Financial aid: work-study program

[starsweet]

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On the FAFSA, it asks whether you want to do work-study. Did most of you put yes or no? I was wondering how it works because as Pharm.D. students we have to work a certain number of hours anyway in order to sit for the NAPLEX, like in Georgia you have to work 500 hours and you get 1000 from the school through rotations.

 

[Robinbird]

I'm pretty sure work study doesn't have much to do with working in a pharmacy and you won't get hours for it. You'll be working for the school in the school most likely doing some sort of paperwork type stuff or something.

 

[starsweet]

Right... so if I were to put "yes" would I get less money for loans/grants than if I were to put "no"?

 

[pokey83]

I myself put yes for the work study program. The work doesn't always have to be paper work. I work in research at the pharmacy school and will continue while i start in august as part of work study program. It can't hurt to get your name published while in school.....you can always try to find research....great job for work study. You work on your project and at your speed.
And there is no set amount of hours you have to put in....just my two cents!!!!!!!

 

[Snowcat]

Work study makes you a more attractive potential employee to the school - which is good! The work study program pays for a chunk of your wages, which means that the school doesn't have to pay you as much as they would, if you were without the work study program.

 

[dolce183]

Plus, the money you earn from work study doesn't count against you when determining your EFC, which means you would qualify for more scholarships/loans/workstudy, etc. the following year. Also, I know that at some schools (my undergrad school for example), I was able to convert my work study into loans (if I hadn't used up the full amount of loan I was eligible to receive), but going from loans --> workstudy was a bit more difficult, because the school only had so many work study hours it could allot.

 

[Mangosteen]

Isn't it harder to get financial aid from the government now that we're in professional school? I was told the government doesn't provide any support if you're seeking post-baccalaureate degree...

 

[Moxxie]

Isn't it harder to get financial aid from the government now that we're in professional school? I was told the government doesn't provide any support if you're seeking post-baccalaureate degree...

Loans aren't tough to get. Post-bacc students can't get grants.