Work study income during the time away from college

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But the student is not on campus therefore has no chance of making the average. The requirement of making the total of $3,000 in two quarters will put too much pressure on the student. </p>

<p>If the student can’t make that amount, it is not really fair to ask the parents to come up that extra amount.

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<p>Perhaps this student should have earned that extra $1000 working a summer job.</p>

<p>Work study (as Xiggi noted on page 1 of this thread) is usually an annual award. The student can earn UP TO a certain amount during that school year. It’s not usually that they can only earn $X in one term. </p>

<p>The student could earn some of the extra in the fall quarter and some extra in the spring quarter…and they could be working this summer too.</p>

<p>Study abroad is a CHOICE…no one has to do study abroad, and in fact there are students who do not do so because the costs are too high for their families to support. If the finances are a HUGE issue, I would say the family should be reconsidering the option to study abroad. But really for $1000…the student COULD earn that money during the other quarters…and in the summer. OR reduce personal expenses to help offset some of that “lost income”.</p>

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PG, 1st generation here means that are many thing we don’t know.

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<p>Level of knowledge is NOT the definition of "first generation. For most…it means that the college student is the FIRST in their family to attend college. I don’t think that is the case with the OP…</p>