Quit part-time job and go full-time school?

Brielle11
Mon, 27 May 2013 15:38:49 +0000

I have done exactly what you are describing.

Taking 14 CH at a CC while working 30+ hours a week was not stressful. It was, however, exhausting. I was making straight As and financially doing quite well, until my work scheduled me for mandatory day meetings after school, as well as the night shift. Three days into that, I broke my ankle because I was too tired to walk straight. They fired me.

Now I am a work study, and also work part-time in the college bookstore. The only real stress involves transportation, but that is unique to my situation. I make enough to barely cover my bills, to the point of having applied for food stamps because I am tired of subsisting on bread and butter.

In other words, it is a job. You will not make near enough to live well, and if you were thinking of paying back loans with that money, well, it won’t make a dent in the costs.

If you can avoid taking out loans, please do!