Alrighty, let me start by saying I already have a job - but I don’t work much (I’ve worked twice this summer). I am currently a rising senior and I am trying to figure out how this will work. My parents are being a bit annoying about getting a job. Its not that I don’t want to work its that I know I wont have time for it with everything going on this year. I am doing sports (starting next Monday), volunteer work (to put on my future applications), in addition to taking several AP and Governor’s school classes during the day and getting my associate’s degree at night. Somethings not going to work and I don’t want to compromise my academic rigor for a job especially considering its not needed (im not in a household that needs the money). I understand where my parents are coming from as far as future jobs want to see a job history, but I have a job and I haven’t quit, nor have I been fired. So I want to know the best way to approach this because quite frankly its like they don’t understand (which they don’t because neither of their high school careers were like this). Can someone give me some suggestions.
What is the question?
So right now you have some sort of job where you don’t work very much.
What do your parents want for you to get out of having a job?
- Spending money?
- Experience working in the working world so you learn things like the importance of showing up on time?
- Something productive to keep you busy so you don’t just “hand out” or play video games?
- Useful work experience
So what is happening?
You are starting sports…is that a school sport?
Are the AP classes for HS? Or is this some kind of summer program?
Why are you getting the associates degree and worrying about ECs? Top colleges that care most about ECs won’t take all those credits.
I might be confused. Your taking a full day of high school classes then taking enough dual enrollment classes at night on top of that to get an associates? I guess I don’t see that as leaving you time for sports and volunteering on top of homework forget a job. I guess here a school day ends at 2:15 the sports go from say 3 to 5:30 five days a week when there are no games/competitions and dual enrollment classes at night vary but are at a college campus and may be 6 to 10pm. Of course our college campus is further away from home then the high school but yours could be closer. Hopefully I’m wrong about this schedule.
Your parents may want you to learn things from a job like responsibility, team work, the value of money etc that they may not feel you have learned from working 2 days. Honestly if my daughter tried telling me she was learning from a job that she did 2 days thus far this summer I would say the same thing that she needs a different job. You may not need money per se but your parents may want you to learn what it is like to work for your own money. I think your parents understand that you don’t have true job experience yet.
I agree with looking into colleges your interested in to see what they say about dual enrollment classes (even with an associates). If you are taking them at your high school ask if that makes a difference because there are some colleges that only count dual enrollment classes if taken on a college campus primarily with college students.
My schedule would be pretty wonky. I have virtual classes at the CC (luckily) so I would take my normal daily classes at school and get out around 2:55. I would do swim practice from 3:15-4:30, luckily my APs don’t really come with much HW so I would start some of my classes promptly at 5. I would do my community service on Friday evening. Ive already talked to my coach and robotics sponsor in order to miss certain days to dedicate to robotics.