Chase would be a much better option. Accounting is no joke. Are you doing a five year masters program?
You should have no problem. Some of engineering fried took business foundations classes and they might have studied the night before the test and they got As. If you have 33 hours of AP credit you must be be reasonably smart. You probably don't need to put in that much effort to get A's.
Chase sounds like a good option. Banks generally pay well and so you might make as much working there part time as you would overnight full time. When an employer says they will help pay for school, it generally just applies to courses that could be considered related to their business. In this case, any courses you take in banking or finance might be eligible for tuition reimbursement. You may even get them to stretch it to just general business classes, but that will depend on the employer.
I worked full time for my first year of school. It SUCKED. Ok, let me put this another way ... IT MOTHER****ING ******* SUCKED THE ****ING DICK OF LIFE HATRED. I still got A's for the most part, but HOLY **** IT SUCKED. Being broke and attending school is no fun (feel free to punch all the lucky kids in the face when on one is looking) ... take out loans. Yes, it's no fun to think of how much you owe ... but you'll do better in school and you might actually have time to enjoy yourself. Do NOT... repeat ... do NOT work full time and attend school full time.
All he's doing is getting a job and putting that money in savings or investments, with his parents paying for college. Any financial or student loans he applies for will be reduced based on his parents' ability to support him anyways. Not sure that's such a uniquely different situation from a very large portion of college students.
I worked during most of time at UT, but I was fortunate enough to do so at the on-campus Starbucks. The closer you can work to campus, the better. The Starbucks are open until midnight and if you close, like I did, you should get out at 1 a.m. every night. I can't imagine working any later than that and taking a full course load. Working near campus will also keep in the thick of things in central Austin. It will make a difference, trust me.
Of course you take the kid who has worked hard through college versus the guy on equal footing who didn't, but you have to think about his trade-off. How would you feel about a kid who had average GPA and worked at HEB all through college versus a kid that had excellent GPA and had relevant work experience (to the job you're hiring him for) every summer? OP, try getting a cushy work-study job or work the hotel night shift like someone suggested. If you can find a job where you have to sit at a desk all day and greet people you'll all most study more than someone who doesn't have a job at all.
I agree with this. A few of my friends did this, and they were able to keep on top of their grades all throughout university.
I just finished a 5 year BBA/MBA accounting program in May. My advice would be let your parents helps you out, get a part-time job, and take 18 credits your first two semesters. Get ahead of the curve now, so that you can take fewer classes down the line. Into-level classes are easy, provided you take them somewhat seriously. But even with a 12-credit load of freshman, working full time could wreck your GPA early on, which can be a tough hole to dig yourself out of. You'll probably want a GPA around 3.5 to compete for a big-4 job down the line. Does Chase offer internships? If you take the teller job now, down the line you might be able to get an accounting position in a couple years. Working 20 hrs a week at Chase and maybe spending 2 hours a week volunteering with a good GPA will generally look better on your resume than the 40 hours a week as a cashier (and the presumably lower GPA that comes with it).
Thanks for all of the advice and opinions, guys. I think I might chase that teller job (if it's available) or the smaller part-time position at HEB (not overnight) or a work-study job on campus just to keep my sanity.I just need something that'll give me between 20 and 25 hours a week (at least $8/hr) and that's close. About the only reason I considered the HEB position was just the money and the location (I've already had my fair share of ******* customers as a Kroger cashier; I just wanted to take care of the $2,700 or so not covered by financial aid this semester myself; it'll be a hard sell to my parents, but I'm sure they're willing to split it with me halfway).
I'm an accounting major right now and I work 40hrs as a teller at Wells Fargo and go to school full time. The only reason I do this is because they actually do reimburse you for every class so long as you at least make a C and it applies to any kind of business degree. This is pretty much the only reason I haven't quit yet it is stressful and overwhelming at time and I've been doing this for the past 3 and a half years and I can't wait to finish next summer. My advice to you is to not work and just go to school and keep that GPA up. You have the luxury of your parents paying for school which is great because if I was in the same boat I don't think I'd be working until I'd graduate.
Just curious why being a teller is so stressful and overwhelming for an accounting major. I would think you would be right at home handling other peoples money. Is it the environment or people you work with that is making it so stressful?
I use to work full-time overnight and full-time at school. What really drove me crazy was the lack of a social life. I would definitely recommend a part-time day job.
I would imagine that it's the "working 40 hours a week as a full time college student" part that's stressful and overwhelming. I'm also not sure if being an accounting major really give you any kind of advantage as a bank teller.
No, being a teller is SUPER EASY. Easiest job I've ever had. It's the working 40 hours a week and going to school full time and finding enough time to study and to socialize and find time with the family and gf that is stressful. Luckily I've been able to keep a modest 3.2 GPA that I'm working to get to a 3.5 by the time I graduate. I've recently paid off my car so I'm free of bills so I will be able to go down in hours if I so choose or find something else part time.
This. Sorry for the double post. You're right about your last statement as well. It's all computerized really, very little thinking in making deposits and withdrawals. There's a customer that comes in often and says that my experience working at the bank will look good when I'm applying at different companies out of college so thats a plus I guess.
