<p>Do any of you students also have a job during the semesters? How many hours a week?</p>
<p>I am hearing two opposing sides to this. Some teachers hate when their students have jobs. But employers want to see EXPERIENCE on your resume when you graduate.</p>
<p>I don't know much, I'm just a community college student taking lower level courses. It's not that hard, I only have about 10 hrs of homework a week. I could be working full time right now if I had scheduled my classes better. </p>
<p>I just don't like the idea of graduating 3 years from now with $40,000 in student loans.</p>
<p>I think you should definitely work.Save up some money.Especially if you dont find standing behind a register for hours and hours excruciating.And having some 'fast food restaurant manager' yell at you and act like shes the president of some company-thinking she's the sh it.</p>
<p>I vowed never to work in any food preparation institution once i started college(especially with a billion available internships around-im doing one during the summer).I currently work 6 hours weekly in my schools tutoring center-$7 an hour... and i dont really consider it a job.People hardly come in for tutoring so i can do HW or go on the computer.</p>
<p>Bottomline, it's a nice way to save up money..</p>
<p>I just planned out a class schedule that would allow a full time job, while taking 5 classes. Part of me says to not 'bite off more than I can chew' and put my main focus on school, which is really the smart thing.
I just need to get a part time job with flexible hours, and if it's somewhat engineering related that would be great. </p>
<p>I am also trying to decide if I should live on campus, commute (30min) or get a rent near the school. (I'm now thinking of transfering for the fall, still got 2 weeks before the deadline for applications).
The best way to ensure good grades would be to live on campus and work < 20hrs/week. I also would really like to move out of my mom's house. </p>
<p>I will never be a cashier, I can't stand it. Maybe the university would be good for helping me get a co-op or something related to my major.</p>
<p>I think FT job + FT school is too much. My son works about 12 hours per week with an engineering curriculum, and it takes a good bit of time management. My co-workers who took about 2 classes while working FT found their schedules to be full. As a parent, I would say to first protect your grades and only then add work hours as you have time.</p>
<p>If you lived on campus, you might be eligible for work-study which is a very convenient option.</p>
<p>I've handled anywhere from 10-25 hours a week my freshman and sophomore years. The 25 hour a week semester ended up being easier than the 10 hour a week one, lol. It really depends on the course load you take. I think managing 10 hours a week isn't bad at all, especially if it is an on-campus job that you have a little flexibility with hours and maybe even time to work on homework/studying.</p>
<p>Any job is good to put on a resume, and extra spending money is also nice. The skills and experience you get with a job are very valuable as well. As long as you don't overwork yourself, you may find you learn better time management when you have more things to schedule and work out.</p>
<p>I'm currently taking 20 credits and working about 6-9 hours a week. I certainly wouldn't have time to work much more. It's hard enough to find times when everyone is free to schedule project meetings as it is!</p>
<p>Yeah, up through now I have had mostly easy general education classes, which are completely different than the real engineering courses I will be taking. Try and compare 'Ethics' to 'CAE Applied Finite Element Analysis,' (sounds hard). My Ethics homework consists of word definitions and writing a short paragraph once a week!</p>
<p>Yeah I just did lifeguarding at the campus gym pools. It's a good way to meet people outside of class and sometimes a winding down if you have a lot of stress to relax and watch a bunch of swimmers who know what they're doing for the most part. I unfortunately got too bogged down and had to give it up. I liked it though.</p>