<p>You don’t necessarily need to be spend that much money on food. Just, fyi.</p>
<p>As for the jobs, I would suggest emailing them and asking if the 10 hours/week is a MAXIMUM or a MINIMUM. Even if the posting says the former, they may still be very flexible; I was hired for 10 hours a week but always ended up working 20 hours a week. The $10/hour is an average and the standard pay, but you can definitely get paid more (or less). The only thing you can’t get around is the $2000/semester max…unless you work for a department with a separate student payroll budget. Send emails asking if the departments posting these job offers pay solely out of work-study or mostly out of work-study and partly out of regular payroll; if it’s the latter, you can earn more there than the $2000 FWS max.</p>
<p>Otherwise, personally, I was often juggling school and work (including two jobs, an internship, classes, and writing a thesis during senior year), and I still found time to regularly hang out with friends and graduated with honors. It’s absolutely do-able if you are determined to make it work.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help. I think I’m going to do with just work/study for the first month and see how I handle it, then if I need more money and I’m not too overwhelmed, I’ll try applying for weekend jobs.</p>
<p>No problem. Remember that NYC jobs pay pretty well relative to out-of-town hourly rates (for instance, I made $8 an hour as a retail manager in the suburbs and $14 an hour as a fitting room assistant in NYC), so don’t count anything out. Tutoring, baby-sitting, and dog-walking also pay well and give you the ease of flexible schedules.</p>
<p>@nyux2:
im sort of worried about getting a FWS job that will give me a lot of hours because my classes are mainly in the morning/afternoons, usually ending up w my only available time being after 3pm or before 12pm. Will it be hard for me to even get a decent job? And can you work more than one work study job? Say I did tutoring some mornings, but worked in an office other afternoon/evenings? Is that possible?</p>
<p>Also, is it difficult finding regular part time jobs in the area? I mean its bad enough in LA now with no one hiring… but I’m worried Im going to show up at school and be searching for a job for months.</p>
<p>^ I have the same problem. ALL my classes are in the morning/afternoon and I really want work-study to work out where I at least can get 16-20 hours (20 preferably). How will this work out?</p>
<p>^ You can change your schedule around until the semester starts on Albert - I believe you can also add/drop a class until a certain date into the semester. Just sign in right now and fix it. LSP/CAS students usually have 4 classes that meet twice a week, so schedule them back to back. That’s only 2.5 hours of class a day, nothing compared to HS where it was 7 hours straight. If you’re a science majpor it’ll be harder cause of labs, but you’ll still have plenty of free time. </p>
<p>Last year I had Friday’s off and most of Thursday off so I’d work 7 hours each day for 14 hours a week. But I had Saturdays/Sundays off too, so you guys can arrange to max out your hours. I didn’t work for NYU btw.</p>
<p>I live in NJ, so while I was in the city one weekday I activated the account in person (I had to get my NYU ID card first, though). Yeah, I just wanted a head start on things.</p>
<p>The thing you have to remember is that most students have schedules like that, so a lot of the FWS employers are willing to provide flexible schedules that take classes into account–hence why getting a FWS job is extremely convenient even if the pay isn’t exactly as high as a regular part-time job. There are also many places, like the bookstore, Bobst, the gyms, etc. that have non-traditional hours, so you’re not limited solely to a 9-5 timeframe. So, even if you have a lot of hours, which won’t exceed 20 a week (and since I am now working 65-80 hours a week, trust me when I say 20 hours is not bad), they can be spaced out pretty well over the week.</p>
<p>As for having two FWS jobs, I am not entirely sure if it’s possible, but one problem I can foresee is that two different payrolls will be pulling from the same funding source, your allocated FWS funds, which may confuse them and possibly lead to an over-drawing of funds. Remember, unless you work somewhere that has a separate student payroll within their budget, you can only earn the FWS maximum each semester.</p>
<p>Finally, getting a part-time job in NYC right now is exceedingly difficult. Overqualified people who were laid off are now seeking hourly retail/food services/etc. jobs, so the competition is fierce. It is obviously always worth it to try, but don’t use your hope of getting such a job as the foundation for any significant decisions. The best thing to do, if you are already working at a chain store where you live now, is to put in a request for a transfer. It’ll also take a while, but at least it gets your foot in the door. Other than that, try looking for non-traditional jobs like baby-sitting, dog-walking, freelance copy-editing, being an extra on a movie set, etc.</p>
<p>I have Friday free after 12:15, Saturday/Sunday free, and Monday free until 4:45.</p>
<p>That’s 4 days. I can max out 20 hours by at least 5 hours those days, right? Tuesday is a busy day and Wednesday I have Chem Lab from 8:30-1PM. Thursday is kind of filled too. You’re right about labs taking time away, Alix, but I hope the 20 hours on Fri-Mon can work out.</p>
<p>You could also take smaller blocks of time on certain days. I mean, it’s really going to depend on what job you get, but it’s definitely do-able.</p>
<p>By the way, I found the piece of paper that alluded to 20 hours per week, and it actually says that students shouldn’t exceed 20 hours per week if they don’t want their pay to be taxed by FICA and Medicare.</p>