<p>your financial aid award has nothing to do you with your courseload at harvard or at highschool. your admission into harvard is the only requirement [obviously]. your admisison of course is based on a hell lot of things. they do not discrimate between students on the basis of their jobs, in fact, your job earnings will count towards your student contributions, if you mention them on the financial statement. The amount of aid you received depends on your financial position. if your total family income is les than 60Ka year then basically your parents are expected to contribute nothing to your education. unless of course they have 1m dollar sitting in their bank accounts. in other words, your family assets are also considered. so are your own earnings. what they do is, determine how much you need which typically totals to 55.7K and then determine how much you have to spend and they give you the difference between the two. finaly, it is not necessarily wise to apply for FA after you get in. in other words, i am not endorsing this action in any way. nevetheless, i did apply for FA after i got in and was awarded a full ride plus other stuff like travel allowances/travel allowance/living expenses so you never know. its up to you</p>