<p>I'm supposed to do a work-study program at Rice that will pay $900 per semester. My question is this: will I receive these funds on a weekly/bi-weekly basis, or will I be paid the entire sum at the end of the semester?</p>
<p>umm… this is how it works</p>
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<li>you need to get YOURSELF a job. they like work study students because the govt pays part of your salary</li>
<li>Lots of jobs pay $9 an hour</li>
<li>You are paid once every 2 weeks. you turn in a time sheet on a friday and get a paycheck the next week</li>
<li>get direct deposit. </li>
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<p>Let me know if there are any other questions</p>
<p>Okay, cool. That’s what I needed to know. Thanks!</p>
<p>One more question: is the amount listed on your financial aid the maximum amount you can earn through work-study?</p>
<p>its the maximum Workstudy will pay you. meaning that the govt. pays for some of your wages. after that, above and beyond, you can still work and make money.</p>
<p>some jobs will only hire workstudy people though. so if its over they may not have money to fund you</p>
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McDonald!!! Actually, try to find a job that seems interesting and beneficial to you (if you can, you can try to find a job that will benefit in grad school admissions).</p>
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Yes and the money does not come from the government but instead the company itself.</p>
<p>so the jobs on the work site listed as “Workstudy Only” will only pay you the workstudy amount and that’s all you will do?</p>
<p>If jobs are listed on the site as “Work-Study Only” that means that they only want people eligible for Federal Work-Study to apply. As Antarius said, the main reason for wanting federal work-study is that the government pays 75% of your paycheck. So if the job is stated as $8/hr, the government is giving you $6/hr and Rice is only giving you $2/hr. Therefore, most departments at Rice favor federal work-study students because obviously, they don’t have to pay you as much.</p>
<p>If you are given $900/semester of Federal Work-Study, that means the government is willing to pay that 75% until you make >$900. It is then up to your employer if they want to keep you and pay you the 100% (all $8/hr) or get rid of you and try to find another federal work-study student. It depends on a number of factors (how much training is req’d for the job, salary/hr, how much time is left in the semester). I was kept after I had met my limit during spring semester, and was also paid for summer (federal work-study cannot apply to summer employment).</p>
<p>You aren’t required to do work-study if you do not wish to have that money. You simply never apply for a job and that’s that. The purpose is so that those who are more “financially needy” are given preference during the job search (federal work-study > regular) because they are more likely to actually NEED a job, rather than want it for spending money, etc. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>@ cdz512 - I’d be very surprised if McD’s paid all their employees $9/hr. But either way, Federal Work-Study jobs are limited to those on-campus, as well as an off-campus tutoring program that Rice sponsors (the name of it escapes me right now).</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the comment reid, that makes a lot of sense.</p>
<p>So you can not get another work study job afterwards and have the government pay that 75% again??</p>
<p>You can work up to your $1800 limit as work/study - per year, unless Rice increases that limit. (It’s actually to your benefit that they don’t, since they pick up the other “need” with grants and only small amount of loans). There are other job possibilities for regular and pickup work both on and off-campus in non-work/study jobs, if you need to earn more than your workstudy amount.</p>
<p>Are on-campus jobs available for those who didn’t receive finaid? How does one find/apply for these jobs?</p>
<p>@lulu17</p>
<p>[Rice</a> University](<a href=“http://jobs.financialaid.rice.edu/index.cfm]Rice”>http://jobs.financialaid.rice.edu/index.cfm)</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link Modulation!</p>