heres the deal…. Right now I work midnight shift security for 40 hours a week. Pretty soon my sister will be leaving (we work together) and I was thinking of taking her shift witch is only 32 hours part time. If I take her shift I will have 3 consecutive days off instead of what I have now (2 back to back days off). Thing is, is that I already get slammed by taxes working full time. I make about 740 a check… But after taxes I get like $550. If I drop to part time ill drop in pay to about $350-$400 a check. But I will have more free time and flexibility for class. Now.. Another thing is that I dont need to work 40 hours. But I like the money which I save. I still stay at home and my only monthly bills are my phone ($60), Netflix whichbis like 8 bucks, and my car insurance which is $205. Also I drive a 97 4×4 Dodge Ram that I spent about 60 to 80 dollars on for gas. So if I go part time basically one of my checks will go to bills the other for saving and random small things. The last and final wrench in my whole “dilemma” is that my job is very homework friendly. Its midnight security at a office park where basically my entire 8 shift can be me just sitting at a desk doing homework amd watching cameras. So essentially.. If.i stay at 40 hours a week I will do more homework becuz God knows ill just waste my exra free time with a 32 hour shift.
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IGNORE Jay – by the answers he keeps giving it only shows he never went to college.
Anyway – it really comes down to your schedule (work vs. school) and what kind of workload you can handle.
Personally, when I was in college I worked full-time (or almost so) during my entire 4-years – and I graduated on-time and with honors. BUT, I worked primarily on the weekends – and thus only worked two (or three) of my work shifts during the school week…so as to be able to devote most of those nights to studying and doing my assignments.
Perhaps you should take the part-time schedule your first semester, so you can see how hard it will be and if you’re able to handle it, and so as to not overburden yourself. IF, you’re able to handle it, then and only then should you consider taking on more than a 32-hr work schedule.
Just a note:
When I was a freshman a professor told our class -
“If you plan to succeed on this level, you will need to plan on working harder academically than you have in your life – so plan on spending 3-4 hours working OUTSIDE the classroom (studying, reading, homework, writing papers, research, labs, etc.) for every 1-hour you spend INSIDE the classroom. Those of you scoffing, and not willing to do so, either won’t be around long or won’t do well in the job market when you graduate.”
The professor was correct….. you need to be able to devote A LOT of time to homework.
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Realistically, it’s like I said – college is a LOT harder, and require a lot more work, than you think it’s going to be. Thus far I’m guessing that your educational experience ended in high school, and it’s not close to the same thing – any more than kindergarten is similar to high school. While you might be able to do “some” of your studying at work, I think you will find not only won’t you be able to do all of it (maybe just reading, minor homework assignments, and some test studying), but there will also be things you’ll have to apply a lot more research, writing papers, and concentration to that you will not be able to accomplish while you’re at work.
Just sayin’ – been there done that.
Partime.
Trust me, I worked full time and had no time to study, and was stressed out beyond belief about not getting enough sleep for work, and not being able to have any time to study after or before.
Ideally, you want a full time job ONLY if you can study on the job (and lol @ that idea…not likely)
Most students work part time and are poor for a reason. Just don’t rely on loans and rack up debt, and stay confident knowing that once you finish your degree and start a real career you’ll be making plenty of money