<p>it depends what kind of courses you are taking. my fall semester of senior year i took 18 credits and was working 30-40 hours a week. my spring semester of senior year i took 12 credits and was working 10 hours a week because i didn't have time for any more than that. it all depends on how much work is involved in your courses. all of freshman-junior year i worked 5-10 hours a week. my senior year i worked more and slept less, so it all depends :)</p>
<p>I heard that the more you work, the worse your grades get. Is this true? How was your grades when you work 30+ hours a week?</p>
<p>Work study can be any hours.....including weekends. The award to you is a fixed dollar amount and you have the academic year to earn that amount. It matter not the hours really.....once you have worked X hours @ rate of pay=award it ends. The semester is usually 15 weeks or so and you will not probably work all 15 but close. You can easily divide the hourly rates you are considering and thus determine the number of hours you may work. It is not necessary to work all the hours but you might then not make all of the funds awarded to you......it depends on your need really.</p>
<p>examle: Work Study Award of $3500.00 Say you have a job earning $9./hr.
You might work 12 hours per week or slightly more for 15 weeks in each semester. Or more hours per week for fewer weeks. This is just one circumstance but you cannot earn more than your award unless you make an appeal.</p>
<p>l33t - i got a 3.75 GPA the semester i did 18 credits and worked 30 hours, and a 3.25 the next semester where i had 12 credits and worked 10 hours. that semester was the busiest i've ever been in my life. i was literally in the library hours a few nights a week. i spent 12 hour days in the libraries on weekends and everything. so it really just depends on what courses you have and how much work they have for them.</p>
<p>I would strongly suggest you start with just 10 or fewer hours/week. Campus work study jobs vary a lot, but many have weekend hours. My 1st year in the dorm, my work study job involved greeting people as they came into the cafeteria. It was a fun way to get to know a lot of names; I enjoyed the job. My schedule would vary, but it never got in the way of my schoolwork or socializing. In fact, folks would generally know how & where to find me. Sometimes I worked on the weekend & evenings, but always ended when the cafe closed down. One of the good things was I lived in the same dorm the cafe was located, so it was very convenient.</p>
<p>Another work study job I had was working in a resource room in the department I wanted to major in. When we didn't have folks asking us for help, we could study & get paid for doing our job. I can't remember, but think sometimes we worked on the weekend for this job. It was a great way to get to know the facutly in the department as well, as they often came to the resource room to get materials.</p>
<p>What is the going wage for work-study jobs? How about campus jobs that are not offered through the work-study programs?</p>
<p>I work for dining services, which I guess might qualify as work study (for the financial aid office) but it isn't really like the library jobs or whatnot that people usually think of as work study, and I started at 7.60/hr with a raise every semester. I get a free meal every time I work and free beverages whenever I want. It's a pretty decent job.</p>
<p>Wages depend on the minumum wage of the state and the school. My first year I earned $7.25/hr but this year I make $7.50/hr because I have a "skilled" job, and if I keep my job next year I'll make $7.75/hr. At my job at home I only made $6.75/hr (which includes a raise) so I consider this to be a step up.</p>
<p>Also, schools might place limits on how many hours a student can work a work-study job, and there are federal limits as well.</p>