Brosef
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Hey guys,
I'm a second year student in university and work part-time (we're talking 20hrs a week here, which is a lot imo for a full-time student). I'm really not sure what to do here and don't know who to turn to for advice (my mom would tell me to quit immediately and my friends would say "**** that, get the money"). So here's a list of pros and cons and give me some input if you can...
Pros :
- Good salary for a student job (16$/hour)
- It's a clinic (which is good for me, I need to get as much medical background as possible as I want to apply to Med School)
- Really relax job, no stress...
- Don't need to ask money from my parents. I absolutely HATE to do that.
To be honest though, I don't really need the money. My parents are pretty well off, I'd say we're upper middle class (dad makes $150-170k/year and mom makes between $60-70k/year). They pay for my tuition and I accept that but I don't want to ask them money for clothes and all that stuff (and God knows I spend a lot on that).
Cons :
- I am tired 24/7.
- Work 20 hours a week, class 19-24h a week (depending on the lab's duration), volunteer 5 hours a week, study around 40h a week.
- Need to get a high GPA, and I feel like work is interfering.
- Barely have time to do anything else except work/study/class/volunteer...I go out maybe 2-3 hours a week and make sure I get home early because I'll be too tired the next day and **** up my whole schedule.
What would you guys do in my case?
If you think I should leave, what would be the best way for me to do so?
I was working full time during the summer (40h/week), then went to part-time as soon as school started. I was aware that it would be 20h/week but didn't expect such a workload for school. They tried to adjust my schedule to acommodate me and I've been open-minded and flexible as well, but it's just not working out.
Any ideas/inputs/advices?
Thanks a lot in advance guys. I have to think about this quickly before the midterms come around....
I'm a second year student in university and work part-time (we're talking 20hrs a week here, which is a lot imo for a full-time student). I'm really not sure what to do here and don't know who to turn to for advice (my mom would tell me to quit immediately and my friends would say "**** that, get the money"). So here's a list of pros and cons and give me some input if you can...
Pros :
- Good salary for a student job (16$/hour)
- It's a clinic (which is good for me, I need to get as much medical background as possible as I want to apply to Med School)
- Really relax job, no stress...
- Don't need to ask money from my parents. I absolutely HATE to do that.
To be honest though, I don't really need the money. My parents are pretty well off, I'd say we're upper middle class (dad makes $150-170k/year and mom makes between $60-70k/year). They pay for my tuition and I accept that but I don't want to ask them money for clothes and all that stuff (and God knows I spend a lot on that).
Cons :
- I am tired 24/7.
- Work 20 hours a week, class 19-24h a week (depending on the lab's duration), volunteer 5 hours a week, study around 40h a week.
- Need to get a high GPA, and I feel like work is interfering.
- Barely have time to do anything else except work/study/class/volunteer...I go out maybe 2-3 hours a week and make sure I get home early because I'll be too tired the next day and **** up my whole schedule.
What would you guys do in my case?
If you think I should leave, what would be the best way for me to do so?
I was working full time during the summer (40h/week), then went to part-time as soon as school started. I was aware that it would be 20h/week but didn't expect such a workload for school. They tried to adjust my schedule to acommodate me and I've been open-minded and flexible as well, but it's just not working out.
Any ideas/inputs/advices?
Thanks a lot in advance guys. I have to think about this quickly before the midterms come around....