Full time and 4.0
Anyone try working full 40 hours a week and maintain a 3.5+ gpa? If so, can you explain your experience and how you managed it. And do you have any advice for someone who is attempting to do the same thing?
Can't speak to 40 hours, but I worked close to 25-30 hours a week last year during school while I was recruiting. It takes a lot of time management and figuring out where your priorities are. I historically had a pretty full academic schedule, but I ended up bringing it down to 15 s.h. for the fall, and 12 s.h. for the spring so I could focus on recruiting and getting hours for work. I had to cut back on going out (although still tried to go once a week so I wouldn't go crazy) and cut back working out to 3 times a week.
As far as grades go, just stay on top of your school work and go in right away if you don't understand something, so no time is wasted trying to catch up. Overall, my GPA dropped slightly, but still remained competitive.
It really comes down to not wasting any time and staying true to a schedule. If you can do that, you'll be fine.
-Take the minimum number of credits you need to stay on track for graduation.
-Take the easiest classes you can find, make sure you have upperclassmen / friends who have taken those classes that you can to quickly for help
-Decide on what is important to you in your spare time, because there will inevitably be things you need to cut out
-Make sure people know that you are working 40 hours a week while studying FT. It is fairly uncommon to do so at most schools where kids want to go to IB, so people will be more than understanding if you say so beforehand, and a fuckup happens. Whether this is for class, any clubs you're still in, work itself, whatever. People will also be more understanding if you need to shift around your schedule for an exam, you need an extension on an assignment, etc. This goes beyond working FT, but giving the reason for a mistake beforehand is always better than giving the reason after it has happened.
-This is up to you, but if you have the option to do so, you can choose to spread some of the 40 over the weekend. What's annoying about doing 9-5 during the weekday is that all your classes will have to be early morning / evening, and there are only so many classes offered during those times. If there is a dirt easy class that fits the above criteria, but say is offered at 3 pm or something, might be worthwhile to see if you can shift around your work schedule
I worked ~50-60 hours a week while taking 15-18 semester units. For two semesters I maintained above a 3.5 GPA, however my overall was a 3.0 because I spent 1.5 years wanting to drop out of college and got a 2.0 the entire time.
As others have stated, time management is the highest priority. For that time I barley saw any friends, I gained ~50lbs, and overall hated life. Just be careful with your decisions. It’s very easy to burn out while doing this. You have to make school a priority. It will be very difficult so just keep reminding yourself that it is temporary.
I am currently working 40hrs a week and doing 2 part time degrees (one in software and one in banking & finance). What I find to help is to make it a point to never miss lectures, have good class mates where we do weekly group study sessions of at least an hour or two and to try to study by myself at least an hour a day. Hope this helps and good luck.
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I got you. What youre trying to say, and correct me if im wrong, is that studying is a waste of time and I should enjoy my life because I could be making 300k in many different ways, instead of reading books on pointless classes I’m taking?
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