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Kaydence
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What is it like having a part time job with about 20-25 hours a week and being a full-time college student?
I work in the food industry and will be staying at home for the first year of college.
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Alecia Lally
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Hi Kaydence—what a fantastic question! I was in a similar situation during college, and I learned a few helpful tricks. Besides managing my time well, being honest with my job and group projects made a big difference. If a busy school week was coming up, I'd chat with my boss to see if we could adjust my work hours. Likewise, during a hectic work week, I'd let my group know I might need some flexibility with meeting times.
I truly believe that communicating early can help you tackle challenges before they turn into stress. Most of the time, when you speak up, people are more than willing to help you find a way to contribute effectively. Keep communicating, and you'll find support along the way!
I truly believe that communicating early can help you tackle challenges before they turn into stress. Most of the time, when you speak up, people are more than willing to help you find a way to contribute effectively. Keep communicating, and you'll find support along the way!
Thank you, this is really helpful.
Kaydence
Karim Habib
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Hello Kaydence!
I worked around 25-30 hours a week in my last two semesters at college, one of which was being considered a full course load, the second was just my remaining classes to graduate.
I wanted to ask, will you be taking courses online from home? This can be pretty beneficial as you wouldn't have to spend extra time commuting to and from class between work/home. Even so, I would recommend you take the minimum course load to be considered a full-time student and choose courses you believe you will not have to spend a lot of time on for good grades, as working part time while starting such a new experience such as college can become overwhelming. Courses such as (for example me during engineering): Intro English/Literature classes, electives I care about/had experience in from high school such as foreign language, history which is just reading/memorization of events/facts, etc. I would take these rather than (again my experience) thermodynamics or deformation of bodies which would require a lot of my time to fully understand the concepts and apply them to other examples.
Once you get accustomed to balancing work and studying for those first semesters, you can ramp up the difficulty in course load since you'll be better able to identify where you can spend your time effectively to ensure you keep your grades up. Also remember to join any clubs or societies as those connections will be huge once you graduate to land a job in your field of study.
Good luck and let me know if you need me to expand on anything!
I worked around 25-30 hours a week in my last two semesters at college, one of which was being considered a full course load, the second was just my remaining classes to graduate.
I wanted to ask, will you be taking courses online from home? This can be pretty beneficial as you wouldn't have to spend extra time commuting to and from class between work/home. Even so, I would recommend you take the minimum course load to be considered a full-time student and choose courses you believe you will not have to spend a lot of time on for good grades, as working part time while starting such a new experience such as college can become overwhelming. Courses such as (for example me during engineering): Intro English/Literature classes, electives I care about/had experience in from high school such as foreign language, history which is just reading/memorization of events/facts, etc. I would take these rather than (again my experience) thermodynamics or deformation of bodies which would require a lot of my time to fully understand the concepts and apply them to other examples.
Once you get accustomed to balancing work and studying for those first semesters, you can ramp up the difficulty in course load since you'll be better able to identify where you can spend your time effectively to ensure you keep your grades up. Also remember to join any clubs or societies as those connections will be huge once you graduate to land a job in your field of study.
Good luck and let me know if you need me to expand on anything!
Thank you for replying! I will be doing online and in person as i am taking extra math classes with multiple professors. Thank you so much for your feedback it was very helpful!
Kaydence