1. yes. if only you have been paid up to $1360 this year then you can....something like that.
2. no.
hehe, ask lawyer.My answer may not be right.

1. yes, you can get unemployment benefits. If you paid enough tax to the state, that is your rights to get. Your problem for getting it will be you want go full-time MBA. How can you prove you are looking hard for a job if your status is full-time student?? Usually, it require you to show proof you are looking for jobs once or twice a month.

2. Not as I know of.

Coldhan is right. You might have to prove that you are in jobhunting in order to get social security compensation.

谢谢各位!!

为什么要每年 $1360 呢。。。
要是明年初被 lay off 的话， 不是挺倒霉的?
工作了几年，税银子可是大把的交了。。。

就是觉的领 unemployment 不好意思。。。

其实我们刚买房，我又在 take MBA， 毕竟不宽裕。。。

我 enrolled 的是 part-time， 拿也是 part-time 学位， 就是想快点修完
嗯，得去问问学校先 。。。

It doesn't matter you lay off at the beginning of the year. The time frame that counts are 12 months till the day you get laid off. hehe... you can't be denied for unemployment benefits because you get laid off at beginning of the year.