<p>I want to get a car so I don't have to bike in horrendous humid heat/bone-chilling cold (or wait around forever for a bus) to campus. Unfortunately my dad isn't on board with that, meaning I'd have to finance a car myself seeing as I have no capital (unless I sold my laptop and bought this really really cheap car and then bought a cheaper laptop with the leftovers). And since financing a car means higher insurance rates, I'd have to work for more hours each week to afford insurance and gas.</p>
<p>I estimate I'd need $400 a month to afford insurance, gas and the auto loan. At minimum wage I'd have to work about 14 hours a week to afford that. Does that sound reasonable? If it was distributed over 7 days that'd be fine but knowing the kinds of jobs I'm qualified for it'd be more like three five-hour days.</p>
<p>I usually work 15 hours per week, but my job doesn’t have a problem with me studying while I’m there if no one needs my help with anything at that moment. It probably helps that I work as a tutor.</p>
<p>I would say that under 20 hours a week is manageable, especially if you can focus your hours on days you don’t have school (Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday).</p>
<p>I think it depends on the school. I read that the average number of hours worked for students at my school was significantly lower than 15-20 hours, and at my school I think that makes sense-- I worked 15 hours a week for a while and it was absurdly difficult. But at my old school, I worked 35 hours no problem.</p>
<p>15-20 and you’d be doing pretty well. If you’re a really focused student and have the right schedule, a lot of energy, and good sleeping habits you can probably do 25-30</p>
<p>15-20 hours. I worked 25-30, as did most people I knew, but we all went insane from it in the end. We survived, but I wouldn’t recommend going full-time and working 25 hours or more. </p>
<p>Or you could go part-time and work full-time, or just take 12 credits instead of 15-18 and work more. Or just find a job that will give you a lot of hours on the weekends. You can always make up for hours lost on breaks.</p>
<p>It really depends on you. My first two years, I worked 30 ish hours a week on top of 16-18 credits. I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re not great with time management. 15-20 is good.</p>
<p>I worked ten hours a week with the maximum amount of credit hours possible, and it was totally doable. My place of employment wasn’t open on the weekends, so I probably could have taken on more hours on Saturdays and Sundays and been just fine.</p>
<p>I worked 40 hours per week my freshman year (3:00-11:30 Monday-Friday) and got by perfectly fine. It depends on the person, their schedule, and their willingness not to sleep.</p>
<p>Generally, most of the people I knew who worked were in the ballpark of 15-25 hr/w.</p>
<p>Well now that its 2012 lol… I’m currently a full time student taking online classes through the University of Phoenix, while working 35 hours a week in order to keep my bills right.</p>