<p>So I recently heard that if you have a job during high school, you can’t qualify for any scholarships. Please set me straight on this…I’m a junior in high school and have worked at the local library since sophomore year…but just for pocket money…I’m not supporting myself on this job–my parents still buy everything, rent, etc…this is just my shopping money.</p>
<p>9.18 an hour…</p>
<p>so can i still get scholarships???</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>where did you hear that?
that’s really crazy…
I don’t think it should have any effect on scholarships.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on what type of scholarships you’re talking about?
I haven’t had a problem with work and scholarships though…</p>
<p>so you’ve applied for scholarships, and your working didn’t matter? that’s a HUGE RELIEF. can somebody else confirm that please?</p>
<p>lol whoever told you that is nuts and really uninformed.</p>
<p>It’s not true. Indeed, having a job may help you get a scholarship. Many need-based scholarship sponsors particularly want to support highly-motivated students, and a student who has taken the effort to work (particularly a difficult or boring job) stands out as being motivated.</p>
<p>Also, many sponsors wish to help out students who are planning to enter their fields. Consequently, corporate sponsors may be happy to support students who have worked jobs indicating any interest in business careers. Journalism sponsors may be very interested in helping students who have worked for media, including by being freelance writers.</p>
<p>I’ve been on scholarship committees, including a national one, so speak from experience.</p>
<p>Many scholarships don’t even ask for work experience on their applications. Although the more competitive scholarship programs will probably ask for work experience. But, like college applications, I think work experience is viewed as a good thing because it shows that you’re trying to be financially responsible and can manage your own time.</p>
<p>Maybe whoever was giving you this misinformation was thinking it could affect eligibility for financial aid? When you complete FAFSA they ask for information about students income and assets. Any student income over @ $3000 in the year is considered available at a rate of 50% towards the EFC. Any assets in the student name are considered available at a rate of 20%. (whereas parents assets are only hit at 5.6% - assets in students name = bad for financial aid).But as far as scholarships are concerned having had a job would be more likely to be regarded as a positive.</p>