Do scholarships go to work study?

thumper1
Sun, 18 Dec 2016 14:10:17 +0000

@acdchai work study is usually around $1500 a year? Really? Maybe that was the case for,your kiddo, but it is certainly very possible,this kid got a $3500 WS award for the school year. And if it’s federal work study…ALL of the money to support it is provided by the federal government.

Very often, lower income kids at places like Penn are given WS awards to help them earn their student contribution…which is usually in that $3000 or so range.

As noted by @sybbie719 the student must at least earn up front money for the first term…as they won’t HAVE any WS earnings before that time. Some work study jobs pay quite well. It all depends on the job. My kid had a WS job that paid $15 an hour. She had no trouble earning $3000 in a school year.