First time holding down a job?

preamble1776
Sat, 11 Jul 2015 03:02:03 +0000

Background: This fall I’ll be a sophomore in college and it is the first time I will have a job. All throughout high school I never worked because I had family obligations (younger siblings to care for since my parents both worked evening shifts on and off, etc) so I never really learned how to juggle academics and a job at the same time.

I’ll be working as a TA for my University’s English Department. 15 dollars an hour; the hours are pretty flexible - anywhere from 5 to 15 hours a week depending on how often I want to work, how hectic my schedule is (midterm week, finals week, etc.) and so on. I have a lot of autonomy as to when I want to work.

This fall I’ll also be taking a graduate English course which in of itself will likely be time consuming. This will be my first graduate course.

Some other pertinent information: I’m on a full merit scholarship that requires a 3.3 to maintain, so my GPA is pretty important. On top of that, I’m interested in pursuing law school in the future, so I have to keep my GPA as high as possible.

Question: For those who had children that worked in college (either on-campus or off-campus) - how did they manage their time effectively? How did their academics fare? Any advice, insight, tips, thoughts, etc are greatly appreciated.

Thank you.