On transportation, housing and work

dallas808
Sat, 12 May 2007 22:59:14 +0000

I didn’t factor in your FT need. Before I get into my suggestion, let me be clear about one thing. You should know that both full-time job and study are major commitment of time and energy. Most working students have been able to do well with 2 courses on the side. Some even do just fine with 3 courses. Beyond that, you basically enter the miserable-life zone. There are too many things to deal with. I’ve done that (4 grad engineering courses!) once while working near FT and having other family responsibilities - that was something I don’t wish to repeat anytime soon.

Since quite a few of your freshman and sophomore classes are 5- or 4-credit hours, you can theoretically take a combination of 3-courses that fulfill the 12-credit hour FT requirement. E.g. Calc I, Bio and an easy humanity course. You can also use Pass/Fail option on certain electives - check your major requirement. BTW, this “crazy” idea came from my former roommate who worked full time during his freshman year.

A good exercise is to set aside a few hours/days and plan out your entire undergrad study. Use UW catalog. You will know if you can pull this off. Trek very carefully here.