<p>I'm going to be starting at Penn this fall and am work-study eligible, but as I look through the jobs, I've been seeing most require at least 10 hours a week. I'm wondering whether I will have enough time to balance my academics, work-study and to still have time to join a few extracurricular activities. </p>
<p>My academic workload is the standard Wharton freshman schedule with Econ 010, mgmt, Math 104, and language/writing. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for the help!</p>
<p>What extracurriculars are you considering?</p>
<p>Yes, you’ll have time.</p>
<p>It depends on your work study job. Some jobs allow you to do homework while you work. Ex: library. Some jobs: cafeteria, don’t.<br>
I’ve always had my kids decline work study because they could always find something off-campus that paid more.</p>
<p>You’ll have time. The first semester Wharton schedule isn’t bad insofar as the only group work oriented class is management. So it’s not like you’re balancing tons of group meetings with class and work. Traditionally the second semester at Wharton is harder academically. I wouldn’t do much more than 10-15 hrs unless you really need it financially. And if you’re concerned, go for a job that’ll allow study time. It’s very easy to have a job at a library desk or at a front desk for one of your dorms or as an ITA (information tech people in the computer labs) and be doing your econ reading because frankly you aren’t busy the whole time with work. The other job that worked for me was doing office work for one of the Wharton departments – data entry, filing etc. It isn’t fun, but Wharton staff on the whole is really nice and when midterms/finals roll around, all you had to do was suggest you had an exam in 2 days and they’d let you out early.</p>
<p>Frankly I liked having a job while at Wharton. It’s a bit of an intense place with really smart people, lots of networking etc. – it was nice to get a break from that at a regular job a few hours a week where you were answering the phone like any other 18 yr old college student in America.</p>