4 Ways Students Can Save Thousands a Year

August 26th, 2009 admin

Photo: uniinnsbruck Whether you are heading to school for the first time or going back for another year, you’ll quickly have to face a sad paradox. College is expensive and students are perpetually broke. Forget tuition and room and board, the cost of textbooks, software, transportation, and just about everything else is enough to put any aspiring student into debt. It’s almost like there is a target on your back (or your wallet). Rather than sit back and let the debt pile up, try these four simple cost savings strategies to save thousands annually. Photo: psychobabble 1. Stop Buying, and Start Renting your Textbooks. Remember those $150 textbooks that you skim through once out of guilt or fear? Every time I went …


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