<p>Universities are granted money from the Feds with which to pay students for jobs they do on campus. That means that the schools already have the money. They pay SOME of the salary, I believe, but much of it comes from the government. So, often it’s pretty easy to get a job, unless there are a very large number of students who are also granted FWS, and a fairly small school with a fairly small federal grant. Then it might be difficult to get a job. I know that my D invented her own job on her campus, with her own hours, and the school said it was fine. She is not, however, earning anywhere near the amount of money she was told she could earn. But that is her choice, based on her schedule and her own needs. It’s only financial aid in that it is available, but you have to get the job and earn the money, based also on the school’s pay scale.</p>