Comments on: Motivation For College Students That Work http://studenomics.com/current-students/motivation-for-college-students-that-work/ Tue, 22 May 2012 12:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://studenomics.com/current-students/motivation-for-college-students-that-work/#comment-82713 Chris Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:03:26 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=2170#comment-82713 Juggling work and study is a struggle; I work between 12 and 20 hours a week in an office about 30 mins bus ride from my university. Obviously the money is good, and it's good to be gaining experience in the 'real' world alongside university, but it took a while to get the two parts of my life in sync. I missed some classes when I started working due to tiredness, and a few times I've missed work too. After a couple of weeks though it started to settle down and I managed to keep it all going smoothly even through deadline/exam period. Definitely recommend it though, as you said, the prospect of reducing graduation debt is a very pleasant one! Juggling work and study is a struggle; I work between 12 and 20 hours a week in an office about 30 mins bus ride from my university. Obviously the money is good, and it’s good to be gaining experience in the ‘real’ world alongside university, but it took a while to get the two parts of my life in sync. I missed some classes when I started working due to tiredness, and a few times I’ve missed work too. After a couple of weeks though it started to settle down and I managed to keep it all going smoothly even through deadline/exam period.

Definitely recommend it though, as you said, the prospect of reducing graduation debt is a very pleasant one!

]]> By: Studenomist http://studenomics.com/current-students/motivation-for-college-students-that-work/#comment-15279 Studenomist Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:30:42 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=2170#comment-15279 @FS Don't worry I think everyone in the cyber world has lost some money on day trading. The reason all 3 can be done is because junk is cut out. I realized that if I stopped watching TV and spending hours on Facebook I could be 100x more productive. The partying is a rare occurrence when both school and work are in session but it is definitely something that keeps me sane. What do you do in the working world to keep sane M-F? @FS Don’t worry I think everyone in the cyber world has lost some money on day trading.

The reason all 3 can be done is because junk is cut out. I realized that if I stopped watching TV and spending hours on Facebook I could be 100x more productive. The partying is a rare occurrence when both school and work are in session but it is definitely something that keeps me sane.

What do you do in the working world to keep sane M-F?

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://studenomics.com/current-students/motivation-for-college-students-that-work/#comment-15269 Financial Samurai Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:48:43 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=2170#comment-15269 I'm always so impressed if students can study, party and work at the same time. It's hard enough trying to get straight A's to land yourself that high paying gig out of college, to be able to get A's and work is out of this world! I couldn't hack it, making $5/hour in the library so I did some daytrading instead. I ended up probably losing $3,000! haha. But, what it did do was prepare me for a life in finance and I'm very thankful for that. I’m always so impressed if students can study, party and work at the same time.

It’s hard enough trying to get straight A’s to land yourself that high paying gig out of college, to be able to get A’s and work is out of this world!

I couldn’t hack it, making $5/hour in the library so I did some daytrading instead. I ended up probably losing $3,000! haha. But, what it did do was prepare me for a life in finance and I’m very thankful for that.

]]> By: Studenomist http://studenomics.com/current-students/motivation-for-college-students-that-work/#comment-15170 Studenomist Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:47:49 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=2170#comment-15170 @Erwin Was hoping to hear that perspective! My rebuttal to your argument would be that working during the school year is definitely not for everyone. It wasn't for me either until I realized how much more fun I can have down south as opposed to on bars around campus. I also absolutely hate debt. I'm willing to sleep 3 hours a night at times if it means I will graduate debt free. Not the smartest idea but I never said I was the smartest guy lol. I will recommend this for anyone that is not willing to work during the school year- find a program with work terms. My cousin does this. One semester he's in school and the next semester he works. It may take longer graduate but he's having a blast while integrating the theory with the practical. If you want to finish college asap then that's cool as well. @Erwin Was hoping to hear that perspective!

My rebuttal to your argument would be that working during the school year is definitely not for everyone. It wasn’t for me either until I realized how much more fun I can have down south as opposed to on bars around campus.

I also absolutely hate debt. I’m willing to sleep 3 hours a night at times if it means I will graduate debt free. Not the smartest idea but I never said I was the smartest guy lol.

I will recommend this for anyone that is not willing to work during the school year- find a program with work terms. My cousin does this. One semester he’s in school and the next semester he works. It may take longer graduate but he’s having a blast while integrating the theory with the practical.

If you want to finish college asap then that’s cool as well.

]]> By: Edwin http://studenomics.com/current-students/motivation-for-college-students-that-work/#comment-15162 Edwin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:39:26 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=2170#comment-15162 Using my own college experience along with that of friends and co-workers, I tend to disagree about your sentiment on student loans. It is true that you will go into the workplace with quite a bit of debt (particularly for more expensive degrees) but I think that debt isn't as bad as the alternatives I've seen. I know multiple people who dropped out of school because they were so adverse to debt that they had to work full time and go to school at the same time. Some had very poor grades and had to repeat classes multiple times while others just didn't see the benefit in continuing to pay such a large portion of their income for school. I took out student loans and it gave me plenty of time to do well in school and to actually have a life outside of school and work (I did work part time also). Before someone considers whether to apply for student loans or to attempt and work through it and stay out of debt, they should really decide if that type of schedule can mess with their chances of completing school. This is based on purely personal experience and I don't have any true statistical numbers to back up this opinion. Using my own college experience along with that of friends and co-workers, I tend to disagree about your sentiment on student loans. It is true that you will go into the workplace with quite a bit of debt (particularly for more expensive degrees) but I think that debt isn’t as bad as the alternatives I’ve seen.

I know multiple people who dropped out of school because they were so adverse to debt that they had to work full time and go to school at the same time. Some had very poor grades and had to repeat classes multiple times while others just didn’t see the benefit in continuing to pay such a large portion of their income for school.

I took out student loans and it gave me plenty of time to do well in school and to actually have a life outside of school and work (I did work part time also).

Before someone considers whether to apply for student loans or to attempt and work through it and stay out of debt, they should really decide if that type of schedule can mess with their chances of completing school. This is based on purely personal experience and I don’t have any true statistical numbers to back up this opinion.

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