full-time job and full time student? possible?

Question

Is it possible to have a full time job and do full time school at the same time? but by full time schooling i mean it in a certain way:
4 classes a semester that are just the basic requirements such as english and math.

This would be my first year of college so it would be for an associates. I've taken AP courses before and used to have all honors classes, including pre-calc and Physics. I know how the class environment works because my teachers have laid their classes that way. I just want to know if the work load is possible for both to co-exist. thanks guys.

Answer 1

Not really. College is extremely demanding and doesn't leave much time to work, much less work full time. If you need to earn good money during college than look for part time jobs that pay fairly good. I'm a college student and I work part time as a swim instructor and my starting pay was about 12$ an hr (and I didn't need any prior swimming experience because they trained me). Other good part time jobs that my peers have had include: Life guarding (starting pay around 9 and can easily increase to around 14 within a year or two), tutoring (around 10 an hr), and nursing assistance (around 12-16 an hr).

Answer 2

There is a reason full-time school is called full-time. You are expected to put in at least two hours of person student for every hour in the classroom: 12 credit hours translates roughly into 36 hours dedicated to school each week. If you drop another 30-40 hours of work onto that, you are leaving little if any time for sleep, social life, etc. Many people who attempt this also find that the work is not flexible enough to accommodate the classroom hours. Up to you, but I wouldn't try it your first semester. Your goal in college is to learn and get good grades. If those goals fall by the wayside, you've wasted your time.

Answer 3

Possible, yes. Advisable for a college freshman, no.



If you want to finish an associate degree in two years or a Bachelor degree in four years you need to take at least 15 credits per semester.



Rule of thumb is 2/3 hours of study time per credit hour.

12 credits would have you in class 12 hours per week and give you 24/36 hours of study time per week.

40 hour work week plus 12 hour in class plus 24/36 hours of study time is 74 to 88 hours a week for school and job. That is 12 hour days 7 days a week.

Answer 4

It would depend on how much sleep you need. If you need the normal 6 to 8 hours you won't have the physical time to do it all and be rested. If the job is an office job without pressure and you sit all day and don't stress, then go to school at night and stay up to do homework, its technically possible.

The much better option, pt work and full time school.

Answer 5

Yes, its possible if you are still in freshman year or community college

I don't advise it at all.

Part time job and full time study

or full time job and part time study

Love your self by balancing your life

Answer 6

Yes, and many people have done this for law school and med school as well. The real key is making a good schedule that allows for sleep and sticking to the schedule as much as possible. I would get most of my homework done at school in the hour or so between classes and passed a lot of classes by simply keeping up with the homework assignments. You can ask your boss at work if they pay for schooling or if they can allow you time off from your workload but exchange it for class time towards work training. OR you can reduce your school class schedule by taking online courses you can log into at any time, or take summer school courses for the easier undergraduate history, English, and humanities requirements and take only your major requirement classes during the regular semesters. Two guys in my classes double-majoring in Ag Mechanics and Diesel Tech would take all their English, math, history and humanities classes in summer school and all of the mechanics classes during the fall and winter semesters while working full-time -- it came out to 4 classes a semester and summer school, but they also worked at a tractor repair shop who allowed them school hours for training as part of their work-study internship and the work was part of their on-the-job-training internship required by the school. It worked out both ways and both graduated from school in 2 years. And then they got married and started families and are doing just fine making $70,000 fixing diesel tractors and diesel trucks in a small farm town in Central California. It can happen if you put your mind to it and keep your focus.

Answer 7

It's possible but in the end it boils down to mental resilience. I managed this for about a year until I burned out and crashed hard. If I could go back in time I'd recommend to myself to work less and study more.

Answer 8

Yes. I do it.