<p>Ds has yet to get a work-study job. He's applied to a couple places but is being too picky. His WS award is minimal -- less than $350/semester -- so he could go a month without working and make up the hours easily, but I'm wondering what happens if he doesn't get a job this semester. Obviously, he'll have to pay that amount, but will he be able to roll that number over and make up the money in the spring? Will they take away the award in the spring?</p>
<p>I want to have some facts before I talk to him about getting into gear. Is it totally inappropriate for me to call the FA office and ask these things?</p>
Don’t call the school. It looks like you need to have a heart to heart with your S. If you want answers to your questions (which he should be asking for himself) then have him get them.</p>
<p>With my two kids, the award was for the year, it didn’t matter how much they earned each sem, I don’t know if this is universal (since not much about college is).</p>
<p>I know I shouldn’t call. I think because the money is, relatively, so little, it’s just not a priority to him. He says he’ll make up the difference by going to a lower meal plan. :eek: He’s worked since he was in seventh grade, so it’s not like he doesn’t know how to get/keep a job. I’m just wondering if there are catches because the money is federal money.</p>
<p>You can come park your helicopter next to mine, similar issue with my D2. In her second week of classes, I don’t think she has applied for ANY WS positions yet. I am not nagging, but did remind her this weekend. She asked me to check her start/end dates for her summer job this past summer and email them to her, which I did so she could update the resume she had from applying for summer jobs. She did say she had checked the WS website at her school and needed the resume. But we will see if/when she takes the next step of applying for jobs.</p>
<p>Kindred spirits, int. Ds asked for two of his resumes – to apply to a club! First, what college club makes you apply??? Sheesh. And two, I wish he showed that kind of initiative with a paid position.</p>
<p>I thought it was a semester by semester award but didn’t find anything online about that. I do know that the if the work-study isn’t used as the semester goes along, it can be allocated elsewhere if the funds are in limited supply. Also available jobs can run out if the student delays.</p>
<p>When my D did work study it was not applied to her tuition bill. Work study was for spending money. So if she didn’t work, it didn’t affect what we paid to the university. </p>
<p>D had several semesters that she did not do work study. She had a demanding major and could not fit work study into her schedule. Her work study was awarded by semester. So if she didn’t work that semester or use up her money she lost it. If she had a semester where she couldn’t work much she could make her hours up later in the semester if she had time. </p>
<p>D did not work her first semester, I remember the school sending an email (?) asking her if she still wanted work study and she could decline. At her school they had tons of opportunities for work study jobs and she easily got a job the next semester which she kept throughout school.</p>
<p>At S2’s school work study is also allocated by semester (so use it or lose it) and also is not applied to the student account, but paid out like a paycheck. So for S2 it would be spending money in any case.</p>
<p>He qualified for WS freshman year but did not find a job that fit with his schedule (so he said) and had plenty of outside scholarship money, so really no need of the WS funds. Sophomore year, qualified again and ended up taking a job refereeing with the intramural and club sports department; however, he did not indicate to them that he wanted the position to be WS and so it ended up being just a regular campus job. Finally when he re-applied junior year, he got it right and the first $1500 each semester came through WS with the balance shifting over to a regular campus job. This year, he has a management position with the same department, which does not qualify for WS, but that’s okay based on the financial benefits.</p>
<p>For $350, I wouldn’t sweat it and leave it to him to decide whether he needs the $$ or not. It will likely not impact whether WS is offered in subsequent years.</p>
<p>All that is going to happen if you call…the school probably won’t talk to you. But if they did…it would be to tell you that the college call center, and food service would be good places to look. Those who are “picky” about their first WS job often don’t get jobs.</p>
<p>True story…DD had a WS award. Her first job was in the school call center…which was at the bottom of the food chain for WS jobs…think “telemarketer for the university”. However, after one semester, she interviewed for and got a fabulous job (which was funded both WS and college) working in undergrad admissions. One thing that helped her was a great reference from her boss at the call center. BTW…DD was able to work well in excess of her WS award because this particular job was also funded with university funds. It was THE highest paying student job on campus.</p>
<p>If you are going to call anyone, call your son. Actually, I wouldn’t bother with that either. When he wants to work, he will.</p>
<p>If it were me, however, I would make it abundantly clear that the lost income was NOT going to be funded out of parent funds. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>Brown parent…look for the thread about NPR and College admissions. Listen to the program on the link…hilarious! That is what Temp is talking about.</p>
<p>Dodgersmom’s link has the $20 story…basically a parent was trying to “encourage” their kid by offering him $20 for every time he sent an email/contacted GTech/universities (eg got involved himself) except the mom sent the bribe email to GTech on accident.</p>
<p>My daughters university gave commissions for donations above a certain amount to the call center kids. She often made in excess of $10 an hour. Sometimes a lot more. Still, she said it was not her preferred job, but she was not in a position to be picky. The hours were excellent!</p>
<p>The power of cc! All the disapproving vibes from this thread finally have done the trick … </p>
<p>He called tonight full of news, including that he thinks he’s finally found a job. Interesting that someone mentioned the call center, because that’s one he has seriously thought about. But that’s not the new gig. He went to a meeting tonight and met a guy who heads up all the intramural ref’ing. He told the guy that he’s been ref’ing soccer since he was 12 and is a Grade 8 ref, and the guy was thrilled and told him to send him an e-mail. In the fall, it’ll be things like flag football, and he’ll do soccer in the spring. </p>
<p>Apparently, soccer is pretty competitive, but he’s dealt with some real doozies here – including a coach who showed ds his gun and reminded ds that he was a cop!</p>
<p>I knew he was willing to work but was waiting for something he really liked to fall into his lap. As usual, this kid lands on his feet, which is maddening to his mother. ;)</p>
In her second week of classes, I don’t think she has applied for ANY WS positions yet. I am not nagging, but did remind her this weekend. She asked me to check her start/end dates for her summer job this past summer and email them to her, which I did so she could update the resume she had from applying for summer jobs. She did say she had checked the WS website at her school and needed the resume. But we will see if/when she takes the next step of applying for jobs.</p>