<p>On my school's website, it says that i have been offered Work Study of $2,500.
1.How do i accept it?
2.Do i get that $2500 PLUS the money I'd make from working? Or am i working to get that 2500? Or do i get paid hourly like any other job?</p>
<p>I think it might work differently depending on where you are going to school, but I’m not sure. I believe some schools give you that money to go toward your tuition which you then work for. My school just pays me hourly, so I’m not really sure how it works.</p>
<p>You accept it by filling out a form which gets turned into your FA department (You get the form from FA as well).</p>
<p>You have to work to get any money. You can earn up to $2,500 at the work study job. You have to find the job on campus and work the hours. You only get paid for the hours you actually work. So if you only work enough hours to make $500 that is all you get.</p>
<p>If you accept the Work Study Award, at most schools that just means you are permitted to look for and apply for a position that is listed for Work Study students. At some schools there may be some guarnateed positions, in some its up to you to find something and if you can’t find anything to work out with your schedule or for all of your hours, that’s just too bad. Freshmen are usually last in line for jobs as upperclassmen who know the ropes will have often secured what they want first.</p>
<p>You look for the job, apply, and when you get one, then you get paid after you work the hours usually in two week time intervals like any other job. You get a pay check with which you can do as you please. Pay the school, spend it, bank it, cash it. It’as like any other job you might find, it’s just that the funds come from a kitty that has federal work study money in there. The amounts do not count towards FAFSA or other fin aid apps for the next year, and if you bank the money and keep it clearly separate, that doesn’t have to be reported on fin aid apps either. I believe you don’t pay social security on the amounts. </p>
<p>Many times you can continue working at the same job after you reach the work study limit, as many places may have their own funds too. My kids who did not get work study have worked side by side in the same positions as work study recipients. The money just gets tracked as from the federal government internally, but you get a check just like everyone else.</p>
<p>You can work other jobs too, if you have the time. My SIL’s niece found a job with the hours and pay she wanted that was non work study, but then later in the year found a workstudy job that fit her schedule well. So she worked both. The work study job was with an academic department, and she is now exclusively working there as the work has a lot to do with her course of study. She gets paid up to her max in work study awards,and then the department pays her out of their own funds when her award amount is exceeded.</p>
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Check with your school. At my daughter’s school she accepted any aid online. At my son’s, he had to do it in writing.
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<p>You have to find, apply for, and get a WS job. You will be paid for the hours you work. WS income is taxable for federal and State taxes but not for FICA (payroll taxes). It does not impact your EFC for the following year.</p>