<p>So I am doing UROP as a work study student this year. How does this work? For example, say I earn $2000 in work study. Tuition is due on the 31st. Do I have to pay this $2000 out of pocket now and apply the work study to winter term?</p>
<p>Yes, if possible, try to save up the difference from summer earnings.
While you are awarded $2,000, that doesn’t mean that a) you will actually find work and earn to that level or b) depending on your package that you will have that to offset tuition.</p>
<p>Instead, work-study is best treated/calculated as offsetting day-to-day living expenses, because it only “materializes” when and if you find an eligible campus job and work the hours. Lots of kids are surprised by this at the 11th hour. It’s also good to start combing the student jobs area of the website soon.</p>
<p>If your ability to manage the tuition and residence bill that will be due on the 31st, you could enroll in the installment plans perhaps. Alternately, if your FA covers much of this, you still have to account for the fact that work-study doesn’t “exist” until you make it exist, so you need to be prepared with a plan for buying books, etc. on the front end.</p>