Fuck! It seems a going back to university and having a full time job is a wee bit more difficult than I had imagined.
Anyone else stupid enough to have attempted this?
[quote]Spry wrote:
Fuck! It seems a going back to university and having a full time job is a wee bit more difficult than I had imagined.
Anyone else stupid enough to have attempted this?
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to be honest, being at college and having a part-time job is plenty enough for me, and that’s before working out and getting ready for the baseball season.
i can only imagine. how many units are you taking?
I’ve been/was dumb enough to do this. I worked full time all the way through college for undergrad. except for one semester after brain surgery and one other when I took 19 credits and 18 of them were high level math classes. it sucked took me a few extra years (7) but some of that was from medical issues, and other if it was from only figuring out what I wanted to do.
but I don’t owe anything for student loans and was able to save a few bucks. I mostly worked in restaurants so it was mostly nights and such but still was working like 40 or more hours a week. Now deciding if I want to go for a masters or teach. I definitely could not do the Math Masters and work full time. I’m thinking of going for a MBA and will try to work full time if I do. BB
[quote]ericbyrnesjr wrote:
Spry wrote:
Fuck! It seems a going back to university and having a full time job is a wee bit more difficult than I had imagined.
Anyone else stupid enough to have attempted this?
to be honest, being at college and having a part-time job is plenty enough for me, and that’s before working out and getting ready for the baseball season.
i can only imagine. how many units are you taking?[/quote]
Just 2 subjects. I was going to see how I go and try 3 or 4 next semester if it went well. It ain’t.
Its just law is VERY different from IT. Lots of time consuming reading.
I keep telling myself that it will be pretty awesome to have a JD - give me plenty of options career wise and I also figure having legal skills might come in handy for a variety of things…
If you are talking about IT engineering, I’d say law school should be ‘easier’ for someone who is working full time. Less need to attend classes…
Worked 50+ hours, married with 2 kids at the time, got my MBA with a 3.5 gpa…you’re capable of doing whatever you really want to do.
[quote]Spry wrote:
Just 2 subjects. I was going to see how I go and try 3 or 4 next semester if it went well. It ain’t.
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Hah! Try going to school full time with a newborn baby that gives you four hours of sleep a night.
I worked and went to school. It did take me longer to graduate as I didn’t go to school full time.
I work two jobs now. You get used to the time crunch.
Out here they don’t want you working if you are in law school. Especially not first year students.
Good luck with things.
Yeah. I am trying to have my cake and eat it too. Working gives me money which gives me a shiny motorbike and a overseas backpacking trip in July.
My boss was honest with me and said I was a dumbshit for bothering with a law degree when I’ve already got an IT degree and a job.
Yeah, over in the USA you seem to go a bit crazy with your legal degrees and the esteem held for the students of them.
I’m studying for a Juris Doctor and everywhere in the world but the USA that degree is the equivilant of a Bachelor of Laws, that is, an undergraduate degree and nothing special.
If I was in the USA I could call myself Dr. Spry with it! Supposedly it is just like a MD but for law…
Dodgy if you ask me!
Anyway, the response here just make me want to pull it off even more. In about 5 years I’ll change my T-Nation screen name to ‘Spry Esq.’!