<p>I am thinking of taking a part-time job next year as a sophomore. I have been looking at my school's student employment page for a few weeks now (even though college just started 3wks ago). I've noticed that they required most students to have work study aid.</p>
<p>About 80% of the student jobs on campus require a work study, and the non-work study ones just don't interest me that much. Note that I am out-of-state, so I don't have a car. Plus freshmen can't park a car on campus anyways.</p>
<p>I've heard from people that it's related to "financial aid", but my family did not apply for them when I applied to my school. And, my family does not intend to apply for financial aid, at least until grad school. If work study is linked to financial aid, it might be hard for me to get a campus job...</p>
<p>Work Study comes as part of a financial aid packet along with loans and grants. In order to get work study, you must have applied for financial aid and met the requirements for such aid.
A certain amount of money is “awarded” or set aside for the student to earn by working a work study job on campus. In other words, unless you applied for financial aid and were deemed to be “needy”, you can’t get a work study job. Your best bet is to try to get a job off campus doing retail or restaurant jobs. You would have to arrange your schedule to use the campus shuttle. Otherwise, take a taxi.</p>
<p>Ah, I see. So no financial aid means no jobs with work study requirement. Well, that kinda suck a bit.</p>
<p>I was looking into being either working in our Residential Office as a call operator, working in the dining hall, or a student assistant to the football coach. Sadly, all three want people with work study…</p>
<p>Tracy, you can definitely work in a dining hall without work study! I guess it depends where but when I was looking for a non work-study job, I got a callback to interview for Northwest Dining Hall. I ended up getting work-study at the last minute and now work in the library.
Also, I was offered an interview to work at a mail room with no work study. It depends and varies a lot; keep looking!</p>
<p>Always be on the lookout for jobs so long as it works out with your schedule. I go to a UC but work-study jobs aren’t guaranteed, I signed up for a tech support job that had like 20 other applicants and I didn’t get it.</p>
<p>I feel your pain. I don’t have work study or a car either. It’s really irritating. Look for jobs within your department that will need people with more specialized skills. I couldn’t find a campus job for the life of me last year, but this year I was hired to grade papers for a course I took last year. it’s not much but at least it’s something.</p>
<p>I feel you. There are very few jobs at my school that you can have without being eligible for work-study. I can think of half a dozen, although most of them are really the same things (food service, just in different areas).</p>
<p>Word, the percent depends. The most I’ve heard of personally was 70%. My current job is compensated 50%. But yes that’s why they’re popular with schools and non profits.</p>
<p>I’m now looking at some internships over next summer around the DC and NYC area. As a current freshman, I don’t have anything to put on my resume sadly. The only thing I’ve been involved in up to now in college is a law society and an intramural sport team. Been looking around my school’s internship page, and all of them need a good resume. I’m in polisci and wanted to intern next summer (just so I have something to do).</p>
<p>I’m real interested in going into law school after graduation, and corporate acquisition law if I gets lucky. But all the govt and legal internships needs me to have a good college resume and 3.0 GPA…which I don’t have as a 1st-sem freshman…</p>
<p>You could ask them to apply for aid after the new year and just decline any loans, but keep the work-study. Point out that you need it for resume or something. This wouldn’t apply till next school year though</p>