Tips on saving money in college?

springreen
Sat, 29 May 2010 14:17:45 +0000

I cannot help but wonder a bit if more focus on classes and grades and a bit less focus on socializing might not solve both your problems.

Look, I’m not sure where you’re getting the idea that I’m some crazy party girl flunking out of college. I take like 17-18 credits of math/science classes every semester to keep up because I was undecided freshmen year and ended up picking the major with most requirements in my college, so I’m really behind. In retrospect I should’ve taken a gap year - everyone tells you it’s ok to be Undecided freshmen year but that’s NOT true for science/engineering programs with more requirements. I wasted so much time and money :/

The problem is when you go to college in a school full of rich kids in a large city like NY, the predominant culture is people going out and spending daddy’s money on the town while never studying because daddy will get them a nice job after graduation…I’m not here to do that, the truth is I’m really just poor and I feel I can never afford to go out with anyone. When I go to free events on campus Thurs/Fri/Sat night, I feel like no one shows up because they’re out actually having fun. I’m looking for advice more from current college students who go out and have social lives while not spending a lot of money…

See if I had gone to a state school like SUNY, I wouldn’t have this problem because the cost of living is cheap there and the social life revolves more around a Greek scene on campus.