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Is having a steady prayer life a requirement to be considered for ordination as a monk? I am totally fine with following up with my prayer life and canons with my Father of Confessor, but I have been complacent, lazy, and procrastinating ever since Pascha Week and the start of the Holy 50 Days? Also is it necessary that a person have a job after college before being considered to be a monk? 

Monasticism is an incessant life of prayer. In between communal prayers, each monastic follows his or her canon of prayers. Monastics ought to silently pray while performing all chores and duties, even when interacting with visitors. The prayers of the monastics are needed for the world. The prayers of monastics are just as powerful as when the prophet Joshua fought the enemies and the archprophet Moses prayed to the point of exhaustion. When Moses put down his hands in prayer, the Israelites were defeated, but when he raised them in prayer, the Israelites were victorious (Exodus 17:11). St. Pishoy used to tie his hair to a ceiling so that when he nods off into sleep while praying, he will arise. St. Takla Haymanot lost one leg due to his long-standing vigils in prayer. Perhaps these are extremes, but important to illustrate the seriousness of prayer. You must share you complacency with your Father Confessor. 

Most monastery abbots will advise those seeking monasticism to first complete their education, work, consider marriage, etc., and to first experience life before committing to the monastic journey. The world also needs God-loving and God-fearing Christians to live and serve in it. Both married and celibate Christians are needed to pray and serve, and both face challenges, in the monasteries and in the world.