How can F1 students earn
- While getting the admit from the university, the best thing a F1 student can do is that write emails to his/her department advisor also the faculty in the university and apply for GRE, GIA, GA jobs even before coming to the university.
- In case you were not able to get the above-mentioned jobs in university there are also other jobs available in university like you can work as a student worker under faculty and also there are always jobs in university/college/school's cafeteria make sure to check jobs over there too.
- Why it's better to take up the jobs as GIA/GA/GRE.
- The main reason is that your tuition fee will be changed to instate tuition fee i.e., you will be paying the half of the international tuition fee during the journey in the university as a student.
- And the most important thing is that the exposure you are going to get during this tenure.
- But there is one disadvantage too if you take up the positions as GIA/GRA/GA as if you want to apply for CPT for example during summer breaks in that case first you should confirm with your faculty before accepting any jobs from the industry as most of the faculties will be additional works during summer and they usually won't encourage you to work outside during those breaks.
- Also, during summer break if you are not taking any course, you can request your faculty to get a 40-hour job on campus for the those "3 months".
- The payment for the student is subjected to change based upon the university and the State which they are in so it's always better to check their website about the payment before joining the university and this is also a way of shortlisting of the university.
- I hope the above information is somewhat useful for you.