Tips on saving money in college?

springreen
Sat, 29 May 2010 01:41:08 +0000

“Do you get some sort of monthly allowance or something?”

You mean like a paycheck? Yeah I used to get one every 2 weeks but not right now because of my summer class (which is 5 days/week). But I’ll start working again in July after class finishes.

“Find out what you spend the most on, and cut back on it.”

I tracked all my finances in a little notepad for 2 weeks. I spend the most on food and I don’t even eat a lot, I’m not picky, I eat like Cheerios for lunch half the time. I can’t cut back much more than that…I guess I could skip meals but then I’d just be hungry and overeat later.

I guess you’re right, I should just cut back on everything like going out. But I don’t really go out a lot anyway…I should try to find cheaper places, like McDonalds. Do you know how to quote something so it appears in a separate box? I’ve seen some posts like that.