<p>What? Well, I just want to hear some thoughts on this.</p>
<p>Do you think having a part-time job in college can improve your time management skills? I would believe that having less time to study and do homework will force you to become more dedicated and procrastinate less. </p>
<p>I, personally, am a HUGE procrastinator, and am considering getting a part-time job to help me to become a bit more dedicated in school.</p>
<p>To the non-procrastinator, this might sound like a stupid idea, but think about this from the perspective of the procrastinator. More time = more chance to goof off. Less time = less chance to goof off.</p>
<p>Thoughts? Concerns?</p>
<p>By the way, I am a 2nd year student. My classes can be a bit difficult, but not necessarily over-the-top either.</p>
<p>Yeah, you should get a part job. Even if it doesn’t help with time management, there are many other reasons why all college students should at least work a part time job.</p>
<p>I have three jobs and personally it does help me get stuff done on time. I know if I only have an hour per day or so for homework, then I am going to get as much done in that hour as possible.</p>
<p>I work around 24 hours a week at a physically draining job, take 18 credit hours, part of two tutoring programs, attend a club, honors program as well.</p>
<p>You add meetings, interviews, career sessions, self development sessions, maybe a night out, volunteering, etc, and you have my life.</p>
<p>Seriously…I hear people complain about 10 hours a week with much less involvement.</p>
<p>Yes, my grades are not as good as they could be if I had more free time to study.</p>
<p>Don’t live your life so you max out your skills. Push yourself to get better, and you can’t do that unless you take a load that is too much and learn to adjust to it.</p>
<p>If you cant handle that, you may be hit with a reality check when you enter the corporate world if that is your goal.</p>
<p>fritos, your GPA is way more important than you think. Even if you max out your schedule while you’re dealing with the swine flu, a couple of extra B’s will drag you down</p>
<p>I work 2 jobs, play club ultimate (4 meets/week), and I take 18.5 credit hours (really 17 if you exclude the seminars). I deliver newspaper, which takes 1 hour/day, and I work in the lab. At the start of the semester, I started out strong and everything. I even found the time to work out in the mornings before I leave. Now, I’m becoming a couch potato. I don’t know if I’m just mentally drained or just having a phase. I am sleeping much more than I should, I watch way too much TV, I’m not getting my homework done until the last hour, and I’m not studying diligently. The last time I was like this was when I was a high school senior, when I got crushed by school and life in general. I seriously need to pull my ■■■ together. After all, I’m pursuing a 4.0 term GPA. I know I can do it. The mental factor is the most important.</p>
<p>P.S. I find working out helps a lot with time management, for me. It clears my head. Also work at the library, where you’re less prone to distractions. In my case, I just wasted my entire Saturday at home watching football. **** me</p>
<p>Having a part-time job helps you be generally responsible in many ways, not just with time management. I’m a junior, and I don’t have a job for the first time since before I graduated high school and I’ve been pretty miserable. Sure it’s great because I have a ton of time to get everything done. I can definitely see why they say students who live on campus and don’t work get better grades because there’s nothing else to do during the day but study! But I really miss having money. I don’t get any from my family, except for school expenses sometimes. I’ve turned into someone who has to debate about rather spending $2 on something is too much. </p>
<p>But it was really crazy working 25-28 hours a week, commuting to school and going full time. Tons of people are successful at it, but it really just depends on you. Some people need all the time they can get to study and really learn material while others can get away with working on really tight schedules. Working definitely taught me a lot of responsibility and a lot about life that I couldn’t have learned at school. I miss having a job (I’ve desperately been searching for one for awhile, but people don’t like hiring students…I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a holiday job!)</p>
<p>I’m a huge procrastinator as well. The busier I am, the better I do in class because I work best under stress and use my time better. I may have easy classes and a 13 credit load and always do the worst. When I have 17 credits and some of the most difficult classes I do the best.</p>
<p>I work 20 hrs a week as a server. I have 17 credits. I volunteer 6hrs/week. I take care of 2 dogs. I cook all of my own meals as I have an apartment. It all works out very well for me, and I have A’s in all of my classes right now.</p>
<p>Thank you for the great answers. I also work best under stress. However, if I’m not under stress and I know I have lots of free time, I will procrastinate and end up not getting anything done.
I think I will try to find a job or at least start going to the gym more. I’m in desperate need of getting my school life back together. I have too much free time, and it is definitively screwing me over.</p>
<p>ISU, by grades slipping I mean having a 3.8-4.0 to having a 3.5-3.9. I will not be getting any B’s…at the very worst, MAYBE one or two B+, and that is pushing it. Most of my other classes will be A’s, and maybe an A-. I’m being conservative towards the negative end too.</p>
<p>I cant tell you exactly how it will play out, but I will obviously not be able to do my optimum GPA wise if I spend a lot of my time doing other activities.</p>
<p>You must keep in mind the marginal benefit though.</p>
<p>Will having a 3.9 compared to a 3.7 with lots of networking, clubs, internships, general knowledge, be worth it?</p>
<p>As I said, this is just a guess based on my experiences.</p>
<p>The more you get involved the more you will enjoy your experiences as well. No one likes being bored, and having to decide between going to two events is much more pleasing than trying to find something to fill that empty time slot.</p>
<p>I have a job for 8 hours a week. I’m taking 14 credits and I’m pledging a sorority. Sure, that can’t hold a candle to many of the above posts. The thing I think is important is that I work in the mornings. I think it’s best to have class or work starting at least mid-morning, otherwise I’d sleep in all day. In fact, I should have made my classes earlier, they’re really late as it is. </p>
<p>Except Fridays. Try to not have Friday morning classes. :)</p>
<p>I’m a high school senior and I used to have a job at which I’d work 10-13 hours a week. I truly, truly love the workplace since I have worked there since I was 15 and I know everyone so well and it feels like a second family. However, the stress of college applications and excruciatingly difficult senior year classes took a huge toll on my performance at my job. It was fine up until late September, at which point I realized that I just couldn’t balance my job with school and college applications. Any other year, I would have been fine working 15 even 20 hours a week, but senior year, it was just too much. I quit late October, and even though I was sad at first, now I appreciate the extra sleep on the weekends since I barely sleep during the week.</p>
<p>I’ll most likely go back to this job in February-March after apps are in and after I’ve had a few weeks to rest… This small business is honestly my second home, it means so much to me and has done a great deal to shape my experiences and character throughout high school.</p>
<p>I’m assuming it’d be much, much easier to balance and prioritize a part-time job in college, though, as you have so much more autonomy in your course choice and activity choice and… everything… choice.</p>
(I’ve desperately been searching for one for awhile, but people don’t like hiring students…I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a holiday job!)</p>