<p>So I just got accepted to LSU earlier this week, and although I am stoked to be going there as a full-time student, I am a little worried about the transition.</p>
<p>I'm not gonna lie, first year after high school I procrasinated! I worked at a pizza place, travelled with the money I saved up and got to see different parts of the world. I would not be without that experience as I learned a lot!</p>
<p>After the first year I studied part-time, mostly at night, and worked during the day. Currently I am working as key account manager for a salon distributor, and as of next week I will be starting a 3month job as key account manager for Unilever, one of the largest food/beverage suppliers in the world (ben and jerry's, lipton tea, etc). I enjoy my job, but I know it's time to finish my degree. I mean I finished high school three years ago, and have about 40 college credits. My work experience is pretty good, and I am proud of what I've accomplished. How many 21 year olds can say that they have worked in what is usually a high paying entry level position for many college graduates since they were 19? I make 18-20 $ an hour and still have time to have a social life.</p>
<p>My question to y'all is: </p>
<p>Have any of you gone from working to college, and how was the transition?</p>
<p>Did anyone else read this as a brag-a-thon?</p>
<p>Anyway, I don’t get your question. You said you’re worried about transition but didn’t say anything you’re worried about; all you did was list your resume.
If you already have 40 credits then you’re probably already familiar with what to expect from college.</p>
<p>I didn’t mean it like that (but to be quite frank, have you not seen the chance me threads on this site?). And being 21 and still being classified a sophmore isn’t exactly something to brag about in my eyes… Anyway… I have 40 credits that have been done part time going to evening classes in a European country. I doubt that that is very comparable to being a full time American college student, and what I’m worried about is feeling a little out of place, or getting a feeling as if I have much to do. I am used to working full days, having class in the evenings, and getting together with friends when I’m not totally exhausted. I’ve never attended college in the states, and am curious as to whether or not there are others here that have gone to college after working a couple of years, and what their experiences were?</p>
<p>I just recently went back to school full time after working. Long story short I was working as a Maintenance/Process Technician at an optics laboratory. During this time I had been attending the local Tech college part time (3-8 credits/semester) The transition from working full time and attending school part time to attending school full time was not as bad as I thought it would be. after the first few weeks I had my routine down and just went with the flow. The hardest thing for me was actually getting my sleep schedule straightened out seeing as I was working 3rd shift (11PM-7AM) right up until the week before I started school. I was amazed at how fast I was able to get back into the habit of studying and doing homework, which I thought was going to be a challenge. This is a very condensed version of a long story. Hope this answers your question. Just dont take a crazy course load your first full time semester and you will do just fine.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply! Did you decide to attend school near your hometown, and did you know anyone going into it? I am glad to hear your sleeping routine changed quite fast as I am not used to getting up thaaaat early… but if you managed so can I What year are you in now?</p>
<p>I spoke to a GC by phone today and it seems I’m missing quite a few gen eds… so I am probably going to take 2-3 gen eds over the summer to get some credits towards the 39 hr req they have at LSU. How many gen ed classes would you recommend pr semester? </p>
<p>Here we do not have gen eds as these are usually done the last year of high school so I am EXTREMELY frustrated to have to take classes such as geography and biology again! ugh! But hopefully by the end of my summer semester I will have 18-20 gen ed credits!</p>
<p>“I’ve never attended college in the states, and am curious as to whether or not there are others here that have gone to college after working a couple of years, and what their experiences were?”</p>
<p>For me:
Junior year HS - bootcamp during summer
returned senior year and graduated
summer after graduating - AIT at Fort Sill
Returned home in September and recieved a letter for mobilation for OIF 08-09
Went away for a year training and Iraq and returned home again in September
Started college in January</p>
<p>To answer your question I had a couple months to transition to college. I was working 12-15 hours a day in 140 degree weather to relaxing and sleeping all day at home to taking classes in college. It didn’t take that long for me to get used to the college life.</p>
<p>I moved from my hometown to Minneapolis to attend school. About a 70 mile move for me so not really that big of a deal. I will be finishing up my first full time year here this spring. The number of credits you take per semester depends on your own personal preference and abilities more than anything else. I took 15 last fall and it felt about right for my transition period. This semester I am taking 17 credits and I am doing good. But I also have alot of time to devote to homework. I would say keep your first semester on the light side, you can always add on more classes in the following semesters if you feel the load is too light. It is not as easy to drop credits if you take too many. </p>
<p>18-20 credits over the summer? how is your summer system set up. ours runs two 8 week sessions. and you have to get an academic waiver to go over 8 credits during one session. And I have heard that doing 8 credits in a 8 week section is really hard. But I would not know from experience. I have heard that some schools do a single 16 week summer session, this would probably be ideal over the accelerated 8 week programs.</p>
<p>It’s “only” 12 credits over thr summer. 6 in an accelerated program and 6 over 10-12 weeks I think. i am visitibg the school in 2 weeks and will talk to a gc about this.</p>
<p>Cabhax! So proud of you and must admit I did laugh a little at the 140 degrees thing! I guess you were happy with the change in climate i’ll be going to the warmth from below freezing temperatures so at least that’s one change I will love :)</p>
<p>Mech: approximately how much time do you spend on homework in a week? </p>
<p>Thanks for your great replies. Seems like it might be easier going from work to college than high school to college. </p>
<p>Sorry if there arr typos. Stupid iPhone always autocorrects! :)</p>
What year are you in now?</p>
and must admit I did laugh a little at the 140 degrees thing! I guess you were happy with the change in climate