<p>I am a full time student, currently enrolled in 14 credit hours, and recently been thinking about getting a job. The main reason for this is to pay for the things that my financial will not cover. These expenses are rent and food. I was just curious how many have been able to hold a full time job and attend college full time.</p>
<p>There is a difference between getting a job and getting a full time job. If I tried to work a full time job while going to school full time, I would die. Typically it’s not doable, although some people miraculously pull it off. Your best bet is to get a part time job which many students do and it will help alleviate your expenses.</p>
<p>Full time as in 40 hr work weeks? I can’t imagine how that would work with class unless you went to school at night or worked the graveyard shift. I’ve heard stories of people pulling it off in this way but I’d imagine it’s brutal. Are your parents helping you pay for your expenses or is the situation such that you’ll be homeless/starving unless you pull a FT job?</p>
<p>I am a non traditional student. So my parents do not factor into this.</p>
<p>i’m guessing you’re older, more mature, better at managing time, etc…
but still, try working maybe 20 hours/week for a semester and see how it goes. if you do fine, then push it up to 25-30 hours the next semester and see how that goes. I think more than 30 hours is overkill, personally. are you on financial aid? can you take out loans to cover living expenses? have you thought about getting a roommate to split rent? some stuff to think about.</p>
<p>i work full time and pulled a 4.0 with 17 credits. anything is possible. brace yourself; u can do it.</p>
<p>I’ve done it. I’ve done up to 70 hours a week of work (but there was downtime in there when I could study) with a full-time courseload successfully. I’ve tried doing more work than that, but it was too much for me. Part of that, though, is that I don’t really have much interest in socializing and I enjoyed my work.</p>
<p>My second college roommate was a few years older than I was and worked full-time and went to school full-time and got all As.</p>
<p>If you can manage financially with only a part-time job, I’d start that way. A full-time student is supposed to be spending about 40 hours on schoolwork, and 80 hours of commitments a week is hard. </p>
<p>But if work and school are really all the things you need to be doing, and if you’re disciplined enough to pick up the books when you have the chance (jobs that required long subway rides were always great for me, because you can get a lot of reading done on a long subway ride), and if you don’t require more time to do the work than most people do, then yes, it’s probably doable.</p>
<p>I had a student who graduated magna while working 30 hours a week, but she was very stressed. I don’t suggest that you try to work 40 hours a week while carrying a full courseload. Depending on your courses, job, and ability to organize your time, working 15-20 hours may be possible.</p>
<p>I work 45-50 hours per week in the fall at an on-campus job and take 15 credits, and while it gets stressful sometimes, if you can manage your time you’ll be fine. You’ll have to use free time between classes wisely and set time aside each week to study. </p>
<p>Most fall semesters I have class in the mornings, sometimes until 2 pm, then work about 5 hours a night, 12 hour Saturdays, from noon to 9 sundays, and 7-8 hours alternate Fridays.</p>