Nice to hear from you Anistorm. 
I'm curious to know what some of you guys think about working while in college. I'm taking difficult classes, but my parents/stepparents keep insisting that I find work, but I'm not sure I can emotionally handle work on top of a full load of college classes. I've had part-time work experience before, but I really had a hard time studying and all after I had to work in the past because I'd be exhausted. Been a controversial topic at home... I see myself being independent in maybe two years once I graduate and all, but I'm not ready to support myself and be a successful full-time college student at the same time.
my parents said the same thing but they wanted to me not worry about work and just study, study, study for the next 4 years instead. That's a good thing you should balance work with classes which is why I admire what you're doing. Unless you're aiming for grad school, entry level employers don't look into GPA too much but work and internship experience/involvement on campus. I would worry about classes but don't worry too much about getting A's..as long as you can pull a 3.0 that's enough. Unfortunately, I wish I had known that last year because all I did was study and that's it. And these classes were all general ed classes. I wish I could've built my resume with internship experience which I hope to do next year. I am looking for summer internships right now and all of them I find are in NYC, which is too far from home and I cannot afford housing in NY for the internship, so I'm stuck in a dead-end situation :/ Grades and degree matter, but experience matters so both are important. If it's too much for you to handle, look into lightening your courseload.
