<p>So I will be making the move to the Big Apple in the fall and I'll be living in my own apartment (with a roommate) so I will need to get a job. Does anyone have any experiences with living on their own, paying for rent, food and everything else while being an Acting or MT major?</p>
<p>Having a lot of hours at a job isn't what bothers me, I do it now at my local CC but I don't know how I'll be able to do it while I have to do more mandatory stagecraft hours or any other hours where I'll be in a show.</p>
<p>My parents will help me out occasionally if say there's a month where I just don't have enough to pay a bill or something but everything else will be coming out of my own pocket so I will need the job(s). So any advice, thoughts opinions would be most welcome!</p>
<p>When I lived in the city I worked for a temp agency, which gave me very flexible hours. I simply told them each week when I was available to work, and they called me when jobs were available. There are many opportunities to work weird hours in New York, so you will not be limited to 9 - 5 jobs. Of course, you generally have to have some sort of office skills, because that is what the majority of the jobs entail.</p>
<p>What I do is save as much money as I possibly can during the summer. You might want to actually work two jobs during the summer and then see what kind of work/study type jobs are available at school if you don't already have a good stockpile. Hope you can make it work out.</p>
<p>Yeah I was thinking of doing the temp thing. Though I have no office experience, I can type reasonably fast and am comfortable with computers. Do they only take people with clerical skills like that?</p>
<p>Unfortunately I don't have work-study so, while I'll may try to find a job on campus in addition to another job off, I don't know if that will be possible.</p>
<p>Temp agencies will test you to see what your skills are, usually when you go in for the first interview. Work study, or campus jobs, are usually the best for students because they are usually the most flexible. Most colleges have postings for on-campus jobs at some point in the summer, or else when you first arrive in August/September. Not all campus jobs (at most colleges) are restricted to work study kids, so keep your eye out for possibilities there. Until you know what your class schedule is, it's going to be difficult to look for a job. I have to say, though, that expecting to work two jobs while in a theatre or MT program is going to be very, very difficult. Fishbowl's advice to try to earn as much as possible during the summer makes a lot more sense.</p>
<p>Yeah I know, fortunately I'm in a BA program, not a BFA so the hours won't be as intense. I'm a transfer student and I'll be basically paying for everything myself: tuition, rent, food, utilities, etc. And living in NYC is gonna make it difficult, obviously. Fortunately I have a nice cushion of savings until I can find work. I was thinking of trying to get an on-campus job during the week and then like waitressing weekends and like once during the week. I'll be able to work more during the breaks, which will help. I guess I'll have to see what happens when I get there.</p>
<p>In the UK nearly all theatre major (and similar) students work part time as theatre ushers to earn their living expenses. They also do weekend and evening shifts in supermarkets.</p>