~~~it's about the money, money, money
We need your money, money, money~~~
Today, let's talk about money.
The source of income for international Ph.D. students in the central of U.S.
Hi, everyone, I am Dr. K!
I know many students bought a lot of things during the sale season recently.
Obviously, they haven't stopped themselves through watching Dr. E's last video.
So, in this video, I am going to talk about how to make money.
We all know that you need a lot of money if you come to study in the U.S.
Let alone PhD,
which takes you 3-5 years for you to study and that's a big investment.
The good thing is most PhD programs have sponsorship, especially in the central U.S.
Why?
Who do you think will come to this desolate area if they don't have sponsorship???!
So, these sponsorship may come from:
The government, such as CSC, the Chinese Scholarship Council;
Or the American University, the school will give students fellowship if they are excellent enough;
Or your college and professor
they will give you assistantship and salary
and your professor becomes your boss.
You will start to work like a horse…happily.
If you got any of the sponsorship above, you can concentrate on your research without worrying about what to eat and wear
because you don't need to spend a lot of money on living expense in the central of U.S. when someone had covered your tuition fee already.
But, what if you couldn't get a sponsorship?
In fact, the PhD students in science and engineering programs are easier to get sponsorship than PhD in liberal arts programs.
Most PhD students in liberal arts programs need to self-pay their tuition fee at least during the first year of their study.
If the students came from a superior family, they don't need to worry about anything.
However, if they came from normal or poor family, they will live a hard life.
They need to save every penny and find ways to make money.
So, as a busy international PhD student in the central U.S.
how can I make some money?
First, let's talk about… the legal methods:
In the school, if you didn't get the fellowship
you still have chances to apply for various other scholarships
which give you hundreds to thousands dollars
different from school to school
You can search "scholarship" on your school official website and try to reach their requirements.
You will never be surprised if you don't strive for it.
If you get it, it will be something to write in your resume, even though you just get a little amount of money.
If your professor/advisor cannot give you assistantship
that means he/she does not have any graduate research assistantships (GRA) or graduate teaching assistantships (GTA) positions
You can always ask other professors.
You can also start with a partial assistantship.
There are partial assistantship positions open for students every year in the school offices.
Although the payment is low, it's stable.
You can make a lot of friends
build close relationship with professors
practice your oral English, and improve your work capacities.
It is a solid choice.
There are lots of part-time jobs on campus
depending on what you want to do
There are dorm manager, security, dining hall front desk staff
dish washer, library staff, auditorium staff,
short term school activity staff, etc.
If you go and look, you will find jobs are everywhere.
There is another way.
If you are a person who has strong research abilities and you have many academic achievement or research papers,
you can actively attend academic conferences.
There are awards and funds for academic conferences
and if you save that money, that will also be your earnings
I know, there are few high paying on-campus jobs.
It's almost always the minimum wage standard.
That's for sure. You cannot expect the school to give you a lot of money.
They pay you on time, that's good!
If that money is not enough for your studies, you have to consider an off-campus job.
The legal process needs your student curricular practical training (CPT) or optional practical training (OPT).
If you already graduated from school, you can use OPT; If you are still in school, you can use CPT.
The process of application is not very complicated and you will find the instructions on your school website.
But those jobs need to be related to your major.
Your advisor should give you permission for your CPT.
If you think those positions are for you, you can make full use of your winter or summer break!
But, if your advisor doesn't give your permission
you have few work opportunities in your area,
you earn fewer money off-campus than your on-campus job.
Not a problem! We have other ways!
First, We have the universal internet!
You can be an internet celebrity, a youtuber, etc.
You will be rich if you become famous,
but it's not easy to get famous.
You can teach online course or become a tutor.
You will earn money if you have stable source of students,
but it's not easy to find a stable source of students.
Or, you can do online surveys,
sale pictures, publish novels, buy Powerball, etc.
These methods will make you feel you are super cool.
But not surprisingly, you cannot make any money.
So, are you going to close this video angrily?
No no no. Don't do this, I am just telling the truth.
Because it really depends if you can make any money from those internet methods.
But, I am going to introduce a method which is going to make some money for sure
Take advantage from the bank system.
Many bank cards and credit cards have rewards for opening accounts,
referring friends,
and other shopping cashbacks.
These policies will save or earn you a lot of money if you make good use of them.
There are many tutorial articles and videos about this topic
so I will not explain much here.
Except for the methods above, literally, there are some ways of making money that are "not allowed",
such as
off-campus jobs without legal visa.
The main locations for those jobs could be Asian restaurants or shops.
In fact,
you have little possibilities to be complained about or caught if you study in the U.S. countryside.
Other ways might be private businesses.
such as overseas purchasing agents, driver,
handmade snacks seller,
errands,
second-hands dealers,
currency dealers, etc.
I don't need to list all types of jobs.
The work you are not willing to tell people about like those above may be put in this category.
Dr. K will not comment on those jobs.
If someone chooses to work and make money through these ways,
they have their own difficulties that others cannot understand and never experienced before.
If you brainstorm, you will find more ways of making money.
But what Dr. K suggests is,
students who can study for their PhD in the U.S. should be excellent people,
who paid a lot of efforts.
If you are not lacking money,
you'd better choose a legal and safe method.
Everything you do should be responsible for yourself and benefit your future development.
Don't be greedy for small gains! Don't except to be rich overnight!
Sometimes people pay a lot and get nothing, but no pains, no gains!
In addition, Dr. K suggests students to communicate more with your family when you are choosing the methods of making money,
as well as follow your heart and hold your principles close.
You will live your life, happy and rich!
Finally, I wish every student watching this can make more money!!!
If you have some amazing ways of making money, you are welcome to leave comments and share with us.
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Thank you~！！！！！
Byebye!
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