<p>I received federal work study as part of my financial aid and I was wondering if the aid is worth the work/time? Does anyone have any experiences with work study they would like to share? Good or Bad? Thank youu</p>
<p>I don’t have work study, and everyone else I know who doesn’t have it is pretty jealous of those who do.</p>
<p>There are so many different jobs for work study (which makes finding jobs without work study more difficult). I’ve been volunteering with Social Change through Peace Games this year, and my friend found out that she can use SCtPG for work study.</p>
<p>Sorry I don’t have any personal experience with it.</p>
<p>I have work study and its definitely worth it. Depending on how much you are awarded, it can help with little expenses. I work in the mail room and I do my homework unless they give us something to do(delivering mail to dorms,forwarding mail,etc). Some of the other positions require you do to more work or you would need experience if you are working in one of the offices. </p>
<p>Word of advice do not do Telefund it is not technically work study but it is one of those jobs anyone can get if they don’t have work study. I did that my first semester and felt like a telemarketer. Although it does help fund programs for students and help maintain the school, it becomes repetitive. It was sad when this alumni donated a lot of money to the football team then two weeks later they canceled the sport</p>
<p>Thank you for the reponses, but I have a few more questions. Do we get to pick the job that we do and does it interfere with a social life?</p>
<p>yes you get to pick your job you want for work study but you have to apply for it. Some of the positions require an interview, so it can be pretty formal. It does not affair with social life since the hours you work are maybe 4-5 hrs depending on the job.</p>
<p>One could argue that it helps one’s social life to have some extra $$.</p>
<p>Big range of hours, and big range of how intensive the jobs are. There’s a huge database of available jobs and you apply for whatever ones you want. You can do something easy (ie doing laundry at NU’s physical therapy) or something more intense (ie working in a lab, tutoring), pretty much however involved you want to be.</p>
<p>The jobs don’t really affect social life like transferkid said, especially a job with low hours. And even if you only work a few hours and make $40/wk or so, the extra money is nice.</p>
<p>Also a good chance to get some work experience before co-op. My first lab job was a work-study position on campus like 8-10 hours a week, which landed me a pretty sweet co-op my first round.</p>
<p>Just hang on to your work study offer, check out the jobs once you get here. If you decide you don’t want to work, whatever, but it’s a nice opportunity.</p>