I know I should be patient to see what the financial aid package details are, but I’m worried. Work study would be great, not only for the extra money, but for the work experience as well. However, my EFC is over $50,000, which blows my mind. I keep reading that you have to meet eligibility requirements to qualify for work study, but I can’t find anywhere that says what those requirements are. Even just a ballpark idea. Is such a large EFC going to automatically disqualify me from work study?
No, you are not eligible for federal workstudy. However, many schools have on-campus jobs for non work study students
You are eligible for work study if the following are true:
- Your EFC is less than the total cost of attendance and…
- The school meets full financial need… and…
- You completed the FA paperwork and checked off " yes" for work study … and
- The school decides to include WS in their FA package.
If you are attending a school that does not meet need, I doubt you will get work study with that EFC. If your EFC was low and the school did not meet need, then maybe you would. ??
@ChristiGabi You can still work without work study. I didn’t have work study and had jobs.
You can still work without WS, but depending on the school and the job…they may have to first offer it to WS students. That being said, there should be jobs available for non WS students.
OP, I’m confused. In another thread you posted as a parent.
Here you appear to be a student. Knowing who we are responding to (a parent or a student) helps us generate more useful responses.
Both parent and student. Sorry - we share a laptop. Mother speaking now. My daughter has her own College Confidential account, but sometimes we forget to log out of each others. However, we are both following these threads. My concern is that the work study jobs might offer more on campus opportunities, whereas without she might have to apply off campus. Some of the schools she’s looking at are rather rural, so not sure what the opportunities might be. I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see!
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Asking a question using the wrong account confuses users who are trying to help, as is obviously the case here. That said, this user is the parent; the daughter posted the previous comment in error