Comments on: 12 Tips for Saving Money in College

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:50:04 +0000

Thanks, mom!

By: Potatorioles Fan

Potatorioles Fan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:42:22 +0000

If you’re an eco-friendly student, you can save money and the environment at the same time by reusing and recycling things. You can use old coffee grinds as plant fertilizer, scratched CDs as drink coasters or bike reflectors and plastic soda bottles as planters.

As for textbooks, you can trade them for free on a website like Swaptree.com or FreeCycle.org, or sell them on CraigsList.org or Half.com. The more you trade and reuse books, the less money you’ll spend and the more trees you’ll prevent from being cut down!

By: Kelli Myers

Kelli Myers — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:19:45 +0000

While at college I followed some of the rules mentioned in the post. I always preferred bought used books, sold off the books that i didnt need and always carried my food from home.

By: Jim ~ mydebtblog.com

Jim ~ mydebtblog.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:59:10 +0000

I always tried to buy used books or borrow them from other people in classes. When I got into my last 2 years I really started to look at books I needed, and didn’t buy the ones only used for reference. I wasn’t one for the Ramen noodles, but rather Easy Mac. Not that I want to do college over again, I think I did pretty well while I was getting through it.

By: Low Interest Visa Card

Low Interest Visa Card — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:46:15 +0000

Thats what I did, I just bought used books. Its all the same!

By: Seb

Seb — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:23:59 +0000

Oh wow… Ramen noodles. That sure takes me back (all of four years)! I had a Ramen noodle cookbook when I was in college, and it almost made those 10 cent packages tasty.

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:32:38 +0000

@Lau, yeah, I don’t think I could have gotten through college without some partying. However, during my first 3 years (prior to turning 21) I had more fun when I was sober than when I was drinking so we just didn’t drink much (oh, and getting alcohol was hard anyway). It just wasn’t as much fun after turning 21 and going to the bars.

So honestly you can still have a great time sober and save yourself some cash. Sometimes it’s more fun watching the drunk people anyway.

By: No Debt Plan

No Debt Plan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:27:36 +0000

Selling textbooks back to the bookstore is the biggest rip off on the planet. Avoid at all costs.

Roommates are also key. We had a $900/month 3bed/2bath duplex in college that with 3 guys splitting it, cost at most $400/month with utilities included. It was great.

By: Lau

Lau — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:02:32 +0000

All very sound advice. I’m fairly proud to say that I followed almost all of them while in college.
Small ‘but’: I think *some* people will just not be doing #10.

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:09:00 +0000

Wish I had this list ten years ago! Excellent job!

The Ramen noodles really brought back the memories. I could almost smell the Ramen chicken noodle steam coming from my little microwave like it was just yesterday. You know I haven’t had a pack of Ramen noodles since graduation…Talk about burn out!