Applying for a Food Service Position at Princeton?

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<p>So, I was just on the Princeton website, and I couldn't help but to check out their employment opportunities. One thing led to another and I ended up filling out a full application for a food service worker at the Butler Wilson building (took a lot longer than I thought it would). The job requirements pretty much coordinated with my previous experiences in the food/bev/hosp industry, and I feel I was a pretty strong candidate for the position, not to mention they're currently hiring for the position.</p>

<p>I'm like 25 miles from there, and it's only night and weekend hours, so I would be able to get there no problem. </p>

<p>This posed another question to me however. Would working regularly at Princeton increase my chances of being accepted there in any way? I'm sure the pay is total crap, but I'm willing to take up the job, if it would help me in the application process. </p>

<p>If anything, it would help me get acquainted with the place, and perhaps it would afford me some valuable time to talk to professors while they're munching on their ham sandwich come lunch time. </p>

<p>The truth is, my stats, ECs and whatnot don't exactly qualify me for Princeton, but I got some things going for me. Assuming Princeton doesn't consider freshman year grades, that puts my GPA at around a 3.7 UW. Also, I'm a double hook - AA URM and first generation.</p>

<p>Any thoughts on this? Should I ardently pursue this position even if it means low pay, long drive, and long hours? Would it help me at all?
You decide!</p>

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<p>You should focus on improving your grades as best you can and look to applying to non-Princeton schools that will challenge you and excite you. A 3.7GPA makes you an outlier. The campus job won’t make up for that. Your "hooks are negligible unless you can crank on the SATs.</p>

<p>Leave the job for someone in the community who needs it. It’s not meant to be a gimmick for wannabee Princetonians.</p>

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<p>They sent me an email about scheduling an interview hahaha
I’m not taking it though, the hours are too long
It would’ve been a fun idea, might try again in the summer!</p>