<p>It works pretty much like how it works everywhere else, you see a job listing either on a bulletin board, through the Chronicle classifieds, on a web listing, through email, or through signs posted and you ask to apply or follow the procedure detailed in the posting. </p>
<p>Common work opportunities include:
-administrative assistants in various offices
-library
-TA
-research lab work</p>
<p>^ Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Are textbooks for Econ 51D and Math 103 really required? I’m trying to cut back on textbook costs.</p>
<p>I didn’t use the textbook at all for 51 (it was more of a supplement if you wanted extra reading on class materials), but I took the course with Fullenkamp, and I believe Leachman is teaching it in the Fall…so basically I have no idea.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you’ll be using the Math 103 textbook for homework so you will need that one.</p>
<p>I recommend checking out half.com and the Amazon.com Marketplace for cheap books. Shelfrelief.com is another option – a relatively new startup run by Duke students.</p>
<p>Should I wait for the class by Fullenkamp, or should I just go with Leachman’s class? I heard that Fullenkamp is better than Leachman, and Leachman is kind of … intimidating. I plan to major in Econ, so I prefer to get the major requirement done asap, but I still want to learn from “better” professor, and do not want my grade to suffer.</p>
<p>Ehh, it’s kind of up to you. Grade-wise, I’m not sure you’ll do any better with Fullenkamp than you would with Leachman. Either way, it’s going to be tough. Since I didn’t have Leachman, I can’t say which one is the “better” professor – but honestly you use so little from 51 for the rest of the core that I’m not sure it really matters. However, I would advise you to take 55 with Nechyba (he’s fantastic), and he only teaches in the Fall.</p>
<p>Let me know if you have more questions about Econ!</p>
<p>Umm IMO Fullenkamp is pretty intimidating too. Although in my class he did throw cigarettes into the crowd for people. And ya, the textbook is not used at all.</p>
<p>Oh, I completely agree about Fullenkamp. But he’s intimidating in a smarta**, sarcastic sense of humor kind of way.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>@bluedevil: so I should wait until fall next year to take 55?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’d recommend doing that. Waiting for Nechyba really is worth it in my opinion.</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into the a capella groups?
Like if you can carry a tune but dont have an amazing voice can you make it? or do you need to be really exceptional?</p>