<p>I work 40/hrs a week AT LEAST at a group home for the mentally disabled. I have almost always worked more than that though since I also cover anyone's shift. I've been doing this since December 2008 and have maintained around a 3.75 at a CC while working 40/hr week. </p>
<p>There are two school that I know place a high emphasis on employment while schooling: UCLA and UC Berkeley. Are there any other schools that place a high emphasis on employment?</p>
<p>what exactly are you asking? are you wondering which schools look at employment history when looking at applicants? because both UCLA and Berkeley do NOT put much emphasis on work history. their greatest determining factor for admissions is GPA.</p>
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<p>No. That can be found by looking in their transfer brochures. I’m asking exactly what I posted: “Are there any other schools that place a high emphasis on employment.”</p>
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<p>I never said the GDF wasn’t GPA. GPA, IGETC (pre-requisites) and grade trends are the usually order in greatest factors. However, every applicant to UC Berkeley and UCLA is going to have high GPA + complete pre-requisites (if they didn’t, they shouldn’t be applying in the first place).</p>
<p>What separates them are the intangibles such as EC’s, employment, personal statement, etc. UCLA listed employment as their number one intangible in this years transfer brochure.</p>
<p>The schools that I know of, in general, that place an emphasis on employment (are understanding of it, if that’s the closest to what you mean) are those with adult degree programs. In general, the 4-year colleges that I’ve worked with expect traditional students to not work full-time. Working that much is very characteristic of community college students, so you might be looking at working less hours (if that’s at all possible) to attend a traditional track at a 4-year college. Other than that, an adult degree program at a traditional school will likely consist of night and weekend classes. They’re more intensive, but will fit a work schedule. I don’t know of any colleges that want (emphasize) that their students work. The ones I’ve dealt with more or less “tolerate” it.</p>
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