<p>hello all, im having problems with school. i am taking well over full time units (19 semester units/28.5 quarter units) and do not really have time to work. i have always been a bad student all my life so actually trying at school is new to me. i went from straight F’s in high school and eventually getting expelled to getting staight A’s at a local community college. anyways heres my dilemma, because i am taking so many units, i do not really have time to work. i really feel bad about this because i am a 19 year old kid with out a job. what do you parents think? i am goint to apply for some part time jobs but i am really worried that it will effect my grades in a bad way. i really have no confidence in myself when it comes to schooling =. anywho what would u as parents recommend?</p>
<p>I got better grades when I worked ten hours a week than when I didn’t work, but I’ve always found school pretty easy. Working meant that I wasted less time and planned my studying better. But it sounds to me like you need to expend most of your energies on school. I wouldn’t feel guilty. Try to make up for it by working summers or vacations.</p>
<p>Just focus on school. In the long run, once you get a degree, you can catch up with earnngs. I’m sure your parents are thrilled that you are doing so well in college.</p>
<p>College IS your job. Unless you are starving, you don’t need those earnings at this moment. Nothing you can buy with them is as important as the wonderful way you are demonstrating your focus in coursework now. Congratulations.
You will catch up in earnings later, as the previous poster said so well.
Meanwhile, hold your head VERY high. If you’ve found the recipe for good grades and academic success now, don’t break what has been fixed. Consolidate your success in the academics and let the wages wait.
If you keep your grades something to be proud of, it can become an entry on your resume as you leave college, searching for your first real job with 3.x or whatever wirtten down as your college GPA. It’ll pay you back someday, don’t worry.</p>
<p>From an employer’s perspective, I’d advise to look for a part time job that supports whatever subject matter or major you’re studying. Nothing too involved - I think I once read on Princeton’s website that nine hours a week is about right. When I’m looking through resumes of recent graduates, I’m more likely to interview candidates who have a mix of solid work history (the same job or type of job over a period of time, part-time) combined with one solid EC, and any gpa above 3.0, perhaps slightly lower if in a very hard major, vs. the 4.0 with no work history during school. </p>
<p>Once you’re in the work force you’ll be competing with other graduates with high gpas AND part time work history during college, so, as long as you can find a job that makes sense, doesn’t require overwhelming or unpredictable hours, and that pays decently enough, no long commutes, etc., you should do fine, even thrive.</p>