Balancing part time work and uni? (1 Viewer)

[katie2011]

Hey everyone

If you work part time and go to uni how is it going for you ? It it easy balancing balancing study,work,uni and social life?
and if so any tips ?

 

[twistedrebel]

Its quite easy. Just work go uni and do work assignements etc in spare time. I've worked upto 25hrs a week with full time uni (engineering). I am a pretty lazy person and waste heaps of time but i manage fine,

 

[iRuler]

I got uni 2 days a week (Full time), and the rest I spend bludging mostly, and the rest is working. Dont worry, uni isn't that stressful, hsc was worse tbh

 

[twistedrebel]

uni some people will still make it stressful OMG HD etc but most are just chill etc. If you get credit average at uni you ll be in landing a job, after that point it depends on you has a person and not marks.

 

[iRuler]

uni some people will still make it stressful OMG HD etc but most are just chill etc. If you get credit average at uni you ll be in landing a job, after that point it depends on you has a person and not marks.

Yeah that's true, education is only a part of it, other stuff included your ability to work in teams, problem solving, etc... It's a balance of everything which employers need at the end of the day.

With that said I'm currently on the top end of D, and HD for most my stuff, and I bludge so much I love uni workload, hsc workload was shit

 

[izzy88]

I found it difficult this semester to balance two days at work and four law subjects- in the end I dropped to three subjects before the census date.

I think the struggle for me was a combination of having four law subjects for the first time whereas before I would only have one or two a semester (intermixed with history subjects which required no where near the same amount of work as a law subject) and also the fact that last year I had hardly any class and no law (doing honours in history), so it was a bit of a shock to the system having 16 hours a week of class and so many law readings as well as starting a new job that required two full days a week.

In the end I decided that there was no point getting stressed and worried the whole semester trying to keep on top of four subjects, and that I might as well just extend my degree by an extra semester (since I can't drop work because i need the money and they only accept two days a week). Saying that, I got through the past four years doing proper full time and working (although the work was a bit more flexible) - i think it just depends on what you are doing/circumstances at the time

 

[bukwow]

It really depends on what you're studying and balancing with. For me I did the cadetship working 4.5 days a week and doing 3 subjects in uni. It does take quite a while to get used to it but if your work is related to the subjects you are doing in uni, it shouldn't be a problem. In the end it really depends on how much you can handle and will be comfortable with (i wanted to finish and graduate from uni so in my last semester i did 4.5 days work and 4 subjects in uni.. quite a killer -.-)

 

[meilz92]

yeah I just work 8 hours one day a week (either saturday/sunday) and its easy, i only take one shift off just before exams start (if at all). Also, I waste a lot of time on public transport and socializing so I tend to get home from uni at 6:30pm at the earliest, still manage to get all my work done somehow lol.

 

[katie2011]

Thanks for all the reply people
sounds like it can pretty manageable. In my case next year hopefully will be starting an Arts/Commerce degree. By then i will also have my certificate II in business admin so i was thinking of maybe working 2 days a week ???
I don't think i could stand not working and having money. I would hate to have to rely on my parents..

 

[powlmao]

i do it for highschool

and i am positive you spend less time at uni than at school

 

[Aquawhite]

Depends on your degree, how much your bludge and spend with friends, and also how well you can get through work. I think how well you manage the two depends on lot of your long term goals (e.g. GPA, extra-curricular activities for your CV, career prospects) etc.

 

[izzy88]

Depends on your degree, how much your bludge and spend with friends, and also how well you can get through work. I think how well you manage the two depends on lot of your long term goals (e.g. GPA, extra-curricular activities for your CV, career prospects) etc.

I think this is a good point as well- co-curricular activities can take up a lot of time at uni. I find that being treasurer of the uni orchestra can be very time consuming. Sometimes its alright, and it only takes an extra hour or two of preparation for a rehearsal - but in the lead up to concerts (and post-concerts) I may end up spending an entire day/two days sorting out finances/having meetings etc Its fun, but it can sometime feel like it takes up my entire life, above and beyond uni study or work.

 

[gcchick]

I'm a second year Bachelor of Science student at UQ, majoring in Mathematics (Analysis). This semester I did two maths courses, one physics course and a religion course and ended up at uni for 15 hrs one week, then 18 the following week (due to pracs being scheduled once a fortnight). I work as a supervisor on weekends and Thursday nights and dropped back from three shifts a week to two this semester so I could have a day on the weekend to play catch-up and get on top of all my work. I bludge far too much and should currently be studying for exams. Starting next semester, I'll only be doing three subjects. When I'm at uni, I tend to get sick very easily so doing one less course a semester will hopefully let me rest enough to prevent any severe illness.

It's definitely manageable and nowhere near as strenuous as HSC, where you'd be at school for seven hours a day and then be expected to study for several hours when you got home at night.

 

[harhar]

Currnetly in year 12 - can't wait to face 'problems' of balancing work and social life

Right now, I've got studyin.. nothing to balance it with