Major sympathy on the financial aid. As if you needed any more stress right now! *hugs*
Regarding work, I worked 32 hours a week and took a full class load as an undergrad (four 8-hour days of work and two 8-hour days of school, with Sundays off). It wasn't unbearable, but I wouldn't recommend it -- especially not if you're in grad school, which seems to require a lot more time.
In my last two quarters, I cut back to 24 hours of work so I could take extra classes, and that was much better. I think you sort of have to mess around with your schedule and see what sort of balance works for you -- I knew people who worked 12 hours a week while going to school and thought it was too much, and others who worked 40 and seemed to handle it all right.
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Regarding work, I worked 32 hours a week and took a full class load as an undergrad (four 8-hour days of work and two 8-hour days of school, with Sundays off). It wasn't unbearable, but I wouldn't recommend it -- especially not if you're in grad school, which seems to require a lot more time.
In my last two quarters, I cut back to 24 hours of work so I could take extra classes, and that was much better. I think you sort of have to mess around with your schedule and see what sort of balance works for you -- I knew people who worked 12 hours a week while going to school and thought it was too much, and others who worked 40 and seemed to handle it all right.