How many hours do you work/wk?

[fzwarrior]

It seems like a lot of people on this forum devote all of their time to school and don't work. I work 3days/wk and it is tough to juggle with premed. Just wondering how many hours others in the work force put in?

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[J ROD]

It seems like a lot of people on this forum devote all of their time to school and don't work. I work 3days/wk and it is tough to juggle with premed. Just wondering how many hours others in the work force put in?

I used to put in around ~ 30hrs in undergrad and postbac.

 

[JAWSCIENCE]

Learning to multi task like this will be great for you when you reach medical school. Your classmates who are not used to it will have a tougher time adjusting to the demanding clinical schedule and work hours.

I have some classmates who even worked i medical school. The EMT's did weekend shifts. I don't know how they pulled it off.

 

[harvman11]

I work about 12-15 hours per week (paid research position), I think this is probably a little on the low side for people who work in undergrad, but I'm also taking about 20 credits per semester so that might balance it out a bit.

 

[ILikeDrugs]

http://more.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=678433

 

[Booster]

36 hours at my day job, and am paid for 20 hours a week in my assistantship (although i actually put in about 10). throughout undergrad i worked between 30-40 hours, and at one point was working 45 hours a week constantly for a year. otherwise, i bartended at night and put in 30-40 hours depending how many shifts i worked.

 

[tabishis]

40+ hours per week.

 

[Contrarian]

wow at the 40+ hrs. must be difficult to manage that while still maintaining a competitive gpa. just 20 hrs/wk for me.

 

[BenUstudent]

20+ hrs a week working, and 4hrs a week volunteering

 

[biophysicianai]

12

props to the rest of you who are putting in the 20+!!!

 

[time md]

I have been working 35-40 per week and still managing all A's while taking at least three upper level science courses. It is hectic, but with good time managment and efficient study skills its bearable.

I can't wait until medical school because I'm not going to work. I will only have school and thats it.

I wouldn't encourage anyone to work this much though, but 20 hours wouldn't be a problem.

 

[Snowman334]

I normally work around 18 - 20 hours a week in a photo lab.

 

[red10]

I do about 7 at one job + TAing
Over summer I work about 35/wk

The most I've ever done during school was 9 hrs at one job + 8-16 hours on the weekends at another + 3 hrs of research a week.

 

[rHinO1]

16+ hours every week in a paid hospital position
15 hours a week research position
16 hours every other month for 2nd part time job
Instruct ~10 cpr classes a year 5 hours each

12 units every quarter.
Single parent

= good times

 

[MexicanDr]

36-48 hrs a week (EMT) plus volunteering hrs

 

[rHinO1]

I have been working 35-40 per week and still managing all A's while taking at least three upper level science courses. It is hectic, but with good time managment and efficient study skills its bearable.

I can't wait until medical school because I'm not going to work. I will only have school and thats it.

I wouldn't encourage anyone to work this much though, but 20 hours wouldn't be a problem.

I feel the same way.

 

[Verloren]

Wow this thread makes me feel terrible.

Last year I worked about 15 hours a week, plus travel time (about 17 hours a week).

This year I was going to work as a research assistant for 8 hours a week but I started falling behind in o-chem and biochem so I'm cutting it down to 5 hours a week. And yes, they let me do this because they need all the help they can get. After all, I'm not doing it for money.

I hope my lack of work experience won't make me look like I'm incapable of multi-tasking, but I guess my reasoning is that GPA + MCAT are a teeny bit more important than hours spent a week at a job.

 

[Contrarian]

Wow this thread makes me feel terrible.

Last year I worked about 15 hours a week, plus travel time (about 17 hours a week).

This year I was going to work as a research assistant for 8 hours a week but I started falling behind in o-chem and biochem so I'm cutting it down to 5 hours a week. And yes, they let me do this because they need all the help they can get. After all, I'm not doing it for money.

I hope my lack of work experience won't make me look like I'm incapable of multi-tasking, but I guess my reasoning is that GPA + MCAT are a teeny bit more important than hours spent a week at a job.

They are. Demonstrating strong academic capability is priority number 1.

 

[ShinyDome19]

I worked as an EMT my Junior year doing 48 to 72 hrs a week, but only enrolled in 12 credits hrs (3 science courses) per semester. Interestingly, my grades dramatically increased that year. But, I was only able to keep it up for a year due to schedualing conflicts.

 

[heinzmoleman]

I just posted this question last week. Maybe do a search first next time?

Anyways I work full-time 40hrs a week and if we get a big enough fire I go in on overtime

I work as a firefighter/EMT

 

[280224]

I used to work around 36 hours a week after graduating so I could save up enough money for the whole med school application mess (I didn't work at all during undergrad). I was accepted to med school last year but I was deferred a year, so since then I've worked maybe 4-5 hours a week . Just a little spending money for me since I live with my mom currently and she takes care of everything else.

 

[Tachybradia]

I work ~30 hrs a week for the past 6 years + volunteer ~10 hrs a week for the past 2 years, but I'm really looking forward to quitting once once I get in to med school

 

[sgtbrushes]

45 hours a week, but I'm only taking 10 credits this semester.

 

[FirefighterDoc]

like heinzmoleman im also a firefighter /emt, but i also work as a tech in the ER. Im averaging about 40 hrs + as well ( i work a lot of nights and weekends)

edit: 17 credit hours

 

[LRAccord624]

I work 20 hrs a week + about 10-15 hours per week teaching an anatomy lab

Oh- 13 credit hours (I'm graduating soon and only need 12 next semester too)

 

[mvenus929]

When I was in school, I took anywhere between 12 and 17 credit hours (averaging about 15), and worked about 10 hours a week. I also did lots of extracurricular activities, especially in my senior year, which probably took up another 10-20 hours a week, more on busy weeks.

Now that I'm not in school anymore, I work anywhere from 40 to 50 hours a week (I think the most I've worked is 3 12's in addition to my other 7 8's in one pay period, so that'd be 44-48 hours a week), plus I manage a non-profit. Since it's November, I'm also writing a novel, and my daily writing takes anywhere from 3 hours to 6 hours, depending on how inspired and diligent I am in writing that day.

 

[circulus vitios]

I work 8 hour days on Saturday and Sunday. It sucks having class 5 days a week then working all weekend. I think I'm going to find a full time job this summer and save absolutely everything I make so I won't have to work at all/as much during the school year.