If I have workstudy, does my job have to apply directory toward it, or could I just apply my earnings toward workstudy as I go?
When you are awarded workstudy, that figure is the amount of money that you are eligible to earn up to throughout the semester. You will be paid an hourly rate and on a bi-weekly basis. You are not given the total amount of workstudy at the beginning of the semester, but you earn it throughout the semester. The money is yours to use as it would be for any job that you work (for example Pizza Hut or Wal-Mart). Your earnings will be directly deposited into your checking or savings account (you must have an account established at a bank before you begin work). Employers will try to calculate how many hours you can work so that your workstudy is spread throughout the semester. You may “borrow” from the fall semester into the spring semester allocation of workstudy, however, the balance at the end of the spring semester does not carryover into summer or the next school year.
