<p>I don’t know what happened to my second semester senior year…</p>
<p>My schedule:</p>
<p>AP Physics C: Mechanics and EM
AP Literature
AP US Gov
AP Chemistry
Japanese 4 Honors</p>
<p>7:30-2:30</p>
<p>Other activities:
Internship (Low pay) 3 hours each day
Tutoring for some spare money 1-2 hours each day</p>
<p>And homework takes almost an hour no matter how fast I work and how much I skimp on the work (Most students with my schedule take roughly 5 hours). </p>
<p>So basically, for the past month, I’ve been coming home from work around 6:30 pm in time for dinner. Then I drag my sorry butt to tutor for some spare money. When I come home at around 9 pm, I feel dead. </p>
<p>Just basic responsibilities take me from 7 am to 9 pm. At 9 pm, I can shower and then brush my teeth, and I am left with little time for homework. And often times, I have more obligations or what not (FAFSA, Financial Aid forms, Scholarship Applications, etc). </p>
<p>Something has to go. </p>
<p>Which one should I give up? </p>
<p>Internship: I wrote this on my college app already… Will it hurt if I drop this?
I have only been working this for a month at some large analog chip company Maxim Integrated Products. It is not bad. I basically just solder stuff and enter circuit schematics and assemble evaluation kits and make myself hot chocolate when no one is looking. I feel underpaid ($8.75), but maybe its good on a resume? Is it? </p>
<p>Tutoring: I like this a lot more because cause I get paid more ($30 an hour) but it doesn’t seem as good on a resume. </p>
<p>$30 per hour, 2 hours per day? Jeez, you must be making a ton of money…enjoy your senior year is my advice. I suggest dropping an AP and the internship. Or drop the tutoring if you think dropping the internship is not going to look good. </p>
<p>My schedule is 4 APs, varsity soccer, model UN, housework, and weekend work (6 hrs) and 6 hours of HW every night, but I manage to squeeze in some life from time to time :)</p>
<p>If you are willing to grind it out now, I would continue with the internship. Although it takes longer, you may be able to use it as a work reference later on. If you can wait it out, drop the internship after you have done the specified hours that you wrote down on your application.</p>
<p>On the other hand, tutoring is much more lucrative. and may be a more practical choice to continue - I imagine it’s less mind-numbing than soldering.</p>
<p>I can’t say much about your schedule except that it may be better to ensure A’s in four classes and take a B rather than spread yourself thin and trying to achieve a minimum A in all classes.</p>
<p>“My schedule is 4 APs, varsity soccer, model UN, housework, and weekend work (6 hrs) and 6 hours of HW every night, but I manage to squeeze in some life from time to time”</p>
<p>If someone on this planet has the time and the motivation to do 6 hours of homework – meaning, on top of seven hours of school each day, plus activties, work, social life, etc – I have to seriously reconsider my outlook on life.</p>
<p>There just isn’t any way that’s possible. There’s only 24 hours in a day.</p>
<p>"If someone on this planet has the time and the motivation to do 6 hours of homework – meaning, on top of seven hours of school each day, plus activties, work, social life, etc – I have to seriously reconsider my outlook on life.</p>
<p>There just isn’t any way that’s possible. There’s only 24 hours in a day."</p>
<p>lol i agree. I do like 1 - 3 hrs of homework a day…</p>
<p>I would drop the internship. If you haven’t sent in your midyear report yet, note it on there. I really don’t think it would seriously hurt you. </p>
<p>BTW, I was paid $8 an hour as a college sophomore to do a lot more work than that. You are NOT underpaid. ;)</p>
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Coming from experience, sure there is. It takes time management (and sleep deprivation :rolleyes:).</p>
<p>I can’t speak for college, because I’m not there yet. But you don’t have 7 hours of college classes a day, usually, plus 6 hours of out of class work.</p>
<p>Are you trying to tell me you spend 13 hours a day doing work, on a consistant basis? I’d be shocked if that’s the case for a significant number of people.</p>
<p>How many hours a day would you spend studying/hw outside a day for Duke? (I’m interested, since I applied there)</p>
<p>Also, I would probably expect more than usual as I applied to Pratt.</p>
<p>LOL, not now. I was talking about high school. My senior year I took IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, IB English HL, IB History HL, IB German SL, and IB TOK. I was pretty busy with schoolwork, not to mention my ecs. :D</p>
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It varies. I’m taking two graduate-level classes that take a lot more effort (and reading) than I expected. I’d estimate an average of ~4-6 hours of homework per week per class, but it varies with difficulty. That leaves plenty of time for other things; I work ~10 hours a week and am involved in several clubs and activities. I’m procrastinating because I’m having trouble writing my 2000 word essay for my Oxford study abroad application. :/</p>