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23:00

I have the VA for that, I get a stipend

And I'll start doing my old WFH job again once I need to start paying for flight school too

CMU bases their "units" on actual hours spent, including homework

So 70 units is supposed to be, very very roughly, 70 hours per week

Which is only like 10h a day

Assuming I can't task-overlap

ATaco

Do not do 70 hours a week, You will be burned out by week 1.

(Suggestion, take with grain of salt)

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23:16

At best you're giving yourself a pretty small margin for error/extenuating circumstances

lyxal

Don't overload yourself in the first few years, as those are when the novelty of uni/college hasn't worn off yet. Actually make sure you enjoy your time while it's still not tedious :p

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In all fairness, overloading does sound like his idea of enjoying it :P

It's just that that's going to be a lot less fun if it crashes and burns

lyxal

yeah it's a big risk on sustaining the lock-in

And sometimes, you don't even know how big a course actually is until mid way through

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THIS

lyxal

I've had around 3 courses where on the surface it looked fine, but at the end, it was, not, fine

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23:26

And the first week or two are ALWAYS going to be easier than the rest of the class, between introductory material and just not wanting to scare people off before drop deadlines

lyxal

Oh yeah ofc

Census date is when things really ramp up

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You never know what weird thing is going to give you a way harder time than anyone could have anticipated

lyxal

And it's funny: at the start of semester, you see a truck load of people on campus, you can't get any parks, and everyone is going to give things a red hot go. Come midterms/finals, well, let's say parking is a lot easier

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...Also come to think of it you're like the only person I've ever met who I'd expect to actually have other things to do with spare time on campus

So maybe try to have some of that spare time :P

lyxal

Yeah, making sure you have spare time to destress is very important

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23:39

Not just destress, actively enrich yourself

Like everyone needs time to destress but some people do some uhhh

Whatever the fuck normal people do

That they seem to enjoy

And I get the impression that some of that is like maybe up your alley