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Because you didn’t qualify for financial aid, or because you didn’t find a job?</p>
<p>It shouldn’t be too hard to get a work-study award since its federal aid (just like federal loans), but it might be tricky to find a job on campus. Even if you don’t have a federal work-study award you can work on campus if you find a job. (The only difference is that the college won’t be subsidized by the government to hire you.)</p>
<p>At my college most work-study students work in the dining halls, the libraries, various academic departments (as tutors, TAs, etc) and the admissions office, but there’s a number of offices that just hire 1 or 2 students each for clerical work.</p>