Tips on saving money in college?

springreen
Sat, 29 May 2010 01:12:03 +0000

Does anyone have any tips on saving money, in terms of social life and going out (not for tuition)?

I chose a pricy private college in an expensive city, because I got a scholarship that covers about 80% of tuition. The rest is covered by my family and some loans. Tuition isn’t the problem - I feel like everyone is wealthy because it’s a “rich kids school”. Going out is so expensive because everyone goes bar-hopping and out to eat constantly. Even though my new friends are nice, I feel like the poor one in the group. I feel bad when people buy me expensive birthday presents because I can’t give them the same kinds of things for theirs.

I have to retake a class over the summer that I got a D+ in (yeah I know I’m an idiot) so I’m not even working right now. This is going to sound pathetic, but yesterday after class I went to get ice cream with a friend, and they declined my card…and it only cost $3. I felt so pathetic. And then they threw it away, right in front of me… : (

I turn people down a lot when they ask me to go out because I just can’t. And then they eventually stop asking me because why would you want to hang out with a person who always rejects you? I’m fine with just sitting in the dorm watching a DVD but these types of people just aren’t and of course I want to have friends.