<p>First off, what would you recommended doing? Do i get to choose which work study I do? Lastly, does it help me to get to know faculty for teacher recs later on?</p>
<p>Sorry to add to the question, but I was offered a work study too - how do I go about getting it? Do I need to apply, and if so, where?</p>
<p>^I need to know this too. This serves as a statement and as a bump :)</p>
<p>I’m really sorry to intrude. but is work-study exclusively for American students? then is it possible for me to get a job on campus if I’m not quailified for work study? again, I’m sorry for digressing from the initial question. and just help to bump</p>
<p>Work study is only for us citizens. There are a few non workstudy jobs, but generally you’re not allowed to work on a student visa? I think you can on campus bough. </p>
<p>As for getting the jobs, they sill be listed online for you to browse and contact prior to arriving on campus, usually this summer, and there will also be a workstudy job fair during new student week. Most jobs have limited contact with faculty, but department jobs are the gold standard for that. They are often more like real work though. I’ve had the same department position all 4 years and netted a letter of rec from mg boss as a result.</p>
<p>Arbiter speaks the truth. There are jobs all over, from Phone-A-Thon (where you call alumni and ask for money…but you also get to chat up some neat people) to office jobs to library work to lab jobs. I was offered a small job putting together powerpoints for a professor, and interviewed for a job with the Anthropology and RTVF main offices. There are jobs all over, since they only have to pay 30% of your paycheck. Ended up in the Study Abroad office, which like arbiter said is sort of like a departmental “real job”, versus some library or Norris jobs where you can fiddle around on your laptop most of the time. You will have a ton of options to at least interview for at the beginning of the year, and they’ll be listed online and at the fair. Look around for something that at least interests you a bit.</p>
<p>You will generally do it like any normal job…you apply, you interview, they let you know. The RTVF job was just an interview, while the job I almost took with the professor was as easy as an e-mail of interest and they flat offered it to me. Just depends on who is behind the job offer.</p>
<p>If you were offered a work study allotment in your financial aid package, that means you can earn up to that amount during the year at a work study job, which all pay at different rates. If you reach the limit they will usually up the limit once. </p>
<p>They’ll send you info over the summer about how to find one and everything.</p>
<p>Just google northwestern work study and you’ll find things. </p>
<p>I would suggest one of the 3 types of jobs for work study:</p>
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<li><p>A homework job – These include card swipers at the gyms and some library jobs. Get paid to read/do work (or go on facebook).</p></li>
<li><p>Relevant Research/Experience – Get a work study job you can actually be proud to put on your resume. A number of professors offer research opportunities, although you probably should target these more soph/junior year. Also includes things like Athletics Media Relations or PhoneAThon should you want to work in similar fields. </p></li>
<li><p>$$$$$$ - Working as a card swiper in the dining hall nets you a free meal plan. Off-campus jobs tend to pay more than on-campus jobs. I worked for Rotary International off campus and netted $12/hr, almost double some of my friends (this one is also partly #2).</p></li>
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<p>Avoid the general administration jobs where a dept. will pay you to file papers. They don’t really fit under any of these 3 since you can get paid more, do less work, or get better relevant experience if you find the right one.</p>