<p>oh and whats the difference between I II III? like lab assistant I, or II, or III.</p>
<p>If you're more on the social side, think about becoming a tour guide. Hiring starts near the beginning of the semester. Training for the job can be a little overwhelming, but once you get used to the job, it's a lot of fun. Stop by the front desk of Day Hall and ask for more details if you're interested.</p>
<p>The Cornell Annual Fund (the phonathon) is a decent job. A lot of times you come across people who want absolutely nothing to do with you, but sometimes you end up having 30-minute conversations with alumni. You get to talk to a lot of interesting people. The starting wage is pretty good too, at least if you compare it to working at a dining hall.</p>
<p>how is the pay for the tour guide? why is the training overwhelming?</p>
<p>The wage for being a tour guide is decent, but not as high as the Annual Fund. When you first start out as a tour guide, you get $7.50 a week. You can get a raise if you get a higher position within the system, but you have work for a while in order to do that.</p>
<p>Training is a little overwhelming just because of the sheer amount of information you have to learn for leading a tour. I never fully appreciated how much tour guides have to know and say until I became a tour guide--yelling for an hour and fifteen minutes straight can do a lot of weird things to your throat! Tour guides also have other responsibilities besides just leading tours--we answer phone calls to the university switchboard and work at the front desk of Day Hall. So training's a little scary at first, especially when you do your first tours, but you get the hang of it. Training is still fun, and the job itself is great.</p>
<p>wait 7.50 a week or an hour?</p>
<p>Haha, 7.50 an hour. There's a "requirement" to work at least 8-10 hours per week, but some people work less, and some people work more. During training, you usually work fewer hours though.</p>
<p>$7.50 an hours is pretty low. I dont' know what it is for new york, but minimum wage in California is $8/hr.</p>
<p>Student jobs don't seem to pay a lot at Cornell. Son is an undergrad course assistant, and got a big old raise for his second year, from $8.50 to $8.75!</p>
<p>He does like the job, though. It's only 5-8 hours a week.</p>
<p>Wait, he's an undergrad and he is also an undergrad assistant?</p>
<p>My friends had undergrad chem TAs last semester, and I think at least one of the physics TAs I knew is an undergrad. </p>
<p>I guess minimum wage here is lower, but cost of living is lower than in CA as well.</p>
<p>The chances of being a TA as a freshman are probably slim to none. I doubt a professor would be willing to let a student he knows little about aid for him. So I assume that these undergrad TAs must be at least sophs.</p>
<p>An undergrad course assistant is like a second TA. The primary TA is a grad student. My son assists at small group classes and study sessions, tutors and helps to grade papers and exams. (This is a Comp Sci 100 level class, so grading the projects is laborious.) He was originally hired at the beginning of sophomore year, which may be unusual, but he has tutored for over 5 years and is very proficient in the material for the class.</p>