There is so much to look forward to. Whatever you do, do not look at the core curriculum courses as things you have to go through to get to what you need to earn a living. Look at them as unique, once in lifetime opportunities to see things you have never seen before and might never see again. A final word of advice from someone who has taught thousands of FIU students and talked to many of them one on one, gotten to know their lives and problems. The number one problems students have here is what I call being penny wise and pound foolish.
Most students work and that is fine.
But the questions is how much and what can you do if you work thirty or forty hours and drive as well back and forth. And if you do not do well, you will likely lose far more income and advancement in your lifetime than the few extra dollars at low wages you gain at your temporary college job. Being a student is a full time job. Or a part time job if you work many hours. But it is not a full time job accompanied by a full time job.