<p>What kind of work do most students who undertake work-study do?</p>
<p>Is it possible to secure research jobs under professors and have that count as work-study?</p>
<p>Work-study jobs can fall under a LOT of different categories. This website has a good overview of the Federal Work Study (FWS) program at Hopkins: <a href="http://semps.ses.hsa.jhu.edu/stujob/workStudy.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://semps.ses.hsa.jhu.edu/stujob/workStudy.cfm</a></p>
<p>You can also look here for the kinds of positions that are available right now on campus (some of them do not require FWS, but all on-campus positions will accept FWS students - many, in fact, prefer people who have work study money): <a href="http://semps.ses.hsa.jhu.edu/stujob/jobs.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://semps.ses.hsa.jhu.edu/stujob/jobs.cfm</a></p>
<p>I've had work study money for four years. These are the places I've worked:
* The Homewood House Museum, as a docent/tour guide/budget manager/gift shop worker
* The Sociology Dept, doing clerical work
* The Admissions office - doing all sorts of stuff for Admissions_Daniel
* The Center for Social Organization of Schools - doing some web design, lots of data management, some curriculum writing, and random office tasks
* The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra - running the "front of the house" operations during concerts</p>
<p>I also have friends that work in the library, the athletic center, the English department, as a housing monitor, in the housing department...there are tons of options. </p>
<p>In general, researching under a professor isn't funded with FWS (I don't know of any case where that's how it works). IF professors pay you (in many cases they prefer to give academic credit), it's likely that they pay you out of a grant that they've received.</p>
<p>thank you michelle</p>
<p>In my experiance most professors prefer to pay students with work study dollars. Like Michelle said, they may use a grant to cover 30% of your wages, but the remaining 70% is charged to you work study acount. If the professor has to cover all your wages, they may not offer you academic credit instead.</p>