<p>right now i currently work at the local meijer grocery store. I really like the whole retail and business idea and enjoy seeing how the retail market works there. I was looking to see if its possible to a manager at this meijer or the other local meijers while going to a Community College part time. I know it will take longer for school but i would be making better money while working. Is it a good idea to work full time and go to school? I know im only 18 so being a manager might be a outreach but i have been there for almost 2 years and know alot about the place. please help with some advice and what I might need to be aware about working instead of school.</p>
<p>I’ve been going to school part time while working one full-time job and one day a week at a part-time job. It is all about knowing how to manage your course work. I take a number of online classes and that works very well for me because I am very self driven. However, if you are not that type of person when it come to school work, online classes won’t work for you. I also take some evening classes and that has been useful as well. BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING TO MANAGE YOU TIME. You can work full-time and go to school, lots of people do it. But you need to learn how to stay on top of your work in your classes, plus the work at the store. I would look at how you performed in high school and speak with an advisor at your school. A community college is likely to work with you more than a regular university.</p>
<p>It’s totally doable. Just an anecdote, but my boyfriend works full time (usually more than 40 hours a week) while going to school full time to be an engineer. It’s tough- really tough- and you get no downtime whatsoever, but if you have decent/good time management skills, you can usually make it work.</p>
<p>I second 2redhares advice to look at a community college. Many people there will be in your situation- working full time during the day and going to classes at night. The classes are more flexible since their target consumer is different than a traditional four year.</p>
<p>I went to college full-time for a year and was recruited to work full-time and just went part-time for ten years to get my BA. Various employers paid for the courses through tuition reimbursement programs. Today, there are tax deductions and credits that you can use year after year that can help defray school costs.</p>
<p>I go to community college full time, work full time, and maintain a 4.0. It is doable. Not easy, and you might have little sleep and no social life, but totally doable.</p>
<p>Depends on your major/difficulty of your classes/etc. I worked fulltime and was a student fulltime, and I had a really hard time with it. You have to become very meticulous with your time management or things will fall apart pretty quickly.</p>