According to many articles, like Students Who Work During College, it can actually be beneficial to a students grades to work during their undergrad. This particular article found that students who didn’t work had an average of a 3.04 overall GPA, versus a 3.14 overall GPA for students who work between 1 and 20 hours per week.
Some people may be thinking “no way is that right; more work=less time for schoolwork.” However, a logical thinker could see where this would make sense. When you know that you’re going to have less time for schoolwork, you’re going to be more likely to practice better time management. For instance, say I have a big assignment due in class on Tuesday, but I also have to work both Sunday and Monday night. I’m going to be more likely set aside an adequate amount of time beforehand to finish my assignment. Whereas, if I know that I have nothing going on and lots of time to work on the assignment, I will be more likely to procrastinate and put it off until the last minute. Or, I might also be more likely to think I have a lot of time to work on schoolwork, so I’ll start one thing and forget about my other assignment instead of adequately managing my time.
So in the end, while work may make you feel stressed out and you feel as though you have no time for schoolwork, it can actually be beneficial in learning to effectively manage your time and keep yourself organized.
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