<p>So I ended up getting a job this summer as part time but they promoted me to assistant manager and now I'm working 30-35 hours a week. School starts next week and I'm taking 13 credit hours. I've never had a schedule like this and I'm really scared that I might just burn myself out. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any tips? Anyone had to do this before? What advice can you guys give me? Thanks! </p>
<p>I really do NOT recommend this combination. I had a BF in HS that tried it. He got straight As his 1st semester and straight Fs his 2nd semester. I’d ask for a leave of absence from school OR work and not try to do both at the same time. </p>
<p>You should be scared (sorry).</p>
<p>First some questions: is the job something you’d want to do the rest of your life? Or is it great to have money and responsibility? Or do you just REALLY need the money (you do realize it will ALL go to paying for college, as in, you will lose financial aid if you are making money enough to pay taxes?)?</p>
<p>If your college is a CC and you’ve been flying through courses, I wouldn’t worry as much.</p>
<p>You will be like many of the students I have who work full-time and go to school full-time. You’ll be begging professors to cut you a break because you work full-time. And most of them can’t or won’t give you a break. I had one guy who was working 50+ hours per week, mostly at night, and he was completely wasted (tired not drugged LOL) when he came to class.</p>
<p>The ideal situation is to work full-time year-round, and have your work pay for one or two college courses per semester.</p>
<p>This is not to say that doing both full-time isn’t doable physically, but you need a LOT of discipline and let’s just say forget any social life.</p>
<p>So if you do do it - you don’t quit your job and you do go to school:
<p>IMHO - if I was in your situation, I’d try it but feel like I would quit my job if I had to. But you have to ask yourself if that is fair to your employer. You could say “I’ll help out as much as I can until you find someone new” and play it by ear.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I think I’m gonna take my chances and just do it. Finical aid won’t help me because I need to go to another college (will be next year) and I’m paying out of pocket. It’s gonna be hard but I’m just gonna have to suck it up and do it!</p>
<p>Last year I had 21 credits each semester, with a hard course load. Physics, calculus, chemistry, anthropology, and Spanish each semester. On top of that, I was working 20 hours a week. </p>
<p>My higher amount of credits probably roughly balances with your greater number of hours at work to make my schedule roughly comparable to your own. It was a rough couple of semesters, but I finished with a 4.0 both semesters. I had to really dedicate myself to my obligations. My study schedule was pretty rigid, and I had to really adhere to it. My social life was essentially non-existent. </p>
<p>I had a compelling reason to do it though. If I hadn’t, it would have taken me an extra year to transfer from my community college. It’s doable, but make sure that you’re prepared for having no social life and spending nearly all of your free time studying. </p>
<p>Keep your GPA up! No grad school or employer really cares that you worked and went to school if you have a 2.5 GPA. </p>
<p>I am in the exact same boat! I just got promoted at work, and I was signed up for 16 credits, 6 credits of which will be an extremely demanding course (Arabic). The Arabic will help with further future promotion in my company, so I couldn’t drop that. But I was in a panic, so I dropped 2 other courses and registered for easier substitutes. It took forever to find classes that weren’t already full at this point! I am still very worried too. Time management is going to be more critical than ever.</p>
<p>Consider your priorities…You got promoted…but do you need the money? You could quit work, refuse the promotion, siwitch jobs, or just suck it up and get really good at time mgt.</p>
<p>I did it for one semester. Worked in a factory on the 2 to 10:30 pm shift and took classes in the mornings. Studied all weekend. You just have to be disciplined. </p>
<p>I did it. Four years of 30+ hour weeks on top of a full 15 credit+ courseload. Graduated with a 3.8xx and never got below a 3.5 grade. Is it possible? Yup, absolutely. Do I recommend it? Not particularly. </p>
<p>Do you need the money? If so, you just have to be extremely disciplined about time management.
If you don’t need the money, I’d recommend cutting back on hours. </p>
<p>You can do it with self discipline. I worked full time with 18 credit hours and received all A’s and B’s. By no means is it easy, but it is possible. You just have to prioritize well! </p>