I want to know how you balance school, poker, and social life? I myself am deciding tos tart grinding on a small site as Ive been makin some profits there. And I am just wondering how I can balance my life in school and still show some nice volume while gettin enough study time as well

poker>school for me lol i no i no focus on school etc, its just fun for me

I'm about to finish and I can't wait. I would say just stay focused on why you're spending thousands of dollars at school. Make up some sort of schedule so that you can have time for both if you aren't going to quit playing poker. I never schedule classes before 11, although I could go later. Sadly, my class schedules revolve around poker schedules, so just figure out what you want to do. I'd say though that I'd probably be finished with school a year ago had I never played cards. And I've never had a problem with a social life, I just don't register for anything after 6 on Thurs-Sat and obv play the Sundays.

EDIT: and whatever you do, don't skip classes. Just make your schedule so you can comfortably do both. For me it is having mid/late afternoon classes so I can still get sleep when I'm up late but I'm out of class in enough time to get the evening tourneys in.

the real challenge is balacing poker, putting urself through school by the poka scholarship, social life, and an absolute need to WORK OUT( just feel like a terd if i miss more than 2 days of physical activity)

i think the coolest thing ever would be the ability to never need sleep. Could accomplish lot mores

Welcome to flunk town....don't win anything significant or u'll skip class...grind .05/.10 while ur in school, stay away from long mtts. U'll be much happier.

don't tell people you play poker

 

Originally Posted by Duffy08

i'll find out as I'm currently putting myself through school/starting to get motivated to grind again.
but its prolly easier fo me cus i switched to business so doubt I'll have to study much.

go to all ur classes at the start to get off on the right foot and then figure out which days you can skip class/make friends in the easy classes and trade notes with them.

dude you will have no problem unless you got to yale

you have to come up w/ a schedule and stick w/ it.

for me MW im at school from 8-12. then go to the rec center for an hour to work out then go home. now i have btw 2-midnight to do any studies and grind out some pokers.

Tuesday i have class 8-9, 9-12 i go back to sleep, 12-330 class again, then rec center for an hour to work out. i have now btw 6pm -midnight to do homeworks and pokers.

thursday class 12-330. then rec center. no class on friday so i can play pokers as long as i want or get a decent session and go out to friends places at night.

friday no school so afternoon poker and night parties or bars.

no pokers on the saturday or sunday.

i was lucky to have a nice schedule this qtr. but some qtrs the classes end up being spread out through the day and those qtrs it can be tougher to find time.

 

Originally Posted by funnygut

College and poker: frustrating as hell.

I dont know what advice to give. In a perfect world, I'd say give everything you have to school and having fun poker will be there later. But I'm in the exact same position and I know that's a bullshit answer. In the end attempting to devote yourself to poker will take away from school and your social life. Do what you want to do, but be aware of that.

even tougher when you live in IC imo. cuz u know u gotta go out at least twice a week, and thats a minimum.

I've been fulltime school and poker for almost year and half its def a grind and my last sem grades were not so hot...but its def possible just not much time for a lot else. i jsut graduated so now i can find out whats its like to only do the grind...so we will c but its def do able i suggest getting the degree before u fulltime it

 

Originally Posted by TopOfNewYork

Cut sleep out of your daily schedule.

lol

 

Originally Posted by poisoneye1986

if you have a job during school how would you balance that w/ school and friends? really poker should be easier to fit into your schedule than a full or part time job cause you get to make up your own hours which gives you much more flexibililty.

agree, which is why I've stayed with poker.
in poker, my only goal in it has been to pay for college/use it as a means to an end. Get the college/rent/books/booze payed for without having to slave it up in a part time job and maybe invest if i hit a lotto tourney.
what worries me is becoming mediocre in both and not maximizing what i can make with poker or the degree.

 

Originally Posted by Duffy08

 

Originally Posted by poisoneye1986

if you have a job during school how would you balance that w/ school and friends? really poker should be easier to fit into your schedule than a full or part time job cause you get to make up your own hours which gives you much more flexibililty.

agree, which is why I've stayed with poker.
in poker, my only goal in it has been to pay for college/use it as a means to an end. Get the college/rent/books/booze payed for without having to slave it up in a part time job and maybe invest if i hit a lotto tourney.
what worries me is becoming mediocre in both and not maximizing what i can make with poker or the degree.

Good advice poison I havent had a job since i've been in college because I never felt like slaving myself for 30 or 40 dollars a day, but I have looked into it and just couldn't put in that application lol, and like Duffy All I want to do is pay off my student loans and I cant hit the lotto on this site cuz the biggest tourney is only 750 lol

1) during the week you shouldn't start playing poker until after you get of all your classes, because if you're down you will either go tilted and not learn or skip all together
2) dont play fri or sat evenings, go out and enjoy college while you can, its the best time to meet people and have a good time
3) this may be the biggest stretch of them all, but try to limit to mini sessions of 1 or 2 hours unless playing big tournies (which id save for strictly sundays if i were you) because in college someone always wants to do something and you dont want to not be able to go out and enjoy the experience.

hope this helps

Get out now! only a select few have the ability to make it a career, and your better off focusing on school and building networks for your actual future career. Oh I wish I could have not ever deposited.