<p>My husband just talked two weeks ago with financial aid at Gtown to discuss my son's FA package (more scholarship money came through unexpectedly) and work study award. We had lots of questions about work study and wanted to be sure they weren't going to reduce his work study money because he received more outright scholarship money. This is the way we understand work study:</p>
<p>Essentially the work study guaranteed a maximum of $3,000 for your daughter to use toward her tuition bill (should she decide to accept the offer and work). She owes the $3,000 to Gtown and she can either use her work study money to pay it (as laid out by her FA package) or she can use the money she makes from a non-work study job. If she finds a higher paying job she likes and that would work into her schedule, then I would encourage her to go for it. </p>
<p>Greenpenguin65 is also correct... You can buy out your work study with scholarships or other money. This similiar option was offered to my son by the FA office but he decided to go ahead and keep the work study even though he received more scholarship money. </p>
<p>Good news is the job application process is actually pretty easy. Everything has been moving rather quickly since the work study jobs starting being posted on-line. My son has been busily filling out applications and already has two interviews scheduled.<br>
Hope this helps!</p>