<p>I'm an American. Just the average worker, not too lazy, but not too many hours.</p>
<p>Depends on the kind of job you get. Usually the going rate is around $11-12/hour, 10-15/hours a week. If you have some specialized skills, you might be able to get more. </p>
<p>Case in point, as an undergrad research assistant, I earned $11/hour. I mainly helped in running participants through experimental studies. In another job, I helped with web tech stuff and earned $15/hour, averaging about 15-20 hours/week. In yet another web job, I earned $18/hour but I averaged only 2 hours a month. Basically, if you have some specialized skills, you might be able to earn a whole lot more than minimum wage!</p>
<p>What are the chances that we can get an on campus job? I didn’t get any scholarship and would be joining this year. Is it easy to get job asap in first year? Thanks</p>
<p>If you apply for Financial Aid at McGill you get included in their Work-Study program which gives a guaranteed minimum of $5000 per year.</p>
<p>Anybody know how easy/hard it is to get a job off campus if I don’t speak French? I speak English, Spanish, and Mandarin and would like to pick up basic French before starting at McGill…</p>
<p>^ Same question :-S </p>
<p>daddyshome: If you qualify for Financial Aid, the likelihood of getting an on-campus job is high with the Work-Study program (you can check out this listing for examples of what kind of jobs are available through that program: <a href=“http://www.is.mcgill.ca/studentaid/workstudy/postings/Downtown.htm”>http://www.is.mcgill.ca/studentaid/workstudy/postings/Downtown.htm</a>). </p>
<p>If you want to secure a job for Fall term of first year, start applying in August and all throughout September (if you haven’t gotten a job yet). I sent my application for a Work-Study job in August before my first term there, got an interview during the first week of school and started working at the end of September. </p>
<p>nightlights: It depends on the kind of job you are looking for. If it’s service-industry jobs (i.e. waiter, cashier, etc.), it will be tougher if you don’t know French since you’ll be interacting with the public a lot. </p>
<p>@rougetardis, does this mean that to get a work/study program, one HAS to apply for financial aid? My son has been accepted in the chemical engineering program and will start this fall. When does one typically apply for financial aid? He is international . Can he apply even now after admission? Sorry if this is a question that has been already posed. :-)</p>
<p>@SuperrMom You don’t HAVE to apply for financial aid to get Work-Study. However if you apply for (and are granted) financial aid, then you are guaranteed enrollment into the Work-Study Program. Also, the deadline for applying for financial aid is upto 30 days after the admission offer is received.
For Work-Study, if you haven’t already been accepted, you have to apply in June-July I think.</p>
<p>@SuperrMom, </p>
<p>These links might be helpful:
<a href=“International Student Funding - McGill University”>International Student Funding - McGill University;
<a href=“Current undergraduates | Scholarships and Student Aid - McGill University”>Current undergraduates | Scholarships and Student Aid - McGill University;
<p>Work Study applications for 2014-2015 aren’t open yet - they’ll be opening up on July 1, 2014. Once it opens, there is a section in Minerva where he will have to fill out a financial aid profile (stuff about his budget for the year, income from parents, his income, etc.). Afterwards, he can apply for the Work Study program. To know the timeline of when they approve these applications, you can look here: <a href=“Applying to the program | Scholarships and Student Aid - McGill University”>Applying to the program | Scholarships and Student Aid - McGill University. </p>
<p>For that program, I believe it’s specifically for those receiving Financial Aid (international students included). You can find more details here: <a href=“Information for students | Scholarships and Student Aid - McGill University”>Information for students | Scholarships and Student Aid - McGill University. It’s like that because McGill subsizes on-campus employers who employ students within that program (McGill subsizes $5/hour of a Work-Study student’s hourly pay so if you’re getting paid $11/hour, your on-campus employer might only be paying $6/hour out of his own pocket). </p>
<p>Having said this, even if you don’t qualify for financial aid, Work-Study jobs aren’t the only on-campus jobs available. There are other jobs that have no affiliation with that program so those jobs are open to everyone (i.e. SSMU (Students’ Society of McGill University): <a href=“http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/about-us/jobs-at-the-ssmu/”>http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/about-us/jobs-at-the-ssmu/</a>).</p>
<p>Thanks @upapilot and @rougetardis . :-)</p>