Course load, working, $$$, spending habits

NovaLynnx
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:57:43 +0000

I worked about 35 hours per week through most of college, taking 16 credits per semester, as well as being an unpaid research assistant and doing an honors thesis/study, so I didn’t lose out on those opportunities. I made $8/hour working in retail (I was only offered 6 hours/week through work-study, which was a bit of a joke for me, and not worth it), I made roughly $900/month after taxes. But this is not what a typical student would want to do. I was not overwhelmed in any way, but I also didn’t have (nor really want) much of a social life. I commuted, so I was never on campus after class - I went right to work and then home.

I would work fewer hours freshman year and gradually try to increase that once you know what college is like and what you can handle.