<p>Hey guys, </p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone has done notetaking for disabled students at all? The pay is $40, I'm pretty sure. Unless I read it wrong. It sounds good to me! It says per lecture unit? what does that mean?</p>
<p>What are some other good jobs that are flexible? </p>
<p>Is it hard to manage a job while having class?</p>
<p>I don't need to work but I kind of want to. If it's too time-consuming, I won't though.</p>
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<p>To be a DSP notetaker, you usually have to have taken the class before and earned an A. That’s the policy for a good number of the classes.</p>
<p>I’m currently a work-study student. If you have work study in your financial package, don’t delay! Log on to workstudy.berkeley.edu and send out resumes and cover letters to positions you’re interested in. </p>
<p>Having a part-time job during the school year is definitely time consuming since most jobs required a minimum of 10 hours per week. But many students work and take 15+ units and have clubs, so it’s definitely doable.</p>
<p>Oh as for good jobs on campus, I’d recommend campus library jobs, esp. library circulation. It’s supposedly very casual, and you can study/gchat during your shift, though you may have to shelve books the first semester. These may or may not be work-study positions; just go to lib.berkeley.edu and explore from there.</p>
<p>I know for some DSP notetaking positions, they might do it for a specific, smaller courses if someone in your class is in DSP. That was the case in a class I was in with <40 people. They sent an email out and if you took good notes, presumably they would pay the $40 a unit for the entire semester.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think you just have to be enrolled in the class and not have an A. Or at least that’s what I read. I take good notes (I’m pretty sure) because I write everything down and write neatly. I saw a notetaker one time and she wrote less than me and really messy, so I was like I could do better than thaat! Lol but that wasn’t at Berkeley obviously. </p>
<p>It sounds like a good amount! $40 for just reproducing your own work! And no i don’t have work-study. Are there any other jobs besides the library where you can study at the same time? I did community service at a local library in my town once and it was SO boring shelving books.</p>
<p>I currently am a DSP notetaker. You just have to apply and send in a page of sample notes. You have to be enrolled in the class as well (so you won’t have a grade yet, presumably). It’s very easy; you can make photocopies of your notes at their office for free and drop it off. You get $40 * x-units at the end of the semester.</p>
<p>That sounds SO awesome! Do you always get to do it for ALL of your classes or just some? I’m only going to be taking one or two in the summer, so I might send it in. Do you recommend I do it for the summer? It’s my first semester at Berkeley ever. </p>
<p>How many semesters have you done it for? Do you do other jobs on campus? Sorry for asking so many questions lol</p>
<p>I believe you take notes for only the class that they request you take notes for. So its not for ALL the classes that you plan to take. Not all of the classes you take require a DSP note taker.</p>
<p>I’m currently a DSP notetaker as well - have been for 2 semesters. You basically have 2 options:</p>
<p>Notetaking for a class you AREN’T in - $10/hour (this is the less common one)
Notetaking for a class you ARE in - $40/lecture unit</p>
<p>I would say overall it’s been a great experience. You get paid, help someone out who really needs it, and it’s a good talking point on a resume. People like it. I highly recommend.</p>
<p>Wait… so for a class that you are in… and it’s a 4 unit class… you only get $160/semester? =___=</p>
<p>ive been a DSP notetaker since last fall. i didnt know you can take notes for a class you’re not in?! how? </p>
<p>the website doesnt list the courses they need…</p>
<p>Being a note taker for a DSP student (or more than one, depending on the size of the class) is such a great and important thing to do if you’re capable of taking good notes. It also helps you, because you are essentially forced to go to class (since it’s a job!) and concentrate.</p>
<p>While handwritten notes are good, especially if your handwriting is good, some students prefer (or require) that you type them and email them to them, because it makes it easier for them to read (or be translated to audio by computer with their assistive technology for those students with vision problems or dyslexia). It helps you too, because when you transcribe your own notes, you are reinforcing what you were learning.</p>
<p>Usually in the first week of your class the teacher will give a shout out that a note taker is needed and how to apply. Or you can go to – I think it’s room 260 Cesar Chavez Center to the left of the Golden Bear Cafe.</p>
<p>[DSP</a> | Notetakers needed](<a href=“http://dsp.berkeley.edu/notetakers.html]DSP”>Prospective Note Takers | Disabled Students' Program)
Good thread!</p>
<p>How soon is the payment delivered to your EFT? Is it during finals week?</p>
<p>Shortly after finals. The DSP student has to send in the completion form they fill out. They get reminders from DSP to do this, but you might send a quick note to the student to remind them to get their responses in so you can get paid. Somehing like, it’s been a pleasure taking notes for you – please fill out your form to dsp asap so I can get paid!!</p>
<p>Woah thanks! Now do you go to UCLA or UCB lol Also, I’m going to be registered for DSP but I don’t have any severe disabilities, so can I still work for them? Lol I don’t see why not, since I would still be doing the job, but did u have any other jobs besides this or was this the only one? Thanks for sharing the other little things like how you learn more from retyping your notes, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>@ Berry – DSP welcomes any desire by DSP students to help each other out, including note taking. Obviously, if you need to have notes taken FOR you, then you’re not going to get the job! However, if you have a different issue they welcome your helping in areas in which you have specific strengths.</p>
<p>Once you register with DSP (as a DSP student), you’ll be meeting with a counselor and you should discuss this with them. DSP also has some really good Freshman seminar type classes to get you going with whatever your issue might be – and thereafter, they often are happy if you want to assist in an upcoming class – kind of an intern TA for credit.</p>
<p>wow that’s awesome thanks. This sounds like such a good deal…I mean we take notes anyways…well I guess III do but not everyone does if they just learn from listening and watching the screen but I always write everything down and if I can give my work to someone else, it makes me feel like it was worth writing it all down in the first place. And 160+ isn’t bad! for doing nothing (pretty much) haha</p>
<p>It’s $40… per unit? Great. Here I thought that was the weekly rate.
Lecture=3 hrs per week, discussion=1–that’s 4 hours a week of note taking. Multiplied by what, 15 weeks a semester? That’s 75 hours of note taking, which evens out to… TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR; I make 8x that hourly rate doing a basic student job on campus. </p>
<p>I would only recommend doing this if you’re doing it out of the kindness of your heart, or naturally transcribe the entire lecture. I only take minimal notes, but seeing as it’s for a person who can’t take any, I’ll have to force myself to write each and every word the professor says. I’m guessing DSP is seriously under-funded, so I’ll do it anyway.</p>
<p>If you’re doing this because you want a job, I would just do ASUC lecture notes–or use Callisto.</p>