Student Side Hustle — Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan is a small school on the Upper East Side. The campus is tight. The neighborhood is expensive. And tuition at a private liberal arts college hits different than CUNY rates.
You're studying theater, dance, communications, psychology — fields you love, that also have a well-known reputation for not paying well right out of school. You're building toward something. But right now, you need money that's real and available.
Shift pays $20/hr to record everyday tasks at home. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, errands. No interview. No car. No fixed schedule. Two hours a day = $1,200/month.
Why Shift works for Marymount Manhattan students
Upper East Side rent is high. Even if you're in a shared apartment, you're paying more than students at most other schools in the city. And if you're in the dorms, your budget is even tighter because you're not earning from a side job that required a commute somewhere else first.
Shift earns from your apartment. You don't go anywhere extra. You just record what you're already doing. If you cook, that's a session. If you clean, that's a session. If you do laundry in the basement of your building, that's a session.
Arts and humanities students often have unpredictable schedules — rehearsals, studio time, group projects. Shift doesn't care. Record when you have time. Skip when you don't. There's no quota.
What to record
- Cooking a meal — Anything you make at home, start to finish.
- Cleaning your room or common areas — Short and focused still earns.
- Laundry — Sorting, washing, drying, folding. The full routine.
- Grocery runs — Record leaving, shopping, coming back, and putting things away.
- Organizing your space — A shared apartment, a small dorm room, a cluttered closet. All valid.
What you can earn
$20/hr. Two hours a day. Five days a week. That's $1,200 in a month.
On the Upper East Side, that's real money. That's covering your share of groceries. That's a few months of metrocard. That's something that actually moves the needle.
How to get started
- Download Shift and create your account.
- Pick a task — cooking is the easiest starting point.
- Hit record. Do the task. Hit stop. Get paid.
No interview. No training. You can do your first session today.
Apply now and start earning this week.