<p>Can freshmen go right ahead and begin work study without much hassle? Or is there big competition for it thus it being hard to attain?</p>
<p>Also, how is the pay and hours and stress. I do intend to get a job or internship at some point but I want to do some workstudy so that it doesn't eat up too much of my time during the early years of my college career.</p>
<p>I don't qualify for work-study, but from what I hear, the employers are supposed to be pretty lenient with your schedule, e.g. take leave to study during finals.</p>
<p>what about getting in</p>
<p>I've had my work-study job for just about 2 years now. It's not difficult to get a job as a first year - that's when I was first hired. You just need to check the Work-Study job posting online and send some e-mails (including a resume,) and hopefully you'll get an interview. For me, I get to set my own hours around my schedule. I'm currently only working about 7 hours a week (which actually isn't all that much) and I get paid decently (as in above minimum wage.) Also, I suppose the stress level can come from the job. My job is very unstressful mainly because I file, photocopy, runs errands, stuff envelopes and all the other monotonous office duties that no one else would really want to do... But, I do enjoy working where I work because I'm the only work-study student in my deparment, I don't have a lot of work (meaning more time to sit and do homework,) and my boss is super nice.</p>
<p>Can pay go up to double digits per hr?</p>
<p>I think it depends on what the job is. I make almost $10 an hour which, in my opinion, is pretty good considering I don't actually do very much...</p>
<p>jobs are abundant. </p>
<p>i called the asucla people (associated students) and the guy i talked to told me that they have job openings available every week. he said not to worry about finding a job, because there are always tons of them around.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.asucla.ucla.edu/jobs.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.asucla.ucla.edu/jobs.asp</a></p>
<p>asucla and workstudy are different?</p>
<p>i work for asucla! event services =) aHAha. anyway.. yes asucla and work study is different. work study is mostly clerical jobs and the employers get help from the government to pay you.</p>
<p>Can u tell me the differences, pros and cons?</p>
<p>Working for ASUCLA is like having a regular part-time job whereas if you're a work-study student, you can only work enough hours to pay for your award. For example, I was awarded $2500 in work-study which, depending on my hourly wage, works out to be about 260 hours of paid work for the entire academic school year. Once I reach 260 hours, I cannot be employed as a workstudy student.</p>