Broke!: College Students Reveal the Secrets to Getting By on Less

Want to know the secret to living on less while having a great time at college? College students give you the scoop Benefit from their wisdom… and learn from their Don’t use credit cards recklessly. It’s NOT free money and you DO have to pay it back. Who wants to still be paying for a spring break trip when he is 30? Graduate, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Georgia When you sell your books back at the end of a semester, make sure you get to the store early; sometimes the bookstore has a quota for each book and once the quota is met they won’t let you sell back your copy. Senior, History, Furman University A couple of classmates were stranded in Mexico because the travel agency “forgot” to mention that in the fine print it said that only airfare TO Mexico was included in the price, not the airfare FROM Mexico. Junior, History/Pre-Law, Ohio State University I did a horrible job of budgeting in college. I have a great collection of music that I acquired over those four years — about 500 or 600 CDs. If I bought each CD for 10 bucks a pop, that’s a lot of money I spent. And now I think, wow, I wish I had that money back, and why do I have a Barbra Streisand CD? Graduate, Political Science