the workload was pretty full on, I was studying 25 hours per week and working 16 hours per week. Basically, monday-friday was filled entirely of working/studying and my weekends were taken up with assignments. As I got further and further into my studies the workload decreased, but I supplemented that by working more. By the end I was working 32-35 hours per week and only had 1 class per week.

Ultimately it all comes down to two things: how much effort your willing to put in and is the reward really worth it. To me my work was invaluable, not only because of the friendships I've formed but also because of what it has taught me. Without that job I never would of got the job I'm currently doing (I've just started a new job as of 2 weeks ago as an IT Technician and I am loving every second of it). My opinion is that you should find the hardest job and most stressful job you can physically do and do your best at it. If you can learn to overcome those obstacles now, than any full-time employment you have after your studies will seem like an absolute breeze. That's the theory I went with and it's working well for me.

[*BlackFox]

I say just try it depending on your class schedule.

I mean, just for a few weeks. if it doesn't work out just quit becuase of school, right?

+1
well, It doesn't hurt to try!

[Peachy]

Don't bite off more than you can chew. Try a work study, or a non work study program on campus first. If you can balance that, you should be okay.