{"id":8752,"date":"2012-03-23T11:15:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T15:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2012-03-23T11:15:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T15:15:05","slug":"ways-to-save-money-in-college","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/ways-to-save-money-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to save money in college"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8753\" title=\"6629054127_6651867221\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.befrugal.com:444\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6629054127_6651867221-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>In addition to student loans, college life can be expensive. Here are some frugal ideas:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Food<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two words, Ramen Noodles.\u00a0 There are many different ways to jazz up the noodles. My favorite is to add egg, onion, broccoli, and carrots. Yum!\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Use a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/printable\/restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\">restaurant coupon<\/a> or try to avoid going out to eat. Even if it\u2019s only $3-4 per day. That ends up being $100 per month!<\/li>\n<li>For dates, make food (check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/weeklyads\/\" target=\"_blank\">weekly ads<\/a> for sales and use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/printable\/grocery\/\" target=\"_blank\">BeFrugal.com grocery coupon database<\/a>) then eat at your apartment. It saves money, and it impresses your date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rent<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Live off-campus. Find some roommates to share rent with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Car<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy used! Never buy new.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Textbooks<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider renting books. At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/coupons\/store\/campusbookrentals\" target=\"_blank\">Campus Book Rentals <\/a>\u00a0you can get books for up to 90% off and there is FREE SHIPPING both ways!\u00a0 Use online coupons and earn free Cash Back to save even more. The rate today (3\/23\/12) is 4%. There\u2019s also a $10 bonus when you<a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/cashback\/?show=signup\" target=\"_blank\"> join BeFrugal.com for free.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Entertainment<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid going to movies. If you have to, go to the cheap theatres.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/coupons\/store\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Netflix<\/a> and watch movies at your apartment. \u00a0You can earn $6.00 Cash Back today (3\/23\/12) when you purchase through BeFrugal. Don\u2019t forget about the $10 bonus when you<a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/cashback\/?show=signup\" target=\"_blank\"> join BeFrugal.com for free.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ask around and borrow movies.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of buying tons of music on iTunes, listen to music on Pandora: it\u2019s free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a guest post by Angela at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusbookrentals.com\/?PID=3273848&amp;utm_medium=Affiliate&amp;ref=cj&amp;utm_campaign=Commission%2BJunction&amp;utm_source=Commission%2BJunction\" target=\"_blank\">campusbookrentals.com,<\/a> who knows all about how to help students save money.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/68751915@N05\/6629054127\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Image thanks to 401K on Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/ways-to-save-money-in-college\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"excerptimage alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>In addition to student loans, college life can be expensive. Here are some frugal ideas: Food Two words, Ramen Noodles.\u00a0 There are many different ways to jazz up the noodles. ... <a title=\"Ways to save money in college\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/ways-to-save-money-in-college\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ways to save money in college<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[385],"class_list":["post-8752","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}