<p>Hello everyone, I am having difficulty believing that I was not offered work study. My EFC was zero, I really need the work study instead of paying the “student self help” - $3,800. I can’t earn that much money while I am in school, and my family couldn’t afford to give me that much each year. I am single parented and my sister is already in college. My friend is in the similar situation, and he was not offered work study neither. My questions are how do Davis decide which student to offer work study, is there something wrong with work study at Davis this year, and if you didn’t get offered, what do you do to ask for it and hope you will get it? Is anyone else on the same boat, who is very dependent on the help from work study? Share your thoughts or any knowledge please.</p>
<p>Call the Financial Aid office and ask. Maybe it is a mistake? My son was offered Work Study at every school except the one he wants to attend, of course. I called FinAid and they explained exactly why it wasn’t offered.</p>
<p>if i am not mistaken, there are loans to cover the student self help? i have a zero EFC and will need to cover the self help portion (mine will be twice what yours is because i cannot get calgrant because my parents went to college). so 3800 for an education (in low/no interest loans) is nothing. the UC system is one of the best in the world. you will get a first class education for that money. and remember, out of state cost of attendance is around 55k per year. 35k in tuition alone. oh, and i never get work study either even though i am an EOP student as well. if you had to go to a State school (CSU) you would get stuck with a MUCH higher self help because there is far less assistance at state schools for cali kids. work study is sometimes “first come first serve” meaning earlier applicants get the work study. anyway, they are limited.</p>
<p>From what my counselor told me, the student self help is the work study you get</p>
<p>call financial aid and request it if you must. they don’t offer workstudy to incoming freshmen because they want you to get used to the campus and college life in general. working during your first year is strongly discouraged. there’s a reason for that-- davis is very challenging academically.</p>
<p>also, the ‘student self-help’ number is just an estimate. you won’t receive a bill for $1300 each quarter. call someone in financial aid and have them explain your award letter to you and they’ll let you know what to expect.</p>
<p>My financial aid packet is 9.3k total including load and the “student self help.” Anyway, thanks to all of you for the help and suggestions. I will call Davis and ask my counselor for additional information. But it would be really sweet if the “self help” is Work study.</p>
<p>Can you tell us what they said?</p>
<p>Even if you are offered work study, you have to find the job yourself - so it isn’t really any different than finding a job on your own. You say you couldn’t earn $3800 working, but that is exactly what work study is - you work and they pay you some low amount. Sign up on the davis job listings and start looking and applying now for a job. Some will say ‘work study only’, but not all of them. Do NOT wait until Sept if you want to find a job. </p>
<p>Also… if you look at your financial aid package online, I think I was able to print
out the authorization form, even though it wasn’t listed on my package (like
another poster said - if it says ‘self help’, that might be it). The form will have
an expiration date on it (but if it expires, just print a new one). Later in the
summer, it wasn’t there anymore and when I called they said work study jobs
are first come, first served. So that is why I said don’t wait if you want one.</p>
<p>ps - to one of the other responders - calgrant has nothing to do with whether your parents went to college. It is need-based on income and assets.</p>
<p>Hi! I don’t know if you ended up calling, but I did a couple of days ago and asked why I didn’t get work study, and the financial aid office told me that they don’t give it to freshmen, and the student self help is just what you’re supposed to be able to come up with on your own (I guess summer job and stuff, I was surprised since I only had $400 in my bank account and that was my student contribution and my student self help contribution was another $3,500). I hope this helps!</p>
<p>We got work-study from Davis. (freshman)</p>
<p>^ it looks like mine is also the self-help not work-study.</p>
<p>@OP, I’d like to reiterate what jbourne said. Even if you get work-study, you still need to find the job. Work study just makes you eligible to apply for certain jobs, it doesn’t even mean you get it since other work-study individuals will apply.</p>
<p>However, normal jobs will fill the same role and if you actually try to find one, you’ll probably get one. Work during the year part time, work during the summer, you’ll be ok. And worst case you take out loans.</p>
<p>This thread is identical to mine.</p>
<p>Although you have to search a job for work study and its basically a job, I have found that there are plenty of jobs for work study students then those without it. That’s because the employer is not paying the work study students, but the financial aid is.</p>
<p>Also, work study jobs tend to be more flexible and within campus.</p>
<p>Jborne;</p>
<p>You sure can get Cal Grant if your parents went to College. Mine did and I got it. My cousins parents did not go to college and they did not get it. It all depends on income. There is a scale of income and number of people in your household. If you are below the threshold you get the money.</p>
<p>One more point, just because your family makes a certain income level does not mean you should be entitled to a work-study job, or any job for that matter. You should get the job based on your personally ability to do the job. People should be hired because they are the either most qualified or show the most potential.</p>
<p>We live in a pretty entitled nation. You are not entitled to a job, nor are you entitled to a college education. These are things you and your family need to work for. But I’m a minority voice of this opinion at UCD I’m sure.</p>
<p>You can get a non work study job at Davis, no it’s not as convenient, but you can.</p>
<p>Nobody said anything about entitlement. And they certainly do not award work study based on qualifications.</p>