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work and uni - possible?
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I thought so but as you may tell from the other thread i've recently posted i'm having difficulties.
Currently i only get one day off a week (saturday) and if i go out friday night that renders the day pretty much wasted anyway.
Does anyone else cope with both and keep upto date with all the uni work?
I'm thinking maybe i might have to quit and just concentrate on my studies but i really like my job and dont really want to leave..
Currently i only get one day off a week (saturday) and if i go out friday night that renders the day pretty much wasted anyway.
Does anyone else cope with both and keep upto date with all the uni work?
I'm thinking maybe i might have to quit and just concentrate on my studies but i really like my job and dont really want to leave..
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thousands upon thousands of students do it!
but it IS possible
if you dont mind me asking...........
i do but it involves me doing a 55 mile round trip to go home to work on a sunday. i'm in my 3rd year now so it's feeling to be bit of a chore but it's what's necessary. i doubt i'd do much work on the sunday anyway so good to earn some money.
well this year i applied for a transfer as there are 2 tescos in lincoln. i didn't get one as one of them is only a small store and the other is 'undergoing some big changes' or something!
i get paid £9.02 an hour, i don't think i'd get that in another shop job.
it costs me £60 a month to run my car (petrol and insurance only) and i get paid £220 a month so i make some money out of it.
someone quite rightly pointed out to me today that i could get a lower paid job and i wouldn't be any less off 'cause i'd not have to pay for my car but i think i'd rather have my car.
I go to school with several people that I know of (just in the two classes I'm in) now who have full time jobs (40 hours a week) and are taking school full time (4-5 classes) they also have plenty of time for the bar and a movie and they've said their social life has only been altered a tiny tiny bit. Also, my brother went to school and played football, with practices, games and training taking up more than 40 hours a week and he, along with all his other football buddies, had 110% of a social life still... even in his last year when he had school football and a job, still plenty of time for girlfriends and friends.
That's pretty shocking...
Anyway, icey couldn't quite work out - are you saying that Saturday is the only day you could do part-time work, and you'd rather not because Friday is the night you like to go out?
(is now hoping I'm correct about where scary studies)
In fairness you can work as long as it's for college as then they have complete control over what you're doing!
How do you get paid that much in Tesco? :eek2:
I work 2/3 shifts a week whilst at Uni.
I don't have a choice. I live off the money I earn.
Sometimes I feel as though I can't fit my work in but like others have said, its a matter of getting the balance right.
I didn't work when I did U/G because I went to visit my girlfriend at wekkends a lot and I thought it would harm my studies.
I worked during my masters though and that was fine and I did very well i that course. I worked about 16 hours a week, mainly at evening and the weekend.
I definately would not do more than 20 hours a week, remember that to do well you should be working 30-40 hours a wekk on university. Also you need to be able to take some time off around exams.
It is difficult to find a decent flexible job but the money does come in handy as long as you are disciplined enough to still spend enough time on your course else you might as well quit uin and just work full time......