Job Consideration

yes...

 

If your parents are able to help, let them. Get some sleep and study hard. If not, and you can't find anything else, go for it.

 

If you think you can still get A's then why not?

 

As a former HEB employee, and college student, that sounds like a lethal combination. Depends on what you study I guess, but working that many hours is probably not worth it when you are first starting. It's admirably ambititous of you, but if you can get help, don't turn it down to work around the clock. Enjoy college. It's only 8.50 anyway.

 

Take the job, but don't tell your parents and still have them help you, put 25% in a savings account with your bank and then setup a TD Ameritrade account and invest the other 75% in the stock and bond market. Since you have a longer time horizon, you could probably invest in stuff a little riskier than market index funds or treasury bonds (maybe specific sector or commodity funds, and corporate bond funds). Otherwise spend the money on dues at a decent fraternity (networking >= grades).

Alternately I would say don't take the job and just study for 12 hours a day at the UGL. Straight As should get you into Phi Beta Kappa and some honors society in your major, and then a decent internship by end of sophomore or junior year.

 

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Get two jobs.

 

When are you planning to sleep?

 

What's your major?

 

i am currently working at HEB right now, hopefully they do give you 40 hours because they are cutting hours like a mother. it sucks too because they are always saying that they are "trying to satisfy others".

 

Don't work in college unless it applies to your career or have to do it for the money. It really interferes with school and its easy to forget your priorities.

 

It's just not sustainable. College ain't high school man, unless you're a sociology major.

 

I disagree. Work in college can be as much an education and growth experience as college itself. If I'm looking at a resume of a person that has work experience through college(in most anything) against one that's spotty; I'll pick the working dude any day of the week because chances are they will be more mature and have better interpersonal and management skills.

To the OP, if this is your first semester of college and you're working 40 hrs, you're probably going to die. Part time to begin with....or just say screw it and float that first semester without a job if you can. That gives you time to settle in and probably find a better job that suits your schedule.

 

Possibly the worst advice I've ever seen. To summarize: Lie and cheat your parents, misuse the money (and trust) they've placed in you in their good will, and join a frat, brah! Go for the short term gains, **** everyone else!

Never compromise your morals. At the end of the day you have to look yourself in the mirror, whether the 'end of the day' is literal or metaphorical (end of your life).

 

To echo what others have said...if your parents can help and are willing to help, let them. Find a job that doesn't require such a commitment and help ease their burden when you can.

Now, if you are in a situation where you feel that you need this job, it can be done. I worked overnight during college for about a year. It sucks, I'm not going to lie to you, but it's all about finding the routine that works for you. I worked from 10PM-7AM, got to class at 8 AM, had class until 11 AM or so and then went home and slept until 7PM or thereabouts. I did my homework and studied between waking up and leaving for work and I also spent a lot of my lunch breaks studying.

It also helps if you have your off days on weekdays. The purpose of that is two-fold. First, when you are working weekends, you can go straight home and sleep and get up earlier in the day. Then, when you have your off days on weekdays, you can flip your sleeping schedule around and at least have two "regular" days. Some people that I worked still slept during the day and stayed up at night on their off days, but I chose to flip my schedule around.

 

I would find something part-time. I'm going into my second year of college at UT and depending on your major school may become your life. I am doing nothing but studying and work and I am only working 20ish hours on the weekends.

What is your major?

 

another option I would consider is working the night shift at a hotel (usually 11pm to 7am). These shifts are great for getting a couple of hours of studying/homework done. Not unusual to be staffed by college kids in the same boat as you too....and pay is in the same range, prob more.

 

You are in accounting, when you graduate you will be working 70 hours a week. Enjoy college while you can.