Did anyone here go to college while working a full time job?

[xr4man]

a short term class is a 4 week long class. they suck because they are 3 month classes compressed into 4 weeks. so it's like 4 hour a night classes for 3 nights a week plus 2 or 3 hours of homework every night, double on weekends. it's just a ridiculous workload.

[dr.walrus]

you need oxygen, fresh clean water, minimal amounts of food, a roof-like substance over your head, and tuition money. With the possible exception of medications almost everything else around you is not only an unnecessary expense but also a distraction.

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the power to get it done isn't evident until you are in the fire. Then, it's the rush you feel from accomplishment that drives you ever further. My advice would be identify what you would love to do all day long for a living and drop all the baggage, and drive...

AMEN

[blaze15301]

I am right outside of Pittsburgh. In the fall I have a choice of going to P.T.I or a local tech school called penn commercial. This thread has answered a few of my questions I ve had. I will be working full time to pay for school so I don't owe any money back.

[Mark_Hardware]

Yeah, I go to school full time for BioMedical Engineering during the day, and work 12 hour shifts at night, 60 hours a week.

[x88x]

As others have said, yes, it is definitely possible. I worked part-time (10-20 hr/week) when I was in college full-time, and have attended classes part-time while I have been working full-time. I also know many people who have worked full-time while going to school full-time. Hell, I know a few people who worked multiple full-time jobs while going to school full-time. Can't say I would particularly recommend that route, but it is possible.

My advice would be identify what you would love to do all day long for a living and drop all the baggage, and drive...

/\This. A thousand times this.

I know way too many people in careers that they hate, who feel trapped there because they have on that road too long to change. I know it's scary, but if you feel like you're getting in a rut like that, it is much better in the long term to take the time to figure out what you really want to do with your life, and cut and run from where you are to a path to get to where you want to be.

[Omega]

I'm going to college part-time and working 30h a week at one job, and about 8-10h a week at the other.

It's certainly possible, but it is NOT fun. Waking up at 8am, going to class until 2, get to work at 3, work until nearly midnight, then come home and try to get some studying done. On top of all of that, my boss wants to promote me which requires studying for work too...

[luciusad2004]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I'm glad to here that it can be done. I guess now I just have to figure out how actually get back in to school. I've been out for around 3 years now. I'm not sure if i should ease into it and take some courses to refresh stuff I've already learned or just Bite the bullet and try to pick up were i left off.