<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Anyone tried to merge these two things together? How did it go?</p>
<p>"Officially" my job isn't full-time because I don't get paid hourly or work 8-5, M-F, but I do work 50+ hours a week with our football team. I also have a full course load (12 or 15 credits/semester).</p>
<p>It's all about time management. Nothing more, nothing less. I go to class in the mornings, go to football practices in the afternoon, go to a game every weekend. It's a lot of time but if you can keep track of assignments and communicate with professors you should be alright.</p>
<p>depends on your job. for example, if you can work on theweekends, that definately helps because 40 hours mon-fri is too hard when you have classes unless you take all of them at night.</p>
<p>i am doing part time right now, work in the morning, class and then work at night. my grades have significantly dropped compared to when i didnt work. it's not that i dont have enough time to study, but after work i am very tired. i take the weekends to catch up on school work.</p>
<p>plus extracurriculars take up some time too.</p>
<p>In college I worked almost full time (approx. 30 hours a week) my junior and senior year. My work was flexible enough to work around my school schedule. They were not open weekends so I had to fit in all the hours between Monday and Friday. My job started as an internship, and I performed very well so they offered me a part time position, which led to a full time employee (part time hours). Small companies are sometimes more flexible with this. This is also very beneficial when applying for jobs after you graduate. Not only do you have a degree but you will also have "real world" relevant experience.</p>
<p>You need to be 100% responsible and dedicated to being on time and being completely honest with your employer. I was able to set up a 401k plan and receive benefits while still in enrolled in college, but not all employers will offer this.</p>
<p>If I were you I would make sure the place you are working will be flexible with your schedule and your position is going to be something related to what you want to do after you graduate.</p>
<p>The classes you take also influence how hard it is to work and go to schools at once.</p>
<p>Full-time work is nearly impossible if you're talking about 8-5 M-F. Part-time work with flexible schedules is possible though. Right now, I'm taking 5 graduate courses and work 18-19 hours a week in addition to a 3 hour round trip commute per day (live off-campus), and I still have 3 days off from everything. Some of my days can be 12 to 13 hours long, but it's manageable as long as you have good time management skills.</p>