Pre-OPT and GRA ，請863211 和其它高手回複。先謝

HI， 朋友，

我的情況是這樣的， 我在另一個大學做PRE-OPT，FULL TIME (EAD)工作 , 同時, 原來學校保持我的GRA 身份,（也注冊了二個研究學份，因為必需的）， 付部分的工資給我,因為考慮到沒有這個GRA, 學費不能WAVIER,我的問題是, 我能同時有F-1 pre-OPT 和 GRA 注冊 學生？我不知道乍麽確定，最後一學期，我隻注冊了二個研究學分（不上課， 隻寫論文）。時間從20 小時減少小於20小時 /周就可以了？

---現在做OPT 這個學校的回答：
If you were are truly on pre OPT, then you could not work more than 20 hours weekly.

The difference between pre-OPT and post-OPT is that on pre-OPT, you still have coursework left. It does not have to do with whether or not your graduated yet. If you have completed all coursework, you can start post-OPT while you do research and write your thesis/dissertation. If you have coursework left, you are limited to 20 hours or less of work. If you do not have coursework left, but still have research/thesis/dissertation to write, then you can do Post-OPT and work over 20 hours. Again, you are not to be registered full time and be working full time.

我的問題： 這裏說的COURSE 是指上課？， 研究學分算不算COURSES？

在這裏, 我感謝863211 給了我很多回答, 我也其本定了, 但是在和我原學校溝通前, 我還想再請863211 和其它朋友再幫助回答一下.