<p>I don't know if i should get a job 1st semester because of the adjustment, but after that what would be some good jobs for a college student? Thanks.</p>
<p>anything on-campus is great...low pay but flexible hours and no commuting (working in an office, library, grading papers, food service, bookstore, etc)</p>
<p>you can get paid to grade people's papers? shouldn't the teachers be doing that? or do you jsut mean tests?<br>
because if not, i think that is pretty shady</p>
<p>I work in the library as a music and media assistant. My job includes secretarial work, helping w/ video editing and music related activities, shelving materials, and checking in and out multimedia equipments. I get paid $6.50 an hour.</p>
<p>ouch, 6.50 is low</p>
<p>well I guess it depends on what the average costs of things around you are (maybe not so bad assuming you are in bloomington at...wesleyan?). Chicago and New York are much more expensive than smaller towns.</p>
<p>Yes, I'm in Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington and 6.50 isn't that low considering that my sister gets paid 4.75 (I think) in a public school in NY. I'm happy. My job isn't that horrible; I can study at work.</p>
<p>4.75? Thats really low. Im happy CA minimum wage is 6.75 right now.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if it's 4.75 or 5 something. I just remember her being grumpy at home when I told her I got paid 6.50. LOL!</p>
<p>Be a security guard, I did that through my entire college career. I worked 40 hours a week and had plenty of time to do my homework at work. The pay isn't bad $8.75 an hour and it is super easy.</p>
<p>Wow, 4.75? The CT minimum wage is 7.15</p>
<p>Its all relative to where you live. Things are a lot cheaper in certain states and a lot more expensive in others. Minimum Wage in NJ is currently 5.15.</p>
<p>by grading papers I meant homework such as physics and math(and yes my school does that)</p>
<p>I get paid $5.15 an hour (min wage here)</p>
<p>i work as a lifeguard at our pool, i get 8.10/hr for Drew pool hours and up to 10/hr for guarding teams who rent the pool. its obscenely easy, i usually watch movies on my laptop or read. its worth getting certified, my summer job also pays higher than most of my friends and i get a free tan.</p>
<p>I have a research project that pays me once each semester. Last year it was $2000 for the year. Next year it will be $3000. I also have summer internships in engineering. Some of my classmates have co-ops and work and go to school at the same time. Those particular co-ops are full-time in the summer and part-time (usually 20 hours) during the school year. One student in particular get $14.75/hour just to work on CAD drawings. My internship this summer will pay over $16/hour if you factor in the monthly housing stipend.</p>
<p>Try something on campus. I am going to try the tutoring job again in the fall (the center couldn't find anyone for me immediately this semester, so I dropped the class that you have to take in order to tutor). Tutoring, assisting a professor in your major or in a subject area that interests you in research, working in the library may be good on campus jobs.</p>
<p>Also, you may even be able to tutor on your own. Just put up flyers around campus to let people know what subjects you can tutor in.</p>
<p>I got a plum job. I was getting $11 an hour to supervise some staff in the dorms late at night. I also got guaranteed on-campus housing, and the inside track on all developments at UCLA Housing.</p>
<p>Life was grand. I made enough to accrue $1000 in vacation time. Woot.</p>