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Hello all again!

So I am officially an AUB student...

Here are the benefits:
-AUB student= hopefully better job opportunities.

Here are the drawbacks:
-Tuition is a b****.

This semester is full, though during the next, I am in deep need of working in a place near the Achrafieh area that offers an honest wage(not really, I'd take anything now :P), IF I am able to find some time during the next semester. If not, I will surely work in the summer. I am currently thinking of applying to Virgin Megastore ABC, and would love any advice about this. I do not know if i will be accepted at Virgin, and do not have any idea what else to do if I do not. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
What's your major? If engineering really hard to find the time and handle with study load.
I'm a physics student, willing to transfer cce next year if I get the grades, so I may have some time in the afternoons if I fix my schedule next semester.
well, if your grades are important, then wait until transfer into CCE, because believe me it's extremely hard to manage to have great grades, attending classes and a job (speaking out of experience).

however if you have already made your choice, my friends use to bartender in their free time.
i was joking, but really if you study hard you will fsce no problems.
keep in mind that applied studies are way easier than theoric abstract studies!
finally have fun, physics is fun, if you neglect friction and air resistance hahaha xD
For the bartending, well you can say that I suck with handling delicate parts due to my clumsiness, and add to that the fact that I need to sleep a lot... But thanks for the suggestion.

NuclearVision, if I am to continue physics, I'm shooting for the theoretical; physics comes quite easy to me, I score 90 plus with little effort, but the fact that physics students rarely find work in Lebanon is scaring me into engineering.
you're limited to teaching i guess.
edit:oh and working in a lab, my physics teacher works in a lab, what does he do exactly i have no idea.
Exactly what I thought... Thanks for the help anyways.
i'd heavily disagree on Lab work, at my uni (USJ) they would pay you sh**, aka like 20 dols for 5 hours which is what i call being exploited, plus the lab rats, as we called them, had to correct copies of their juniors at home.

in other words, it's good on the Cv (but not even that good) and gives you a bit of experience. however if you can find a part time job even remotely related to your field of work, when you will graduate you will already have 2-3 years of experience in the domain.
AUB has a work-study program, the pay is cheap but it takes 10% off your tuition. Have you applied for financial aid (that's like 20/30% off depending on your financial situation)? Also, there's the student loan that can take up to 30% off, you will start paying one year after graduating. Top of the class students also get a scholarship of some kind.
That is true, thank you for the info. About summer, any advice.
Draguen wrotei'd heavily disagree on Lab work, at my uni (USJ) they would pay you sh**, aka like 20 dols for 5 hours which is what i call being exploited, plus the lab rats, as we called them, had to correct copies of their juniors at home.
Wait until you land you first "internship", now that is exploitation!
BTW I think bartenders etc. in proper restaurants/bars/pubs make more than many professionals per hour, and it sounds like a fun experience.
I do not. But assuming I do, what would my options have been? For the sake of others in my case that do know how to code...
don't you take programming courses as a physics students?
Nope, but I will try to take a cplusplus course next semester...Aaaand, I'm really willing to learn, provided good and easy to follow links... ;)
Slightly off topic
Investing some time to learn to program will open some possibilities.

I don't know if you can afford it, but a couple of months of practice can open up lots of possibilities. You can start here:
That second link teaches you how to code by having you play a fun game.