<p>Our kid was not eligible for work study, but our deal with her was if she didn’t have a job then we wouldn’t give her an allowance. I didn’t care if it was 5 hours or 15 hours, but she had to have a job while she was in college. I also didn’t ask her what she was spending her money on, but she got her set amount of money, once it was gone, it was gone.</p>
<p>My point of my kid having a job on campus wasn’t so much she needed that money. She needed a job to show her future employer that she could hold down a job. In the long run, it helped her in getting her summer internship and ultimately her job after graduation. She also learned how hard it was to earn $10/hour and how far it didn’t go.</p>
<p>njfootballmom - D1 was in a sorority (going to multiple parties most weekend nights), active in the student government, with a very heavy course load, and she was able to hold down multiple jobs while in school.</p>