<p>Do any of you guys work while in school and if you do are you able to maintain your 3.7-higher gpa easily? I had a job in the beginning of the year but it was too much for me and I had a hard time keeping straight As but it's time for me to get a job again :/ any tips, thoughts, etc?</p>
<p>get all of the answers right on your homeworks, quizzes and tests.</p>
<p>No Shiz Sherlock haha</p>
<p>I’ve worried about the same thing. I really want valedictorian but I really want a spring-into-summer job.</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore, but I just went to work on the weekends. I can say that you can try to get as most done as you can in school, like those last 5 minutes of each class can be used to finish a homework assignment. Then, go to work or whatever. Make sure to work with your boss to modify your work hours so that you can reach your academic goals, if needed.</p>
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<p>I’m a junior and I work four days a week after school at two jobs (plus piano practice, volunteering, clubs, etc.) </p>
<p>It’s actually taught me to be a lot more efficient. I usually get home around 7:30 and practice piano for about an hour. At 8:30 I give myself one hour to eat, shower and take a 30 minute nap. The nap helps a lot, so that at 9:30 I can actuall be a useful person lol. </p>
<p>I kinda stopped studying for tests days in advance because I just don’t have time. I usually do all the busywork first (like worksheets, outlines, etc) just to get it out of the way, then for tests I make flash cards the night before the test. Every morning I wake up an extra hour early and use that hour to cram everything into my head with the flash cards. Then I keep flipping through the flash cards until the test. </p>
<p>It’s gone pretty well…I have a 4.0 uw with 4 APs right now. But I also get like five hours of sleep every night which kinda sucks…</p>
<p>^ This. Very similar to my life. </p>
<p>Here is my typical day:
6:00 am - wake up
6:20 - leave for jazz ensemble
1:20 - head to piano lesson
3:00 - head to work
7:30 - get home, run on treadmill
8:00 - shower
8:10 - eat dinner
8:30 - practice my oboe
9:00 - practice piano
10:00 - calculus homework
11:00 - study for any upcoming tests
12:00 - go to sleep</p>
<p>It’s exhausting. But I have a 4.0 and I am managing my classes, which are:
Advanced Jazz Ensemble
Advanced Jazz Composition
AP calc
AP gov
AP physics
AP lit
Symphonic Winds
German III
German IV</p>
<p>I get way ahead on the weekends. Generally I stay a couple chapters ahead of government, and just read the review websites before test days. We have physics and calc calendars so I also stay a few days ahead in those classes, as well. My German classes are independent study so I just do them when I’ve got the time.</p>
<p>^ Besides AP Lit and German I would kill for that schedule.</p>
<p>Its possible with time management. If you want a job you’re probably going to have to give something else up because you can’t do everything. I work two jobs, part time during school and full time during summer while still maintaining all my ECs. It’s hard but possible.</p>
<p>It’s hard. I’m an officer in 6 clubs, I’m in 4 APs plus one college-level course, and I have a job. I can only manage a ~3.75 UW GPA, which isn’t so good by CC standards but it’s good enough for me considering my circumstances. I know this probably isn’t what you want to hear, but if you want to get good grades and do ECs and have a job then you need to make sacrifices. You can drop a couple of clubs, drop an AP class or two, learn to settle for a lower GPA, give up your social life by working on weekends only, or drive yourself insane by trying to manage perfection with zero free time. I personally opted to drop APs - I take on-level (I guess it’s called College Prep in most schools) math and science because they’re my weakest subjects and I just don’t have the time to devote to them. I’m admittedly not the most well-rounded student and I still have a ton of schoolwork because my other 4 classes are APs but it does help a bit with my sanity.</p>
<p>Basically, what I’m saying is that you have to be willing to make sacrifices. You can work during the weekends but you’ll have to sacrifice your social life or you can work during the week but you’ll have to ease up on your classes and ECs a bit. And if you can help it, don’t work too many days a week - I work two 5-to-8 hour shifts a week and I don’t think I could handle any more than that. Although I’m very, very frugal and my parents pay for food and shelter (the only “necessity” that’s on my dime is clothing) so if you’re a spender or you’re helping with your family income then that might not be an option.</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation and I hold a 3.8 UW GPA.
It’s just a matter of using your time more wisely.
You’ve got to learn that time is *****ING precious.</p>