<p>I assumed when I got my financial aid award that the amount given next to "Work Study" was the maximum amount of money you could make working on campus. </p>
<p>A friend of mine who does work study swears that the amount is not only the amount you can make, but also a tuition deduction of the same amount. This doesn't make any sense to me, but she swears that's how it works.</p>
<p>Does anyone know?</p>
<p>It's money that you earn. It's paid to you like any job would pay, and you are privy to paying taxes on it (should your bracket require it.) It has nothing to do with tuition.</p>
<p>ditto to NUgrad</p>
<p>WS money you have to find a WS job, get the job and earn the money which is paid direct to you as income. Any you do not earn via your job you do not get (my daughter is $hundreds below her award because of delays on the research she was helping a prof set up for). Nothing to do with tuition - though you can use it to pay tuition if you want.</p>