<p>What are everyone's thoughts on working in college? Freshman year to be exact. No time?</p>
<p>I have no choice. I will absolutely HAVE to work. There is always time, and unless you'll be majoring in something heavy (like engineering), then I think that you can always find the time.</p>
<p>9 hours per week is the recommended work-study for freshman year. I think working is great for the change of pace/atmosphere, and it's nice to have money of your own, that you worked for.</p>
<p>working in college is something everyone should do.. especially if you haven't worked in high school. it's time to grow up and be a bit of an adult - provide for youself and whatnot. i worked an on campus minimum wage job fresh-junior year, for about 5-10 hours per week.. and now i work a harley-davidson merchandising job, for the same amount of time per week, but get paid MUCH better. I also work bout 50/60 hours per week over the summers as well.</p>
<p>I currently work at my college. It's no big deal. Just work 6-10 hours a week and it will not affect your studies unless you have no time management skills.</p>
<p>I would like my daughter to get a part time job at college, @ 10 hours a week. For some spending $. Shes very social, and I just will not be able to afford to send her up $ so she can go out to eat with friends, etc.. I'll pay for her college, but extras she'll have to earn.</p>
<p>I dont really have a choice, I have to pay for my cell phone, gas, insurance, food, etc. I already have a job waiting for me that pays real well, once i graduate high school. I'll only have to work a few days a week. I think it is good to work while in school (I have worked since I was a sophomore in HS), it helps you manage your time better, and it gives you financial experience for when your parents no longer give you everything.</p>
<p>I work too and it shouldn't get in the way of studies. I usually work 4 hours at the minimum, for a total of about 20 hours or so a month.</p>
<p>my brother paid 100% of his college tuition at the University of Illinois in Chicago working at Burger King</p>
<p>WOW, how much $ and how many hours per week? Did it interfere with school work?</p>
<p>I have a research project that pays $1000 per semester but not much work is required for it. I definitely could find the time to have a part-time job. I am an engineering major but I have a strong understanding of the material and I finish my work pretty quickly. However, I haven't taken any initiative to get a part-time job. Some of my classmates have Co-ops that require them to work 20+ hrs per week during the semester while others have jobs at retail stores, restaurants, etc. Many of them pay for all of their tuition. I use loans to pay for most of my tuition and I pay for other expenses with money from summer internships. Some of the professors at my school wish the students didn't have to work because by working full-time jobs they don't have much interest in spending a lot of time on their schoolwork. I was at an Ivy League for two years and they expected students to spend hours on problem sets. Many current classmates simply don't have that kind of time.</p>
<p>emsibdn, I'm not sure the exactly but I know it took him 6 or 8 years to pay it off
but bragworthy because every penny was his own</p>
<p>oh... I thought he paid as he went, or rather, attended school. That's an achievement! Did he get any grants or loans at all?</p>
<p>Are research or academic jobs better paying than run-of-the-mill college work like cafeteria jobs?</p>
<p>How does one go about getting a job with the university...like sitting at a front desk at the dorm?</p>
<p>go to the desk and ask :)</p>
<p>Look any university job knows that you have tests and stuff so if you have something academic going on they are usually pretty generous. But the best advice is to get a job and see if you can handle it. If not quit.</p>
<p>I work for 7 hours a week in the dining for free money and resume build-up. Definitely work for those reasons, even if the job's lame! It just shows character, especially if you don't have a strong list of references to work with for future jobs. Wages are all the same across the campus at different jobs so getting a job as a research assistant is not any better- moneywise. The only exception is America Reads/Counts tutoring program which pays $7.50/hour instead of $7.25/hour.</p>
<p>As long you work, say under 10 hours a week, your studies will not suffer. Any more than that, your GPA will drop... according to what I've heard about people working 20 hours a week and nearly failing school.</p>
<p>Time management is a must.</p>
<p>Getting a job on campus is extremely helpful because they can be extremely flexible when it comes to hours. My employer knows I can't work more than 12 hours a week, and they are perfectly okay with it. I don't need to work but it has definitely has made me a better time manager and I'm saving money at the same time.</p>
<p>My kids have really had no choice but to work while in college - realizing tho that time management was the key. </p>
<p>My DS had a work-study all thru college - started out with about 10 hours per week his freshman year - then increased a bit after that - part of his financial aid package.</p>
<p>My DD has a great job on-campus with the rec center/adventure center - she workes 9-15 hours a week - depending on what is going on - but it has lots of advantages - she gets to go on school sponsored trips as a leader also - at very little to no cost to her. This will all be great on her resume some day.</p>