<p>i was thinking about working at a local food place or something of taht sort, but is it hard to juggle schoolwork + extra activities + a job?
what kinds of places are fun to work at on campus?
what places aren't?</p>
<p>No offense, but I really think you should hang out at the College Life section of this forum because they cover many of the subjects that you bring up over here. Getting a job and balancing it out with your course/work-load really depend on the type of person you are; some people only need an hour or two of studying per-day, while others might need 3-4. Ones that need less obviously have more time for jobs/partying. It's really a person-by-person basis, and how much YOU want to do in each area.</p>
<p>I suggest you don't work the first semester just to make there be one less stress in your life as you are adapting to a new environment and courseload. If after that you think you could handle a part-time job, go for it. My roommate did that, working at the subway chain Jimmy John's.</p>
<p>Are we supposed to apply for a job when we get there? Or online now? You have a good point there, Matt. It's a new environment, and getting a job right away might seem awkward. But I already said I was going to do work study, and it's worth $3000. Can I cancel at anytime? Well I originally thought working would help me adjust better and get involved more, start knowing more people, etc. (I'm taking 17 credits 1st sem.)</p>
<p>Depends what job you want to do. I emailed the dining services/cafe's around the Campus and they emailed me back with the forms and what not saying the positions fill up very quickly. During orientation however, the leaders were saying that it's not very hard to find a job in Ann Arbor. He actually said that there are probably more job positions than people in AA lol</p>
<p>Yeah, but you know, I bet I won't like certain jobs. I'm sure the stuff most people want to do will be filled up quickly. I don't know yet whether I should do work-study.</p>
<p>17 credits is quite a load for your first semester. If you were taking 12-15 credits then perhaps a job would be in order, but I think you'd risk overstressing yourself if you want to work and take that many hours. I took 17 hours my first semester and it's a lot more work than you'd think.</p>
<p>So what happens to my $3000 for work study?</p>
<p>If you don't work then you don't recieve the 3,000 dollars.</p>
<p>I was thinking maybe they could waive the $3000 lol. No chance? If I do work, I want to work minimum hours a week, most likely in between classes. Normally I would do UROP, but I was waitlisted. Maybe UROP would be much more stressful than a regular, non-academic job.</p>
<p>yea it could be, UROP requires minimum 6 hrs a wk...but usually I would expect people to do more lol...I'm doin 3 credits which is 9 hrs a week which fills in a lot of my afternoons. </p>
<p>I dunno why I'm stuck on this subject, lol, but the dining services and cafe's in AA say that have kids work anywhere from 3 or 4 hrs a wk to 25 depending on their courses of study and what not.</p>