How difficult is it to land a teaching assistant position in an american university as an undergrad? I notice a lot of applicants mention TAing in their ECs, giving me an impression that it is almost very common.
How difficult is it to land a teaching assistant position in an american university as an undergrad? I notice a lot of applicants mention TAing in their ECs, giving me an impression that it is almost very common.
This is something that varies a LOT from school to school, and within that, department to department.
Definitely true, many schools don't have TA positions or maybe call them something else. At my school, the way to go about it more successfully is to befriend a professor and have them take you on as a TA - everyone who applies via the proper application channels never gets a chance.
I think the major reasons you see so many students who TA on SDN are that students here generally do well in their courses, want to show off leadership to med schools, see teaching/tutoring as a pretty easy way to make money during the semester.
I went to a large research university, and the only TAs were grad students. I didn't even know undergrad TAs existed until I started reading this forum.