College Students: Here’s How To Get Paid For Your Good Grades

What kind of campus job pays over $30 dollars an hour? Certainly not part-time positions in food service, athletic training or research. Believe it or not, students across the country are being paid for something they (hopefully) already do: take class notes.

In this Feb. 27, 2012, photo, Sally Kim takes notes during a physics class at Columbia Independent School in Columbia, Mo. Kim's parents, who live in South Korea, sent her to live with relatives in Columbia for a better education that provides more collegiate opportunities. Such relocations, known as early study abroad, have surged in popularity in South Korea, where a rigid, test-driven education system, combined with intense social pressure to succeed in an English-first global economy, often means breaking up families for the sake of school. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley) — A student takes notes during class.

Chris Urgate is a rising junior at Boston College, but the finance and business analytics major is already a seasoned entrepreneur. Over the past three semesters, Urgate says he has made more than $1,000 selling his class notes and study guides through the online study guide marketplace for college students, Flashnotes.com. A macroeconomics final exam study guide for Professor Richard Tresch’s ECON 132 is his bestseller. click here for complete story