FINANCIAL AID PROBLEM, PLEASE HELP?

Financial aid problem here help please??!!?

• ok so i already submitted my fasfa application and heres where the problem lies i just got a job offred to me at wendys but i dont think i can take it for multiple reasons one being that i have softball practice (whichi can find a way around it) the other being that my mm just told me that if i take this job it will screw up my financial aid and i dont want that to happen. the other problem is that imma have to quit within a month or two so idk everything is just a mess!

• Answer:

  Relax. It appears you've submitted your 2011 FAFSA; that captures financial information for the calendar year 2010, both your's and your family's (assuming you're a dependent student, under 24, etc.). Whatever financial aid is offered to you by your college in the next few months will not be impacted by any financial gains (your wages from a job, for example) you make during calendar year 2011. And no, your financial aid will not be impacted to any great degree by a part-time job (I'm assuming) you have at Wendy's. By taking such a job, and saving most of your earnings, you're putting yourself in a good position to help pay tuition, room/board, fees and whatever other expenses you experience as you begin college. You'll list your Wendy wages on your 2012 FAFSA when you complete it after Jan. 1, 2013. Good luck, and could I super-size those fries, please? :)