<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I recently received a financial aid award letter from the school that I am going to be attending in the fall, however i was not offered any work study despite my high need. I am very qualify for it considering my family's efc is 0. i specifically indicated that i am interested in work study on my fafsa. and all the other schools gave me work study, except this school.</p>
<p>what should i do?</p>
<p>any help is appreciated.</p>
<p>did you receive a scholarship?</p>
<p>I would at least call or email them and ask them. If you are qualified, you should have recieved it. Maybe it was an error. I got work study from UConn, the school you will be attending, and my EFC is around 4000. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>I would contact the financial aid office as a person with a "0" efc, you are definitely eligible for Federal work study.</p>
<p>also keep in mind that you do not necessarily have to have work study to get an on campus job (although at some schools students on FWS get priority) as there will be plenty of jobs available.</p>
<p>Two college admission coun. told us during presentations that usually dining hall, book store, and some Admission Office jobs are NOT work study jobs and those positions pay well and are not limited to the number of hours a year that w/s jobs may be.</p>
<p>ok thanks i def. need a job</p>
<p>did you financial aid package include loans? did they meet 100% of your need?</p>
<p>I have seen some FA packages where the aid was given entirely in grants and scholarships -- thus there was no remaining need and the student didn't get work-study because of that.</p>
<p>nope, the school met like 60-65% of my need...the rest are in loans</p>
<p>then I would suggest you call them and ask for work-study. It may be that they don't award it for freshman or something like that. I would think that you should have a good chance at getting some.</p>
<p>loans are considered part of your financial package, so if they gave you a loan, they look at that as if they were meeting your financial need. So your approach should be to ask to switch some loans with w/s</p>
<p>This may be a silly question..and it will definitly sound very naive, but what exactly is a work study?</p>
<p>I may not be the best to answer this but I've been told it's where you get a job at the school and the money earned goes toward your tuition. That money earned does not count against you on next years FAFSA, which is a plus. </p>
<p>The above thread lists some of the work study jobs that people have had. Apparently, there is a wide variety of jobs available and the pay varies quite a bit.</p>
<p>Work Study may come as part of your financial aid offer if you have financial need. It makes you eligible for work study jobs at your school - you have to find out what jobs are available and apply for them. You cannot get work study unless it is part of your finaid package. The earnings are paid to you - they do not go direct to tuition. In our Ds case she will use the money for the misc expenses portion of the COA (in other words it will be her spending money). The earnings are taxable like any other wage. </p>
<p>The main benefit of work study as opposed to non work study jobs is that it will not increase your EFC the next year. The income is reported on FAFSA under students income then deducted on one of the schedules. (For Non work study income there is an income protection of @ $3000 then 50% of anything over that is added to your EFC). Some jobs are only available to work study recipients - others give priority to work study recipients.</p>