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If you had a student who was awarded federal work study, how did that go? I understand that the job isn't guaranteed and there is no guarantee the number of hours or type of job the student might be able to get. I am wondering about personal experiences. Did your student have trouble securing a work study job? Were adequate hours offered to earn the full award amount in the FA package? What type of job did your student do? Did your student stick with the work study?

 

I don't really consider work study as part of the FA package when comparing costs. It isn't guaranteed and my ds would plan on a job, work study or not.

 

My oldest is an athlete so he would't have time to work during school but my next ds plans to work. I'd like him to work on campus so I hope he can find a good work study position. I consider the amount he was awarded pretty substantial. I am curious if most students actually are able to find jobs and earn these full awards. I realize this is school specific, I am just doing an informal survey. My only experience was as a student 25 years ago. Work study was hard to find and the hours were pretty limited.

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My kids' only experience was at a college that had less than 33% eligible for work-study, so all students who were interested and eligible got positions.

 

My son had a great position in IT that helped him get used to large-scale computer systems. He is now a computer software engineer at Google.....

 

My daughter was interested in museum studies, and she had a position at the college museum involving logging acquisitions. She was able to list it on her grad school application, and it was mentioned by some NSF people as one of the reasons why she got her NSF grant (multi-year worth hundreds of thousands.....)

 

So yes, our family thinks work-study positions rock.....

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My work study was technically a job an instructor asked me to do. I do group tutoring for a history course. It's set up through our tutoring center and several people tutor either generally or specific courses. For me, it became an important part of my time in college and an advantage in my grad school applications. 

 

There are a lot of work study jobs on our campus. Many students fill the same position the entire time they're there. I like having one because hours can be flexible and when it's not busy you can do your schoolwork. It's not great pay, but if you find the right job, it can be helpful on your resume. 

 

 

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I've had 3 sons at two universities and all have easily gotten all of their hours (one got paid for more out of a different fund).  One son is working in the field he did his works study in, though not because of it. He only went to college two years and the work study was his favorite part. He was on the audio visual tech team running the sound board. My son asked to visit with her on a campus visit. That had never happened to her before:).  

 

My third son(sophomore this year) found his passion and made a major change and career choice change after being at his work study position for a year. His work study will definitely look good to graduate schools when he applies.

 

I'd just ask the college what percentage of students that are awarded work study usually get jobs. 

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At DD's college most jobs outside of food service are advertised for sophomores and up. So, she did food service.

 

She's moving on to working in the scene shop for the theatre department. It's not an advertised position, but she was promoted from being a volunteer. She has a lot of friends majoring in theatre and will probably double major.

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