I did a search but can't really find a good definition?
What is work-study?
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The government pays the school your salary so you can work while in school. Typically it's a job around campus and is limited to 20 hours/week.
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And the award you receive is the maximum salary you can receive while working per semester or year.
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It's also not taxed.
It is now, I dunno if it wasn't in the past.
Also, if you are eligible for and partake of work study, you can get food stamps.
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That would probably depend on whether you're dependent or not. I'm dependent with FWS and I'm sure I wouldn't be eligible to food stamps.
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I have work-study position at my school. Basically its part of your financial aid package that you can opt to accept or not. They offered me $2,000 for the school year and I believe the amount varies depending on your FAFSA. The only reason I accepted it because I was able to land a job at the hospital. I presume you can work until you meet the $2,000 cap but I haven't worked to that amount yet so I don't know. Let me know if you have any other questions.
I believe if you're under 22 you have to apply with your parents, but I'm not sure.
http://www.dhr.maryland.gov/fiaprograms/fstamp/rules.php
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Did you get a payroll tax? Maybe I was just special :/
I worked in 2008 and I got paid $10/hr and I always got paychecks that were just $10*hours worked.
Oh also, for the OP, work study positions are much easier to find than regular job positions (another plus). This is just because, as someone above me said, the university loses nothing when they hire you. Because the feds pay your salary you're basically working for free as far as they're concerned. A lot of university jobs at my school are "work study only" for this reason.
