College Job

jwxie
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:43:07 +0000

Hi, most colleges should have federal work-study program available. You can become part of this program, for example, tutor? Library staff? Lab assistant (I am referring to research position), and of course lab TA.
Lab TA are mostly reserved to graduate students, but I know some undergraduate students (most are upper junior and senior) can also become lab TA.

In US, you can also get paid for doing research
Getting a job and still get a great GPA is possible. But you have be able to handle it.

Sometime taking federal loan should be another option. I know people hate loan. But if you can do well in school, move on to medical school, with a enlightened spirit, instead of overload your health and brain, and get depressed because you screw up with some classes, you can pay off your debt rather quickly.
So it’s welcome and good to have a part time job, but make sure you don’t overload yourself.