Your college years are some of the best of your life as you make new friends, learn, and enter the adult world. The first two are usually great. It’s the “entering the adult world” part that can be challenging. We have put together a few tips to help you save some money.
Make the most of technology
As a student, you will be reading and researching a lot. A survey conducted by Educaus, found that 90.5 percent of students use technology for “classroom activity and studying” 3-5 hours per week (New, 2014).
Make use of your institutional library resources as well as your state library resources and databases for watching movies, listening to music, e-books, and finding support materials for your papers. Many libraries carry a full collection of DVD's, CDs, and e-books.
If your textbook has an e-resource component, use it for note taking and highlighting as you can save time and money on notebooks and notecards.
If your professor utilizes XanEdu for their book or course pack you can read and takes notes with course materials via MyXanEdu on your desktops, laptops, ios devices, and Android device.
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Your student ID can get you discounts.
Did you know that Bestbuy and Apple provide student discounts? There are many companies locally and nationally that provide substantial discounts to Students. S,o before you buy a new laptop or phone look up these discounts.
Buying online: buyer beware
Be aware that online prices of textbooks may not be cheaper than your bookstore when shipping and handling costs are added. Also, make sure you know that the ISBN of the book you are buying matches your syllabus. Books that are priced drastically lower than your bookstore could be international or instructor editions of the textbooks with a different ISBNs. While International copies appear less expensive, often they do not include the same content that the US version has.
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