<p>After receiving some extra outside scholarships, my D is still hanging onto SOME work study - only about $600 a year, but she is still glad - she wanted to work a bit for spending $$ and her campus does not have much available (campus or town) non-WS jobs. </p>
<p>Obviously, it won’t take long to get to $600. In fact today, she was offered (after a random stop at the library and filling out an application on the spot) a few (like 3-4 hours) a week. She’d be thrilled with that as a start and the library was desirable to her. </p>
<p>So what happens when she fulfills the $600? What experience can you share when your child has met their WS allotment? </p>
<p>When I was in college, if we worked we would be able to even pick up extra hours when someone else wanted off, but we/I didn’t have work study.</p>
<p>My D has work study-- this means freshman year she got to look for jobs on campus 4 weeks earlier than other student. She can work as many or as few hours as she can manage–she does about 10 hrs. per week total at two different jobs. She can keep the same jobs in sophomore year and is eligible for promotions to more challenging tasks.</p>
<p>You will probably need to check with the school. Some jobs at my Ds school they may ask the students to stay on as part time employees once their WS hours run out. Others do not. It is up to each employer (and, no doubt, their budgets).</p>
<p>WS is way cheaper for the employer, as most of the salary comes from the government. That’s why many employers won’t let you work once your WS money runs out. :)</p>
<p>My WS award (~$3000) ran out towards the end of my Spring semester this year, so I talked to the Financial Aid office, and they were able to increase my workstudy award by about $600 to last me the rest of the semester. If you don’t get approved for a WS award increase, it is up to the department to decide whether or not they want to fully fund you. Even if they do, it might be at a lower salary than your WS salary.</p>