<p>So basically instead of having a work study eligibilty of $1,000 per year, my college decreased it to $500. I received a 2,000 outside schoarship and notified them but i feel as if i should not have done so. This is really not fair, i get a scholarship from my hard work and efforts and now the money is just being gobbled down by the University another way. Is there anything else I can do?
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<p>Was the $2000 scholarship for one year or $500 for 4 years? Your hard work to get the scholarship reduced your need. Now you don’t have to work as much in college. Or you can use the extra hours you would have spent earning the work study money to get a non-work study job and have the extra money.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/955696-if-work-study-reduced-outside-scholarship-what-happens-where-does-go.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/955696-if-work-study-reduced-outside-scholarship-what-happens-where-does-go.html</a></p>
<p>You realize that work study is money that you need to earn, right? It’s not money that they give you in the form of a check. You have to find a job and work to get that money. Basically they are deciding that you won’t need to work as much due to your scholarship which isn’t really a bad thing. If you want to make more money, you can always get a job off campus. By the way, the same thing happened to my son. We reported his scholarship and the university reversed his work study…</p>
<p>@ annoyingdad: it was $2000 for one year.
thanks for the feedback, i guess it’s not so bad after all.</p>
<p>What the college was giving you in aid is due to your hard work too. Look at need based aid as a scholarship. You got an outside one which allows the school to use their money to help others. You still get the same education. Sounds fair to me.</p>
<p>Jillzhou–</p>
<p>You’re going to be a freshman at U Roc this fall, right? U Roc has many on-campus jobs that are open to non-work study students. Check the job board at Career Services once you get to campus. </p>
<p>My D didn’t get W/S but she will have 4 (yes, four!) paid non-work study jobs either on campus or at the Med School in the fall.</p>
<p>yes i will! and wow thanks for the advice :D</p>
<p>jillzhou: I am not sure what is unfair about it. Work Study is not aid that comes from the college. It comes from the Federal Government, which in turn gets it from the tax payer. Be glad that you are getting full aid and can attend college. </p>
<p>You cannot realistically expect that you will get more than what you need to attend college (Cost of Attendance or COA) or the tax payer should give you more. You are not the first person to feel this is unfair, but I do not agree with that. What about all the people who do not get aid and need to get scholarships or work outside as they are not eligible for work study? They have worked as hard you have but did not get FA from the college. No one is entitled to financial aid, it is a privilege. You can still work on campus if you want to, it will not work study, that is all. That said it may be a little more difficult to get jobs as you may compete with W/S applicants, but if that money is important to you, go ahead and get a job on or off campus.</p>
<p>I understand what you’re saying but you’re a bit mistaken, i’m not getting full aid at all. In fact barely half of the COA that’s why it raises an issue for me. Of course, i’m grateful of whatever aid I can get but considering the COA of private institutions and the paychecks of middle class Americans…well that’s not fair in my opinion.</p>
<p>Now I understand better, your post sounded as if you wanted more than the COA.</p>
<p>You can still get a job and earn the same amount you would have got a W/S, so you are not really losing out.</p>
<p>There are many students on this forum who could not attend the institution of their choice as they are middle class and the COA was so high. The COA’s are very high and that is not fair to most people, but that is a different discussion. I am sure there are people who are in a better position then you and there are others who have to give up their dreams due to finances.</p>
<p>The paychecks of other middle class americans pay a large part of the federal aid students get. And going to a high COA private college is a choice, a choice that many middle class americans don’t or can’t make, including my family.</p>
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<p>Absolutely, it is a choice.</p>
<p>Also the university has allowed you to keep $1500 (reduced your w/s by $500 while you got a scholarship of $2000). They could have reduced w/s to 0. Also, it is dishonest not to mention any scholarships that you get, so you did the right thing by mentioning it. No one on this forum will support you not mentioning it.</p>
<p>^ I made a mistake. I rechecked my previous financial aid offer and the current one. Previously i was eligible for $2,500/yr for work study where as now i’m only eligible $500. They cut off $2,000 because of the scholarship. I still feel I should contact my financial aid counselor =/</p>
<p>Is the part you are paying your family contribution as computed by your school…or the FAFSA? If so, the family contribution is not reduced typically by need based financial aid awards.</p>
<p>You can contact them if you want, but I don’t see why you’re bothering. Basically, instead of working for the $2500 – which might even be impossible since there’s no guarantee that you’ll get a job that will give you the hours and the wages to actually fulfill your WS provision – you’re getting $2000 for free and a much more realistic opportunity to earn $500 with the free time to look for another job with potentially unlimited opportunity (so to speak) to earn all the money you need.</p>
<p>Barely half of COA? Most students can only dream of a private college handing them that. There are limited resources, only so many work study hours to give out. If someone gets an outside scholarship the school gets to meet more student’s needs. It’s a win win.</p>
<p>Another poster said her daughter had no problems finding jobs on your campus that were not work study. I’m not seeing what the problem is.</p>
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<p>The problem is that poster wanted the original amount of the work study after getting the scholarship. The college reduced the work study by the amount of the scholarship and the OP feels that the scholarship he/she obtained has been taken away by the college.</p>
<p>In reality there is no problem as the OP can still work and earn the $2500 originally promised, of which only $500 is work study. The only difference is that $2000 will be non work study, which might make it a little difficult. But if jobs are plentiful, as far as the OP is concerned it should not matter if it is work study or not as he or she still gets his/her paycheck. So there is no real problem other than a perceived wrong in the eyes of the OP.</p>