Workin' hard for the money
We've talked before about what to do once you've completed the FAFSA. Have your received your award packages (the next step) from your colleges yet?
If so, I bet many of your schools gave you a chance for some "free money" — that is, money you don't have to repay after you leave school, like grants and scholarships. Or you may have found the chance to earn some funds for school through the Federal Work-Study program 
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Out of curiosity, I checked the possibilities at my alma mater . Lots of options for many different interests! Have you thought about what type of work you may be interested in?
While I myself did not have a work-study position while in college, several of my friends (a lot of English majors) had jobs at USD's Writing Center . They were able to find a work-study position that was applicable to their major. (Our own Ms. Schiller scored a similar job during her collegiate years.)
For those of you who’ve already completed work-study jobs, where did you work?
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I struck gold with my college gig. I was a Peer Mentor for my school's General Ed prgram, called University Studies. Basically I helped incoming freshman become better college students. Anyway, that job paid my tuition (not books or fees though!), a monthly stipend (almost enough to live on!), and I got 4 credit hours a term (lighter class load/free elective credits!).
It made for a bittersweet Graduation. I had to leave the warm blanket of College and give up that sweet, sweet job and join the 40 hours a week club.
Posted by: Matt | March 23, 2008 09:20 AM