<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Should you take the job that princeton offers you, or should you find a job outside? I'm worried that I'll spend too much time working and making $10/hour paying for my tuition (I'm poor) and not enough time studying. Are there any jobs in the city?</p>
<p>What city… (Do some better research on Princeton)</p>
<p>if your talking about campus jobs, take it. I work in the dining hall and we literally get paid $11 dollars an hour to stand, and wipe tables at the end of the day.</p>
<p>Probably most convenient. If you get a job elsewhere you will waste time and money traveling. Plus with the financial aid package you really shouldnt have to pay that much.</p>
<p>Uhh if you get in, you don’t need to worry about finances. The FA department will take care of you.</p>
<p>I’m a low income student myself.</p>
<p>visionquest, do you think having a campus job interferes with time for extracurriculars / academics / social life?</p>
<p>I’m curious as to what sort of options are available. I got Federal Work Study. What kind of jobs would be open to me?</p>
<p>Federal work-study can mean a number of different jobs but I guess by numbers they’re mostly dining hall positions and library positions. </p>
<p>However, there are a number of other employment opportunities on campus if somebody doesn’t want to do either of these things, and it’s not too hard to find a different job.</p>
<p>Finding a job off-campus is usually harder, more inconvenient in terms of location, and might not be as well-paid.</p>
<p>For my own personal financial aid, I considered my tuition paid for by my parents, and my own spending money for trips to the city, dinner outings with friends, snacks, etc what I earned on my own. I would also use that money towards books.</p>
<p>When I went to Preview I went to the FA office with a copy of a better offer from another school that does need-based aid, and after talking to them about my family’s circumstances they gave me more money. It was so easy.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t feel like you need to work so many hours that it’ll be a detriment to your academic growth at Princeton.</p>
<p>ib612, everybody has their own limits and priorities. In my own experience, I’ve found that I really can’t work more than around 10 hours a week without really cutting into my academic/social/extracurricular life. It really is case-by-case though, how many extra organizations you’re in, the time commitment you have towards them (member or officer?), your classes that semester, etc</p>
<p>Again, I can’t stress enough that you can always go in and talk to FA if you think that they may not have considered a special circumstance or hidden family cost. They’re really friendly and, in my experience, fair.</p>
<p>Jersey13, when anyone from Princeton says “the city” they mean NYC.</p>
<p>And I would echo those advising the OP to take a campus job. Not only do they invariably pay better, but your boss will be much more sympathetic if you have conflicts (academic, personal, or extracurricular). If you are on Work-Study there are more opportunities, including working at Murray-Dodge Cafe (they’re open from 10-12:30 every night and the workers bake fresh cookies for students), or working in the dining halls or libraries. Personally I don’t have Work-Study, but I got a job working at Firestone and get paid waaaay too much money to essentially do my homework at a desk. And if I ever need someone to cover me, it is very easy to do. Campus jobs are wonderful.</p>
<p>I was thinking tutoring SAT in the town of Princeton. Can’t you get paid $40/hr easily? And I can just bike there or something</p>
<p>^^ Actually JTC007, OP was referring to the town of Princeton as the “city”, hence why I suggested he do some better research on Princeton’s surroundings and location.</p>
<p>city = town = same thing
anyways are there any big companies or whatever that is popular for college students to work?</p>
<p>No, not the same thing. As JTC said, no one at Princeton uses the word “city” to refer to anything other than NYC. </p>
<p>Almost all the kids here who have jobs during the school year work on campus. The few that don’t usually tutor local children. Just take a campus job - you don’t actually “do” anything at the majority of them, and you still get paid. </p>
<p>In other words, there are no big companies that are popular among Princeton students… unless you’re thinking of things on Wall Street.</p>
<p>Hey guys:</p>
<p>I have a job on my finaid package too. I was wondering… Do they assign the jobs? Or can you ask for certain jobs in particular. I’m actually excited to work at Princeton, just not sure what I’ll be doing.</p>