Ways to Save Money in college?
I'm on an army rotc scholarship, which covers room, full tuition, and fees, and $300 a month (goes up each year) and $600 cash a semester for books. I also get 2500 a year and a freshman book scholarship from the university and i use the 2500 a year for my meal plan. Some ways i've been saving money are.... 1) using grocery bags and not buying trash bags 2) Buying the cheap laundry detergent 3) Not eating off campus, and using the "bonus bucks" portion of my meal plan for convenience store items such as milk, lunch, toilet paper, and I'll soon be buying their laundry detergent 4) taking silverware, napkins, food from the dining hall during dinner 5) selling textbooks that i get new from my scholarship 6) Not buying stuff i don't need Any other ways to save or make money for my situation?
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- Attend all the "college" or "Job" fairs they have and use the opportunity to collect school supplies. They give away highlighters, pens, pencils, coffee mugs, calculators, post it notes, rulers, tshits, and other stuff you can't imagine. Befriend a person who owns a washer and dryer and do your laundry has his/her house. Garage sales or army surplus for clothes and shoes. Ideas for Christmas gifts from friends or relatives. When my baby siblings were in college I would start a "college survival basket" during the month of December. I'd buy a laundry basket, trash can, or backpack and every-time I'd buy a necessity or non perishable food items I'd buy two. Toilet paper, laundry detergent, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, Ramen noodle boxes. They really appreciated it, although it took "outside" family members a bit of time to get used to seeing someone excited to get one of those 300 Fluid Oz of TIDE. Good Luck.
- Shop at Aldi. They have great food prices.
- Try taking advantage of free give aways/samples on campus. Also, check out sites for college students. For example, on www.collegeosity.com, you can trade or sell stuff you don't need anymore (like textbooks or CDs you don't want any more). Also, right now, they are having a raffle where for every item you post on the site (and you can post as many times as you want!), you get a raffle entry towards winning $250. That's a nice chunk of dough. Good luck!
