<p>I just turned 18 and graduated High School in 2011 Val and AP Scholar. I have a daughter that is 6 months old and stay with my parents still. I am working full time. My initial plan was to go on to school to obtain a bachelor's in Accounting. I am in the middle of being promoted to a position that will offer more than enough to allow me to purchase a home cash. </p>
<p>Long story short. Anyone have experience working FT and going to school for 12 credit hours? It is the only way I can attend for free. I would be working what I work now a rotating work schedule.</p>
<p>Your daughter needs milk, diapers, vaccinations, etc. She also needs time with you.</p>
<p>Going to school while working full-time can be exhausting. Can you start slowly, like one class the first semester? That will give you time to adjust and to build your coping skills.</p>
<p>You also might investigate residential college programs for single mothers. Supposedly the aid is good. Mothers and children live in a designated dorm and support each other.</p>
<p>I think your decision will have to depend heavily on the involvement of your daughter’s father. </p>
<p>If nothing else, is there a CC nearby that offers an associates in Accounting? If you’re going to go to college I would start with that. Usually CC is more flexible with class times than University and it is also a lot cheaper than University in most cases for PT students, since you’re unlikely to get much FA as a PT student at a University.</p>
<p>I don’t understand where the assumption that the OP is female is coming from. The post’s tone is gender neutral, and the OP’s profile indicates male.</p>
<p>Anyways.</p>
<p>There is a guy in my office who had a similar situation. He became a father in freshman year of college, and had to temporarily stop pursuing his degree to work and care for his child while his wife finished her degree. After that he just worked, and is now working on his undergraduate degree again. He’s 28.</p>
<p>My advice? Do what he did. Put off going to college for a bit if finances are a concern, work a bit to support your child and significant other. Go back for the degree in a few years. If you can do the 12 credits, by all means, do that. 12 is the minimum for full time at many universities, though. It’ll be tough.</p>
<p>A lot of people with children start off at community college. You’re required to take 12 units to be a full-time student but who says you have to finish in two years and can’t take it at your own pace by taking less? A friend of mine who has a kid is on a 6-8 year plan to get their requirements done and works full-time.</p>
<p>It might be easier to go to school in a few years when your daughter is in school herself.</p>
<p>Taking 12 hours+working full time+supporting a child seems like a lot of work to me that wouldn’t be healthy for you or her.</p>
<p>I’d start out small with 3 or 6 hours and see where that takes you. If you can handle it, then sign up for more.</p>
<p>Also, maybe you should think about taking online courses through a community college. Those tend to be more flexible and you could take them at the same time as being at home with your daughter while she naps.</p>
<p>@Atemporal. You’re right, because i’ve only seen the name Neftali on Male. I don’t think it’s a unisex name. This is assuming that it’s actually the OP’s name.</p>