<p>I'm considering taking on a part-time job next semester maybe working in the dining facilities or office work or at events/concerts/games on campus so I can earn some money and continue to build my resume.</p>
<p>How easy is it going to be to juggle a 15-17 hour credit hour course load (I'm a civil engineering major) and a part-time job? The only work I've done before is over the summer so school hasn't been a factor.</p>
<p>Would you recommend it? I really don't need it but I think I will do it if I can handle it.</p>
<p>I just got an on-campus job for next semester and the woman in charge basically said to take around 6 hours of work. If you can handle more, take more (there are always extra shift to grab when people get snowed in or are sick) but she won’t generally assign more than 6 hours a week.</p>
<p>Since you’re an engineering major, won’t you have a lot of problem sets and things like that? I’m a philosophy/poli sci type major and the only assignments I really have are papers two or three times a semester. The burden is in reading which will be easy to do on my new job. If you don’t think you’ll be able to finish all your work in the remaining time left over after the job and the job WON’T let you do your own work on work time, then maybe you shouldn’t do it.</p>
<p>Agreed. I took 18 credit hours this term, but because I played a varsity sport (soccer), I only worked 5-6 hours a week (although I’ll be working around 8 in the winter). It was tricky, and sometimes frustrating because most of my friends didn’t have to work, but I worked in high school as well, so it was more of a continuation of the balancing act I learned in HS. That being said, it is really, really nice to have some of my own money to spend, and once I figured out how to balance my schedule, it was alright. Being busy with soccer and a job actually encouraged me to be more productive - I tend to procrastinate a lot when I’m not forced to do work in my free time.</p>