Current FIT Students: Help! Balancing Schoolwork and Work

Hello! I am hoping to transfer into FIT as a fashion design or menswear student. I should have enough credits from my previous college to cover general education classes except for the art/fashion foundation classes, so I am unsure if I will qualify for the one-year associate degree program. For anyone currently attending FIT, whether you are a design student or not, do (or did) you have a part-time job? If so, was it difficult to balance with schoolwork? Personally, I am not worried about having a social life, since I will be plenty happy with studying fashion design. Thank you for the help in advance!