[Midnite]

Wow, I had a flashback when I read your first post. I started at the wonderful BCC full-time when I graduated high school, and worked about 50 hours a week, and did horrible in school, failing some classes. I ended up doing part time school and working full-time still, and I was doing better in my classes at that point, and I had time to do what I wanted to do, instead of just work and school and no play. I never got my associates from there because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, and ended up taking a job where I was not able to go to school because I had to have open availabiltiy. Over a year later, I have recently put in my 2 weeks at that job and I am going back to a job that I loved, it's less $$$, but they are going to be paying for my schooling, and I will be working towards a career in something I want to do(business management at a theme park!). So after telling my story, my advice to you, is that if you want to take some time off from school, do it, in my situation it's the best thing I did because I experienced the "real world" for a while and I found out what I wanted to do with my life. School just isn't for some people, I make more $$ then most people right out of college and most of them can't find jobs. I think the best people could do is figure out what they want to do with school and their career before they pursue it so that they don't risk their GPA and waste money. Also, many companies don't look for just schooling anymore, they look for experience, there's just too may applicants out there these days due to the crappy economy. That's my $.02!

Alicia