<p>Hello all! I thought this would be a good place to post this since you all seem to have a lot of experience and are very knowledgeable. </p>
<p>So next semester I will be taking 17 credits.
3 writing enhanced courses, A science lab and lecture, and an online course. On top of this I will be working appx 20 hours a week, I might be pledging to a NALFO org, and I will be part of a few clubs at school (which meet once a week at 12 or 9pm) </p>
<p>I was wondering if you had any advice as to how to best manage my time. </p>
<p>Yes. When you are working on HW, put away all your electronic devices such as your phone, TV, iPod and turn off notifications on your laptop if you are using it. Have a designated place to do your HW. Just like your bed and sleep, if you brain gets the signal that this is where I do HW and need to focus on that it helps. </p>
<p>Well, my son graduated high school in 3 years which required him to shoehorn in college classes, online classes and multiple extracurriculars and community service work to appeal to the very elite colleges. Here are some tips that worked with him:</p>
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<li><p>Do your hardest homework while you’re fresh and leave the stuff that you can largely due on autopilot for when you get a bit tired. When writing a paper, it helps to stop at a point where you pretty much know what you’re going to say next – then it requires less time to get back into the mental zone to continue.</p></li>
<li><p>Try to stay far ahead of your assignment deadlines because sooner or later you will get sick or just be exhausted.</p></li>
<li><p>You need some downtime. Take a half hour or an hour here and there to watch a TV show or play a video game. The key is to go back to work immediately thereafter and not fall into just wasting the remainder of the evening.</p></li>
<li><p>One thing that made everything work out for my son was that high school classes and college classes had different deadlines and online classes were flexible, so school holidays and semester breaks were a chance to finish up lagging projects. You should study a calendar to see when these openings will occur. Ask your professors for a detailed early heads-up on big required projects like end-of-semester papers to aid in your planning.</p></li>
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<p>My son didn’t work, but if you need to work 20 hours a week, it would be nice if you could select a job with quiet periods where you could read your textbook or lab notes.</p>
<p>Thank you for all of the suggestions! As far as my work schedule goes, there is no downtime as I work in a daycare, I’ll also need to factor in times to do observation hours in classrooms but that part is easy. </p>