Don’t Spend Money in College on Stuff You Can Get for Free
If you’re already in college, chances are you’re on a budget. If you’re paying for books, tuition, housing, and other things then you may not have very much money left over for anything else.
Not to worry. There’s plenty of your favorite things out there that are available for free; you just need to be creative in how you find them. If you find that you don’t have much money left for things you could afford before college, check out these tips on how to get them now without breaking your wallet.
Music
If you are paying high prices for music for your mobile device, stop! Paying for expensive music is one of the most avoidable expenses you can have while you’re in college. Usually costing more than a dollar a song, paying for all your music downloads can add up quickly. There are many different options on how to get free music while you’re in college without visiting sketchy overseas websites that might harm your computer. You can find Free music downloads @ kazagold.com and many other websites that are safe and secure. If you don’t have a mobile device and don’t want to take up space on your computer, stream music on sites like YouTube. Whatever you do, don’t pay for music anymore because you really don’t need to!
Food
While finding free food around your town is a little tougher than finding free music online, it’s not impossible. If it’s your birthday, there are likely plenty of places that will serve you up a free meal. Even if it’s not your birthday, finding free food on college campuses is a pretty simple process. Many different organizations and clubs have free food weekly, or events that will have free food. Find a list of these clubs through your school’s associated students office and visit their Facebook pages or websites to see when you can score some free grub!
Furniture
If you’re looking for a new couch for your new apartment or dorm, finding free furniture is easy especially in a college town. Furniture usually changes hands every year in a college town, and as people move out and move away they usually give their furniture to their friends or put it on the free section of Craigslist. Usually, you’ll be able to find just about everything you need, whether it’s a coffee table or a mattress. Sometimes the quality of free furniture you may find isn’t spectacular, but if you spend enough time searching then you will be guaranteed to get lucky!
Textbooks
There are ways around shelling out a ton of money each term for textbooks if you can get a little bit creative. Most college libraries have reserve sections for all the textbooks that your classes require. You may not be able to bring the book home to study, but if you do most of your studying in the library anyway, than you’ll be fine. You may even be able to make photocopies of the section you need if you want to instead study at home.
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LikeDislikeYehh… great advise.
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LikeDislikeinterestingly… the problem on financial crisis is almost the same everywhere…
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LikeDislikesaving money, yes, i like that!
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LikeDislikeExcellent tips you are sharing here. I showed this article to my friends today. Good job!
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LikeDislikeI’m a big fan of the steps you are taking to save money. My sister and I are doing the same thing.
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LikeDislikeYou are too kind! I like reading your articles my dear!
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LikeDislikethankyou! this actually helped me alot
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LikeDislikethank you Linda, i needed that lecture.
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LikeDislikecollege is too expensive.
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LikeDislikein addition medical check ups don’t take long and they needn’t be expensive.
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LikeDislikeThose are a great ideas, but that can only go so far
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LikeDislikeActually of all my friends who finished College only 2 have a job, and they hate it. Others live with their parents. College is the biggest waste of money on earth in my opinion.
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LikeDislikeBoth my parents refused to help pay for my college education. these tips can help me
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LikeDislikeI am a business major in college currently. One of my professors said (without getting too economist here) that college is a signal to employers that you have taken the time to understand a subject. However with everyone able to attend college that signal gets weaker, so in order to get a stronger signal out to employers you keep going into higher levels of education which costs you more and more money, and there just comes a point where you either you can’t afford it, its no longer worth it, or no one will hire you because you are overqualified. Saying that college in and of itself is a waste of time is not true because there are statistics that show people with a college degree do get more jobs than just high school graduates. But some people who go into certain professions do not need a college degree. To each their own, I guess is how I would leave it.
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LikeDislikeAgreed!
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LikeDislikeExcellent comments, all. Having a college degree these days is not a guarantee that you will achieve the job of your dreams right out of school. But if you have selected your college courses wisely, you will succeed. For instance, today’s employers seek graduates who have hands on experience thanks to their course-work over those with purely theoretical courses. For example, if you are in a teaching program, your teaching internship gives you that hands on experience. One thing is certain. If you choose to attend college, make the most of it. Learning to be responsible with your finances while at school will help you later in life, that’s for sure.
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