Working full time with post bacc?

[Nontradlooking4advice]

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Hey everyone,

Has anyone here managed a full time post bacc and full time job?

I’m Nontrad and plan on starting a fully online post bacc next fall. The program has direct linkage to its medical school.

Essentially I want to get your opinion on whether or not you think it’s feasible to do the post bacc and keep my job. The job is hybrid, pays decent, is pretty dead easy and not super time consuming.

I’m older, have many bills and a mortgage. So completely discontinuing working is going to be very difficult.

My fear however, is that something is going to happen where my job affects my grades and I don’t matriculate into the linkage program. I would never forgive myself. If need be, I would quit my job when I need to.

But has anyone done this before? I know a guy that completed his first year PharmD courses while working full time in a research lab. He said it was tough, but he made it work.

This medical school is EXPENSIVE, but it’s where I want to go and the linkage program has great outcomes.

What are you thoughts? Has anyone done something similar? What should I be prepared for that I’m not already considering? Thanks!

 

[Nontrad_FL_LGBT]

Full time at both is doable if you're not doing any other extracurriculars. But, barely. And it will be the worst time of your life probably.

I worked 60h a week as a software engineer, did 8-9 credits a semester, and 10-20h of ECs per week for 3-4 years. My spouse and I did the math once; factoring in eating, sleeping, showering, and pooping time plus travel time, I had like 5-10 free hours per week to hang out with them, see friends, or have solo time. For 3-4 years. It's a lot but definitely cut back if you feel your mental health slipping.

 

[Nontradlooking4advice]

Full time at both is doable if you're not doing any other extracurriculars. But, barely. And it will be the worst time of your life probably.

I worked 60h a week as a software engineer, did 8-9 credits a semester, and 10-20h of ECs per week for 3-4 years. My spouse and I did the math once; factoring in eating, sleeping, showering, and pooping time plus travel time, I had like 5-10 free hours per week to hang out with them, see friends, or have solo time. For 3-4 years. It's a lot but definitely cut back if you feel your mental health slipping.

So my case this would be a one year online program, probably ~15 credits. I work a 40h/week 9-5, but realistically I only spend about 20-25 hours a week actually working. What do you think?

 

[Nontrad_FL_LGBT]

That doesn't sound incredibly unreasonable. Give it a shot and see what happens.

 

[Nontradlooking4advice]

That doesn't sound incredibly unreasonable. Give it a shot and see what happens.

Thank you!