<p>I have 2 questions here</p>
<p>1) If I didn't apply for financial aid, am I not applicable for Work Study?</p>
<p>2) If I applied for FAFSA, but didn't get any aid, am I not applicable for Work Study?</p>
<p>1) Work-study is a form of financial aid, and it is part of of one's financial aid package, so I doubt it.</p>
<p>2) No one applies <em>for</em> FAFSA. FAFSA is the application that students use to apply for federal financial aid. If you applied but didn't receive any financial aid, this typically means that your EFC (estimated family contribution) is very high. This would suggest that you do not need financial aid. Remember that the work-study program IS (a form of) financial aid, so you cannot participate in the program if you received no aid. Students who are in the program actually have a "Work Study" value on their financial aid offers.</p>
<p>Not having work-study certainly does not translate to not being able to find a job, however. There are plenty of normal jobs out there, and there are quite a few that don't care whether you are work-study or not.</p>
<p>Generally work study jobs pay much more (expect to easily find one for $10-$15).</p>
<p>Non workstudy on campus jobs will generally be less than $10.</p>
<p>I have a somewhat relevant question:</p>
<p>I accepted my work study financial aid, but I haven't worked at all. What's going to happen now?</p>
<p>Nothing...you just don't get any money for work study.</p>
<p>So, I just have to pay it off?</p>
<p>If you do not earn your work study funds through jobs this year, you will very likely not receive work study anymore in the future.</p>
<p>Accepting work study only means you are ELIGIBLE for work study funds. It is up to you to find a campus work study job- it should be easier than non-work study jubs, as your position is funded, meaning you cost less to your employer than a non-work study person. Your work study amount is the most they will fund, you have not recieved any of that money so there is nothing to pay off, it is your responsibility to find a job if you want one and maximize the benefit of that financial aid.</p>
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<p>Yup, that's pretty much it. Unless you convert your work study awards into unsubsidized loans or something.</p>
<p>Vicissitudes is incorrect.</p>
<p>--If I don't work do I have to give the money back?
Since you don't receive the money until you earn it, and you can't earn it without having a Work-Study job, there is no money to give back. The answer is "no." </p>
<p>Double check what you say if you don't really know for sure :)
<a href="http://workstudy.berkeley.edu/Work-Study%20FAQ.htm#If_I_don't_work">http://workstudy.berkeley.edu/Work-Study%20FAQ.htm#If_I_don't_work</a></p>