<p>in college i'd like a job that prepares for my med school dreams, but also pays ridiculously, almost unfairly high wages. i also don't want to invest TOO much time in a job, so my options are practically nonexistent. (i realize what i want is ridiculous as well.) any ideas on how i can reconcile these needs? also, i'll probably have to do work-study while at columbia.</p>
<p>i'm also looking for a job to earn cash before college. as in now. my ridiculously-high-wages desire still applies, but not as much.</p>
<p>Actually yes... I have my own company where I repair computers. Thirty dollars an hour and you work around your own schedule. This is an idea for the summer. </p>
<p>In college I want a job too, although my demands aren't as crazy as yours lol. Whats work-study. Isn't it just a job?</p>
<p>Work-study is just a job. The benefit is that you don't get taxed on the income you make from it (you won't make enough to pay much tax, anyway).</p>
<p>OfE--what you want isn't going to happen. Unless you have some sort of skill (computers, bartending, musical, etc.), there's no way to make much from a part-time college job. As for med school, you could do research with a prof or try to work with a doctor or at a hospital. Neither of those options will pay much, if they pay anything.</p>
<p>Well, for med school experience you should look into CAVA (it stands for Columbia something Volunteer Ambulance). I don't know the pay (or if it even does), but tons of pre-meds are fighting for the spots. I don't know much about it, but when you work, you are just on-call (you can hang out in the dorm or go eat dinner or whatever) but you have to be ready to go help someone if you get a call. You help people who've fallen and broken something, other medical emergencies, but mostly you help those who've had too much to drink. You do have to me a certified EMT, but all you have to do is take a test or something. Like I said, I don't know a lot, but look into it.</p>
<p>Well a few things to cover here.....
1. I disagree its not a choice between a paying job and expreience, you most certainly will not find both in the same job. First of all Columbia's work study program is pretty good, if u actively look for a job, u can get a very good one (i.e. hardly any work and pays quite well). Dont set your standards for wages too high....$10 is a good starting salary....thats what i started at and i'm up to $11.50 now i think in my Junior year.
2. As for pre-med experience, this will either come from volunteering at the hospital across the street (St. Luke's) or doing lab research or participating in the wonderful and prestegious organization like CAVA....all of which of course you will get absolutely no money for.
3. I am a member of CAVA (as i am sure was brutally clear from the above statement)....so i guess i have some authority to speak on it. I've been doing it for two semesters now and it is good experience but should definatley not be your only pre-med extracurricular activity. A few things about CAVA....yes it is a volunteer squad.....yes u have to be a certified EMT which does not just require "a test or something"....alot of people on the squad were EMTs before they came to columbia.....i was not one of those people.....i took an interrest in CAVA when i heard about it from the "director" who was a junior at the time and was in my gym class....i then went to the info session and found that they stipulate that u have your drivers license (which i did not have) before applying to take the EMT class which is at columbia and which they will pay for (though u have to shell out $110 for book and equipment). Anyhow, i got my license during the summer and enrolled in the class which is BRUTAL.....class is 3 times a wk for 4 hrs and is quite a handful with a full courseload even though u dont have to study at all outside of class. So I would suggest only going for the class if you are passionate about becoming an EMT. After taking the class you apply to CAVA and as they told us they are "definately not begging people to join" ....its not exaclty as "in demand" as was stated above but they are selective....the application process consists of an essay of y u wanna be on CAVA and an interview with the executive board....if you've had previous EMT experience your practically a shoe-in for a spot. As for actually being on CAVA its not as easy as bing makes it out to be......each shift is 12 hrs...theres a morning and a night shift....some days you do just sit around and go about ur life as if you werent on call but other times its absolutely brutal, like this one busy Tuesday night last semester when i was up until 7am straight and was up again at 8:30 am for shift change and 9am class. As for drunk calls, i hate them, they make up about half (or a bit less) of the calls we get i think and they are just annoying, but a good way of avioding them is to try to stay away from weekend shifts.
Hope this helps, let me know if you need any more info about any of this.</p>
<p>haha, that's funny. it's as if every ten points you get on the SAT means you're 1% more unlikely to drop dishes. (maybe .05% more likely you'd be more courteous to customers, but I don't know...)</p>