<p>Its $700 for me too. I think its because there’s not much time for freshman to work. The minimum wage here is $7.50 so you just have to work little less than 50 hours each semester even if you are in total ****ty job. But Last semester I barely managed 28 hours of work. I had to suppliment it by working this winter break. In Grinnell its more like 20 hours a week. </p>
<p>Freshmen usually work in Library, mailroom, Community safety science stockroom (best pay) and grounds crew(easy to get). The job list in decreasing order of ****tiness is.</p>
<p>Library Circulation: Wait for someone to turn up with books
Library Stacks: Arrange books
Homer’s Hut: school’s late night shopping center. Don’t work friday nights coz its crowded. But you’ll get more tips. ($5 avg)
Mailroom: arrange mails and put it in respective boxes.
Stockroom: Wait for your shift to be over. Sometimes you have to load/ unload dishwashers.
Community Safety: Go to parking lot and see if someone is stealing cars
canyon crew: *<strong><em>ty job but looks good in resume if you write “endangered area restoration project”
Grounds: *</em></strong>test job. rake leaves, pick up sticks. pick up trash etc. I worked on it whole winter break and totally hated it. Learnt how to operate tractor though.</p>