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You can’t get paid for more than 40 hours a week. 
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Speaking for myself, I worked full-time during the summer and IAP and part-time during term (12-15 hours a week). My parents/financial aid paid for my tuition and housing, but I made enough from my UROP to pay for pretty much everything else – food, entertainment, clothes, textbooks, stuff (computer, pots/pans, new bookshelf, etc.). I also graduated with a nice nest egg in savings. Functionally speaking, $10 an hour was plenty for me, although I was fairly frugal.</p>