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It’s up to the student to decide how they want to use their OPT. Saving all OPT until after graduation is usually a bad strategy - who would hire a foreigner with no work experience? The foreign students I know have fared better using most of their OPT for internships in college, and saving just enough to bridge the time between graduation and their work visa setting in. (If the “cap gap relief” regulation remains in force, that wouldn’t even be necessary.)</p>
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Now why would he do that? If he (or she) wants a minimum wage job, he can probably find one on campus and not touch his OPT. Maybe I have spent too much time on private college campuses, but all 6 of the colleges I have been affiliated with had plenty of part-time jobs for students.</p>