Is it feasible working 16 hours a week with 17 credit schedule..?

[jillzhou]

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I plan to work about 16-18 hours a week with a "loaded" schedule. My fall semester schedule looks like this:
Organic Chem
Intro Neurosci
and 2 psych classes

*note that orgo and neuro have labs with them too. Oh and i go to a top 20 university..so it may be a challenge. I usually worked about 10 hours a week this past year, but now that i only have 2 science classes I am hoping i'll pull it off? Also if many of you feel its manageable, would you take a genetics course as well? I would either have to take it the year after or load, any suggestions?

 

[DeltaPlaya]

I plan to work about 16-18 hours a week with a "loaded" schedule. My fall semester schedule looks like this:
Organic Chem
Intro Neurosci
and 2 psych classes

*note that orgo and neuro have labs with them too. Oh and i go to a top 20 university..so it may be a challenge. I usually worked about 10 hours a week this past year, but now that i only have 2 science classes I am hoping i'll pull it off? Also if many of you feel its manageable, would you take a genetics course as well? I would either have to take it the year after or load, any suggestions?

that would depend on you. of course it would make things easier if you got a nice campus job such as an office clerk and you would be able to do homework while working.

 

[camshark]

I work 32 hrs/wk during school as a nurse aide on surgical at our hospital. Maybe my course load isnt as hard...Developmental bio, Zoology both w/labs, chemistry nutrition and statistics...I guess it depends on your study habits and how easy your employer is to work with if you have a major test, need time off, etc.

 

[Jarudy]

Playing college football is a larger time commitment than 16/hours a week and I'm taking rigorous schedule as well, it's do able (time management 101). Not saying it's fun haha

 

[ILikeDrugs]

From my experience a full schedule like that takes up 8AM-5PM M-Th and 8AM-12PM Friday. (I'm assuming these are classes with lecture and labs. Non-lab schedule would probably go from 8-2PM for M-Th.) If you were to work 9-5 Sat and Sun, that would mean that you would have ~5 hours for each night on Mon-Th and another ~5 on Friday if you stop studying at around 6pm to go out. I'm gonna assume there is no studying on Sat or Sun. That would mean that you would have 25+ hours of studying per week. That would be enough for me.

 

[GooseWing]

I plan to work about 16-18 hours a week with a "loaded" schedule. My fall semester schedule looks like this:
Organic Chem
Intro Neurosci
and 2 psych classes

*note that orgo and neuro have labs with them too. Oh and i go to a top 20 university..so it may be a challenge. I usually worked about 10 hours a week this past year, but now that i only have 2 science classes I am hoping i'll pull it off? Also if many of you feel its manageable, would you take a genetics course as well? I would either have to take it the year after or load, any suggestions?

Yeah it's doable. I didn't used to think so but I pulled it off this year and you can too!

 

[StudyShy]

It's certainly doable. You'll just have to stay on top of things. I usually take that much and work 40 hours weekly at a hospital. You can do it!!!! 🙂

 

[NightGod]

I did Eng Comp II, Chem II (+ lab and research project), Ethics and Business Law, worked 30-50 hrs/week and volunteered ~5 hours per week. And I still had time to hang out with friends a couple weekends a month and watch TV/play video games. It's actually pretty easy once you get past the first couple of weeks and figure out how much time you need to devote to each class.

 

[SoulinNeed]

Yes, of course. What you're proposing isn't all that bad, honestly.

 

[gyropath]

That's two shifts a week, it could be done on the weekends with no interference to classes- if you can't handle that, I seriously doubt you could handle medical school/residency.

 

[pancakesyrup]

Yes, but life is a lot easier being dermatologist who works 16 hours a week and makes 250K (but that kind of money may not last)

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

^ I thought it was around 30-40hrs/wk?

 

[pancakesyrup]

^ I thought it was around 30-40hrs/wk?

It's their choice. If a dermatologist manages to do a lot of ridiculously expensive cosmetic procedures with cash, I think it is doable.

But it is only a matter of time before the derm DNPs crash the market.

Back to the topic, yes, but only with excellent time management.