What is the purpose of working part/full-time during college? Everyone I know is working to mitigate student loans post graduation but they can't take nearly as many classes because they're busy. If I'm able to survive purely off student loans, grants, and scholarships, is it reasonable to take as many classes as possible and graduate earlier while piling on assloads of debt. Obviously there is the risk of being unable to find a job but I'm going into STEM with well above average projected field growth (Biomedical Engineering). Wouldn't it make more sense to take 18+ credit hour semesters and graduate earlier or am I completely missing something?
What you think will happen and what actually ends up happening can be quite different. Do you really think no job experience at all will reflect well on you?
>>18294697
Which is why I'm asking for other opinions on the situation!
I worked full-time for a few years out of highschool before going to college so I have a resume and solid references. I figure if I can grab a couple summer internships before graduating that would be sufficient.
>>18294745
>I worked full-time for a few years out of highschool before going to college so I have a resume and solid references. I figure if I can grab a couple summer internships before graduating that would be sufficient.
dude, you're fine
>>18294745
Take as much as you want, but you need to make good grades so you can get scholarships and grants. Apply for every source of aid you can and do your internships. You'll mitigate your overall debt and have very good job prospects. I have done pretty shitty but I've applied for everything I could and still got grants and scholarhips becuase people weren't applying. I even got a scholarship to study abroad in China with a shit GPA.
I had a full ride scholarship but worked 10-15 hours a week for beer money.