<p>i applied for econ 1/3/100a ta for fall quarter, does anyone know how competitive it is to get the position? im an applied math and management science double major, will be a 3rd year in fall, have 3.7 overall gpa, 3.8 in man sci, 4.0 in math.</p>
<p>Pretty easy to get a position for credit the first go-around; it’s a lot more competitive to get hired as a TA for pay. Plenty of my friends and I got TA positions in the LD courses our first times applying, but only a handful of us got to TA 2+ times for pay.</p>
<p>what affects your ability to get the TA job the second time? do they look at ta reviews from the first time?</p>
<p>You need high TA evals and typically an A+ for the class you want to TA. If the department had it its way, it would only take first-timers so they wouldn’t have to pay out cash and just compensate the TAs with 195 credit. This is why there are so few 2+ timers TAing in the Econ department; the brunt of the work goes to undergrads doing it for credit and the graduate students needing to fulfill their assistantship requirements for their financial package.</p>