<p>So on my financial aid package, it states that I can earn $1,250 through jobs on campus. Does that mean $1,250 is the most I can earn during a term? As in, will it be a salary ceiling, or if can I earn more if I work more hours? </p>
<p>Thank you for the responses.</p>
<p>You do have a work-study salary ceiling, but it has been my experience that it isn’t exactly what it says on your aid report but something close to it. You can still get jobs for more than that, as the ceiling only applies to work-study jobs.</p>
<p>You can get a non-work study job too if you want to make more money. But, I was also told that work-study money doesn’t count in ur fafsa for next year, meaning your student contribution will be $0 (is this correct, DwightEisenhower or do they always have a small student contribution part regardless of the amount of money you made the previous year?)</p>
<p>^I’m not sure. I can let you know when they finalize my financial aid credits, which they haven’t done yet because I handed in the application late.</p>
<p>I’m an international student though, so I don’t think I’ll be allowed to do a non-work study job. Can anyone please confirm that? Because I think on an F-1 visa, we aren’t allowed to earn unless the job is on campus :S</p>
<p>The work study job I might end up doing is around 10-15 hours a week, if that is the case, then my earnings will be well above the ceiling, which is $1,250 per term. Does that mean I’ll have to work rest of the hours for free? Or will they just decrease my per hour earnings so that my total pay doesn’t exceed the ceiling?</p>
<p>anyone bump 10char</p>
<p>What? There is a ceiling? I was under the impression that the $1,250 was how much I would need to earn in order to satisfy the portion of estimated costs that isn’t covered by the Harvard Faculty Scholarship, and I’d be able to pocket the rest. It would be very disappointing if that’s not the case. If there was such a ceiling, I don’t see why you would work more than ~7 hours/week as that much would satisfy the limit.</p>
<p>Yeah exactly iabin. Thats what I think as well. I’m just waiting for someone whose been through this to give us a clear answer :)</p>
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<p>There is a ceiling on your work-study elligibility. When I was applying for an on-campus work-study, the employer wanted to know what my ceiling was, because the position required a lot of hours per week. Just think of it like this: work-study is a federal program that subsidizes your wages so that employers can pay you less themselves, thus making it easier for them to hire you. But they will only subsidize so much, and that is your ceiling.</p>
<p>So that means our listed contribution on our financial aid awards will be our ceiling? Or does the ceiling differ from the listed value?</p>
<p>Mine was a bit more than the listed value, if I remember correctly.</p>
<p>I looked this up a bit.
Work study = Federal program = only for domestic students, has a ceiling.
Non work study = paid by university = for international + domestic, no ceiling.</p>
<p>Internationals can only engage in non work study employment, so the only limits are that one cannot work for more than 20 hours/week and that all jobs must be on-campus.</p>
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<p>Oh thank you so much iabin. It sucks though that the job I’d selected was a work study one, guess I can’t do it since I’m an international. Still, I’m glad at least now I can look in the right category :)</p>
<p>Oh and if you don’t mind, can you please link me the page where you found the info. Thank you so much.</p>