Resenting Work
My experiences with Yale’s financial aid services have, on the whole, been very positive. I come from a high school that does not send many students to elite universities, and I was extremely surprised when I learned as a junior how much aid schools like Yale could offer to students with need. Before this, I had not really considered these schools to be financially viable options. I am currently receiving financial aid, though I am not working a term-time job this year, in part because of a National Merit Scholarship that has covered most of my expected contribution.
I can imagine some kinds of campus jobs that I would find deeply fulfilling, such as performing scientific research with faculty. There are, however, a multitude of other campus jobs that have little relevance to my intended career field or to my major, and I strongly suspect that I would have resented the time I spent working these jobs. I can say with confidence that, had I worked a job last semester, I would have done worse academically as a result of the lost time, and I also might have been unable to participate in the Yale Political Union, which has been a wonderful extracurricular for me.
I can imagine some kinds of campus jobs that I would find deeply fulfilling, such as performing scientific research with faculty. There are, however, a multitude of other campus jobs that have little relevance to my intended career field or to my major, and I strongly suspect that I would have resented the time I spent working these jobs. I can say with confidence that, had I worked a job last semester, I would have done worse academically as a result of the lost time, and I also might have been unable to participate in the Yale Political Union, which has been a wonderful extracurricular for me.
