1. Don’t buy new textbooks. Chances are that you will never want to look at your textbook again after the semester is over anyway. Rent your textbooks, buy them used, swap with other students (there are websites for this, or just use your campus’s bulletin board), or be first in the race to check the textbook you need out at your school’s library.
2. Take common general education courses at a local community college. These credits will be low-cost and should easily transfer over to your college or university. This will allow you to spend your hard-earned money funding specialized course credits in your major instead.
3. Look into private scholarships. There are a number of scholarships that you could be perfect for – if only you knew about them. Peruse scholarship directories in your local library or scholarship search engines on the Internet. Companies, churches, unions, and all sorts of other organizations regularly offer scholarships.
