Full time work while undergrad

[Sloth]

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How many of you worked full time jobs and got above a 3.5gpa?

Isn't the majority of people working part time in there undergrad?

I'm working full time right now and this last semester I got a 3.1

I did my VERY best and still barely got that 3.0+ mark.

I'm quitting my job tomorrow, just wanted some feedback.

 

[NeophyteParkour]

A 3.5 is about where I'm at. I work a part-time job that is 8 hours a week, and then I volunteer at PT places usually for another 5-8 hours per week.

My main focus is school and I don't want to forget that.

 

[DancerFutureDPT]

to the OP...can you maybe just reduce to part-time instead of quitting all together?

I worked the equivalent of full-time (several part time jobs totaling 35-40 hrs/wk) during my year of taking prereqs after I graduated. I was taking 3-5 classes per semester at the time. It's hard, but depending on what classes you're taking it can be manageable.

Obviously school should be your first priority, but I totally get that money is important (believe me, my loan debt is reminding me every day). If you really need to work to be able to make ends meet, either cut back your hours, or try to find something that's more flexible or less intense...perhaps you can find something like tutoring that will not only be flexible and pay decently, but also will help reinforce concepts (when I tutored high school students in physics and algebra while I was taking Physics II and calc, it helped me tremendously remember the basics that I had long since forgotten and ended up helping me with my classes).

 

[Sloth]

Dance, that is amazing advice.

yeah, I currently work 45 hours a week, taking 16 credit hours including pre calc and o.chem.

It's just not happening. The place I'm at wont let me to part time, and there mean as hell to me anyways, so I'm outskies.

 

[DancerFutureDPT]

In that case, definitely quit 😛

If you need the money though, try to find something...maybe a PT aide job? That way you can gain observation experience, and they're usually pretty flexible since a lot of their aides are students trying to go to PT school.

 

[ammonihah99]

I'm working full time and am going to school full time, maintaining 3.5+ GPA. I also have 5 kids and a wife. If I can do it, anyone can do it. I was the kid in high school who had to beg his algebra teacher to give him a D the last day of school so he could actually graduate. A little over a year ago I never thought I would be in school, let alone actually doing a decent job. In my particular situation, there is no option but to work, and there is no option but to get good grades. So I have to do both. Find a job that's somewhat flexible, see if you can sneak in a few minutes of study time here and there. Study at lunch, study at breaks. Drive straight home and study. It's doable, at least for me it is.

 

[Sloth]

I can respect that, I am 21, single, no kids, no payments but cell phone, gas, internet, 150 dollar car payment. I live at home, no rent no food bill, electric, water, etc.

Even though I'd like to keep working so I don't have to use undergrad loans, doesn't seem like I'm smart enough, or maybe determined enough to maintain both full time.