Campus Job for FA

sherpa
Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:20:26 +0000

They don’t make it obvious, but you do not have to take an on campus job if it is part of your FA package.

Exactly. Princeton isn’t going to monitor whether or not you take a campus job.

Another point all families should consider: Princeton offers parents long term low interest loans in an amount up to the the total parental contribution. As a hypothetical example, if the FA office determines a family should contribute a total of $20,000 ($15k from parents, $3k from student summer earnings, and $2k from student campus job), the parents could borrow $15,000 from Princeton, leaving total out of pocket expenses of just $5k “from the student”. Princeton doesn’t care if the student contribution is covered by the student, Aunt Tillie, the parents, or any combination.