Replying to Ski Patrolling

So my college offers a ski patrol class and I decided to take it. It's a full semester course and at the end if you do well enough in the class and pass a ski test they pick 5-10 kids to join the local ski patrol squad. It will certainly hinder my park progression but I figured learning the important skills needed to be a patroller and shredding tons of all mountain are worth the trade off. Have any of you guys done ski patrolling? and if so did you enjoy it?