Full Time, School and Work?

Mechguy85

Sorry to revive an old thread but I'm in the same predicament. I'm trying to finish up at the community college then move on to 4 year to do engineering or physics. Along with my basics I've taken some welding classes so I could try to get a full time job welding. My current part time job changing tires doesn't pay enough and if anyone's changed tires u know how bad it is. Working and school doesn't really bother me, fitting school around the job is what sucks. I find the classes for physics or ME are mostly during the day and each class has only one time offered. did anyone else have this problem?

Yesimivan

I juggled work and school this last semester.

Luckily, my job was flexible and I picked up extra shifts every Wednesday and Sunday night. My schedule looked something like this:

Monday: School 8-12, work 1-5
Tuesday: Work 8-12:30, school 1-9:30
Wednesday: School 8-12, work 1-5, extra shift 7 pm - 7 am.
Thursday: Work 8-5
Friday: School 8-12, work 1-5
Saturday: Work 8-5
Sunday: Work 8-3, extra shift 7 pm - 7 am.

That was 18 hours school and roughly 60-65 hours a week working.

I will not be doing it again. I only attempted this type of schedule due to my dire financial circumstances.

I had absolutely no social life to speak of and I was exhausted all of the time. I did it, though! And now I'm out of the woods financially.

JakeBrodskyPE

Twenty years ago, I made a choice: I would go to work full time and then go to school part time. My social life was shot to hell because I couldn't do much else. My classmates were no different. But I was single, I had no other obligations, and what the hell, I survived.

I suggest you look for universities that have a credible evening program. Going full time/full time sounds almost impossible.

Also, although this economy really sucks, it seems to me that you're underemployed. I don't think you'll be able to find other places where a physics degree might be directly helpful, but don't overlook engineering opportunities. Who knows? You might even like working there.