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The best you can hope for here is information to compare your situation to others, and make an informed decision from there. At the end of the day, it'd be wise to first and foremost figure out exactly what kind of time it'll take to get all A's (or damn close to it) and fit riding time in after that's fully established. You may require more or less study time compared to everyone else on here- it's up to you to figure out what you need. Time management is key.
Work hard and play hard!
My Undergrad Situation: Dual Major Biomedical Engineering and Kinesiology and Research Assistant in a Biomechanics Lab for three ongoing studies. Was always (sometimes well) above twelve credit hours (except for two Summer semesters). Honestly, the normal study/homework time needed for me was not horrible (~ 8-12 total hours a week for all classes), but my job (about 25 hours a week) made time management difficult. Plus, I made regular time for the gym. I could have about one night a week for upside-down kegstands. No way I would have been able to ride, but I was rewarded with a 3.8 GPA plus a golden ticket to almost any graduate/professional school I wanted. Anyone can do that, I am not special!
College isnt as hard and spooky as everyone makes it out to be.
I graduated from Arizona State in May of 2014 with my Bachelors of Science (Kinesiology).
I also raced west coast supercross and some select outdoors every year. (Making mains in sx and top20-30 outdoors)
Also, while in school I worked a part time job (15-25 hours a week)
It honestly comes down to what you want to do with your time.
Time management is key in balancing it all. You can study on nights your buddies are getting wasted just because its wednesday, for example. Lol
I start my Doctor of Physical Therapy program in August this year and thats what Im shitting bricks about.
After seeing the rigourous schedule and hearing stories from current DPT students, idk if i will be able to race west coast sx next year. I am damn sure going to try to fit it all in though!
Take it from someone that has done it. Undergrad is not all that bad.
Go for it OP!!!
That said, I only go to school an hour from home so I keep my bike with my parents, it doesn't make sense to bring it to school, especially in the dorms with a bunch of tree huggers all over the place.
You need to focus on time management and use it as an occasional release. Also, I've been riding for over 40 years and will never be a fast guy: I ride a 125 and am fast in C practice but would be traction in A/B. But I also don't end up in casts or having surgery, so it depends on how fast and risky you ride. If you lay it out and end up hurt a lot, it might be smart to park it and concentrate. But if you can be slow and still drive home at the end of the day, it's better than a lot of other stupid shit your classmates will do.
I agree with someone else who mentioned the SAE contests. Those cars rip and it's homework. But your bike could be some homework too: it really depends on your discipline, speed/risk, work etthic and finances.
Whatever you do tho, keep a bike of some sort. It will definitely be harder at some point soon when you realise how much books, board, chicks and alcohol can cost!
Couple years ago my old ass went back for a Master's degree and would study between my 30+ motos..
My son is an avid snowboarder and skater. When he first went away to college (University of Washington) he got his season pass to Stevens Pass and was sure he'd be going riding every weekend. That's just over an hour away, and snowboarding doesn't take nearly as much prep as motoing would. He IS a genius (no joke, he's the top student in his class in the mathematics department) and he has to spend unbelievable amounts of time studying to maintain that. Of course his goals may be a bit different as he's looking to graduate next year (3rd year out of HS) and get into a top 5 grad school in algebraic combinatorics or number theory.
This last year the only time he got to snowboard was when we sent him and a friend to Sun Valley over winter break. He does get to skate a few times a week, though, so maybe substituting some mt. biking would help get you by?
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Good for you dudes!
It is also a great engineering school. I did mechanical engineering as well
I had a bike all through school (ME degree just as you're looking for) and rode basically every weekend (I live in Canada, so I trade it for snowboarding every weekend through the winter months.) More than that, one of my buddies in school (also getting his ME degree), rode the MX2 class in the Canadian Nationals and was a 4th place championship guy, and his twin brother was also a pretty top racer in the MX2 class and was also in full time school for environmental science or something along those line. I know they rode a lot all season.
Keep the bike. What will you do all summer and on the weekends?
You HAVE to figure out how to manage your time effectively Mon-Fri. You should be doing school work or studying every night after classes for as long as needed to work ahead and stay caught up. Work hard and late during the week so you can play hard on the weekends. There's nothing worse that having to spend all day Sunday doing school work because you were a lazy ass during the week. If you can do this, you will have a lot of free time on the weekends to ride. However, your interests are going to change as far as leisure time. There's tailgating, parties, lots of girls, football games, intramural sports. etc.
On the other hand, if you are a procrastinator and try to float through everything doing the minimum possible, then sell your bike now! you'll constantly be playing catch up and cramming and won't have time to do anything.
Right now I work 45 hours a week, am taking 2 classes a semester for my Master's degree, and have a family at home but I still find lots of time to ride because I think I have perfected my time management. I work extremely hard during the week so we can have quality time on the weekends to ride and do other family events.
When I went to college I wanted to take my bike, but never could. Never could have afforded to ride it anyways. My 3rd year I even had a garage but I didn't bother. I went home for the holidays and long weekends to ride.
I went for mechanical engineering... time management is a huge deal even without a bike. I assume that Rutgers' engineering programs are farily intense for the first 2 years and comparable to my experience at the university of utah. Engineering and science (physics and chem) labs and study groups are often mandatory. So think 17+ credit hours a semester if you want to be done in 4 years then had 2-6 more hours a week doing labs and additional homework for those labs. You're easy looking at 40-60 (even 80 if you have to do a project for an engineering course)hours a week dedicated to coursework in some form or another. Much of that depends on professors, I had a Calculus class my first semester that I had constant homework and even though math comes easy to me I was doing like 10-12 hours a week while also doing some tougher classes. However, my calc 2 professor rarely had mandatory homework, it was more about testing for him.
Then you have to find time for sleep, beer, parties, video games.... god damn I miss school lol.
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