<p>I'm just wondering.. since i got a $2500 work study from la.. is work study really a good option for a freshmen dorming at UCLA? I'm actually still debating whether i should go to la and leave family or attend UCI and live at home (all loans / family contribution from irvine). I also received a $5000 grant from la but i kinda don't wanna leave home = D. applying premed.. let me know what u guys think.</p>
<p>I know I'm gonna be doing workstudy next year as a freshman. For one thing, you don't pay taxes on the money you earn... and the jobs, being on campus, tend to be pretty convenient (as opposed to just a regular job somewhere else in LA). If you think you can balance your workload and a job, go ahead and do workstudy.</p>
<p>As for going to UCI and living with your family... I'd wanna get out of the house and live on my own, or in a different environment at least. Don't know if that's something that applies to you. Plus, UCLA is better than UCI in many respects (based on what I've heard/read).</p>
<p>so how does workstudy actually work.. Do you work at like a normal job like say burger king. Then say you work 16 hrs a week making $7 an hour. would YOU decide how much of the money u make they get to take for workstudy.. or would they take all the money to meet the $2500 work study that u got offered and agreed on..? thanks</p>
<p>Actually, there is a federal tax on work-study as of this year, but it's very small (as in a few dollars). Work-study students get prime jobs on campus because the department only pays a portion of your wages (the government pays the rest). I'm not sure about UCLA specifically, but usually it is not too difficult to balance work with everything else.</p>
<p>As for how it works, it varies. I'm not sure how UCLA does it. Some colleges take the money directly from your job (direct deposit). At other colleges, you work and get a paycheck. At the end of the semester, you send them the money you earned.</p>
<p>hey joe, glad u're considering UCLA. i've decided to go to UCLA over UCI too.. hahah. just concentrate on studying, get your B.S., and then work for a few years before you go to grad school (if you do).</p>
<p>i'm currently doing work study... i dont see anything wrong with it. you could probably get a desk job at one of the medical facilities. those with work-study get the better jobs.</p>
<p>yea so say u get one of these "good" jobs. Now do u pay all what u make or up to what the college offered u for work study then the rest u get in ur pocket.. or do u only work enough hours to make what the college takes from u then u can't make any more money..?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you are limited to the amount awarded to you.</p>
<p>This is my second year doing work-study and I would recommend doing it if it's part of your fin-aid award. However, like TonyL said, you are limited the amount awarded to you. Meaning if you're awarded $2500, you can only work and earn $2500. It works more or less like a regular job - you receive a paycheck for the hours you work. The paycheck is yours to do whatever you please with - you can spend it on mounds of junk food or save it for the next quarter's housing and/or reg fees.</p>
<p>everyone has the same max workstudy (u get less if u demostrated aid is less)</p>
<p>i know i'll be in workstudy and parttime in any job w/ tips... sushi restaurant...tips...on 30$ bite sized... tips...parttime and tips dont get taxed...</p>
<p>and i hope deskjob aint the best workstudy (guess it depends on personality)</p>
<p>If I'm not mistaken, you are taxed some for a part-time job as well as with workstudy.</p>
<p>blah..i wish i got workstudy! My suitemate has work study and he doens't even do it..sigh...</p>
<p>I got no financial aid too....double sigh..</p>
<p>if we do not do work-study, what happens? for example, if we do get $2500 for workstudy a year, and we do not accept it as part of our financial aid packet, do we get additional aid or do we have to look on our own to cover the 2500$ in expenses?</p>
<p>how is workstudy by the way? especially for an incoming freshman? would you have time to join clubs, be active on campus ((other than work & attend classes))? and we do not need to work up to the amount that UCLA offered us, right? if they only offered us, let's say, $2500, we could do $1000 instead, or $2000, right?</p>
<p>answers to questions would be much appreciated. thanks!</p>
<p>if you dont accept it, its gone and they dont do anything to further financially assist you.</p>
<p>if you accept it and decide not to work for whatever reason, nothing happens. you are not penalized for it.</p>
<p>so in short, if you have work study offered to you, just accept it because it does you no harm.</p>
<p>What happens if you have reached your work study amount e.g. $1000? Can the employer continue to hire you on a non work-study, just like a regular job.</p>
<p>i believe you just continue your job until you quit or they terminate you, but they will just have to pay your wage in full themselves instead of relying on work study to help pay you.</p>
<p>You can definitely have a work study job and do activities around campus. The employers are usually very understanding and work around your schedule - your classes, your activites, midterms/finals...etc.</p>
<p>when do jobs start appearing for the start of fall quarter on the FAO website?</p>
<p>I believe I read somewhere that they would start posting for fall at the end of Aug or beginning of Sept... </p>
<p>However, I do know of someone who's looking for workstudy students for fall - the purchasing department in ASHE... it's a good job, has decent pay, the bosses are nice, and it seems as if there's a lot of down time... (all but one of their workstudy students graduated this past year so there's a few spots open)</p>
<p>I work in the ASUCLA marketing department and I just happen to know that they have a few openings for the fall because the previous employees have graduated :) There's a wall in Kerckhoff where jobs are posted so you can look there when school starts. It's a pretty cool laid back atmosphere, so I'd totally recommend it.</p>