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Welcome to CollegeSavingsNut.com,™ a site dedicated to providing money saving advice, tips and ideas on how to save money and get a low-budget, affordable college education and find a great job. Tips on scholarships and grants, student loans, reduced-cost college credits, textbooks, room and board, preparing a resume, interviewing for a job and more. .

 

Start reducing the cost of college by reviewing the tips presented below.  For hundreds more tips, advice and savings, click on the navigation buttons on the left. Be sure to visit our new Discounts & Deals section for the latest college deals and bargain savings.  Tell your friends and family about CollegeSavingsNut.com so they can start saving too, and feel free to add a link on your web site.

 

Scholarships/Grants -  Unpublished tuition discounts of 50% or more are also being offered by many colleges in the form of merit grants to the most desirable students, regardless of income.  The largest discounts are often available to students whose grades and test scores rank in the top 20% of the school’s applicant pool.  However, lately some schools have been offering tuition discounts based solely on income levels, with some even relatively high levels of income qualifying.  Check with the college admissions office or financial aid office.  Search for scholarships and student loans here.

 

Student Loans - Student loans are available through the federal and state governments.  Check with your high school counseling office, your State Department of Education and the Federal Department of Education for government loans.  A free booklet titled The Student Guide is available from the Federal Student Aid Information Center (800-4-FED-AID) that lists available loans and other student aid. Students can apply for education loans through the government application process at www.fafsa.ed.gov, at their school’s counseling office or financial aid office or at banks.  

 

Reduced-Cost Credits -  You may be able to take classes at a less expensive school and transfer those credits to the college where you want to earn your degree. This can be done by attending a lower-cost school full-time, such as a local college or community college, and then transferring to the school of choice after one or two years.  Or rather than attending a less expensive school full-time and then transferring, courses can be taken at the local school during the summer or other times to earn credits, both more quickly and less expensively.  Just make sure that your college of choice will accept the credits that you want to transfer.  Make sure you ask, and if possible get assurances in writing.

 

Textbooks - Remember, new college texts are not just available at the campus bookstore.  They may also be available at off-campus bookstores and online at Amazon.com, eBay.com, etc.  Most books are available somewhere for less than their suggested retail price.  CompareTextbook.com is a good site that allows you to type in the title of any college textbook and get a list of online bookstores and their prices.  Alibris.com is another good site that provides information on hundreds of independent booksellers.  CampusBookSwap.com is also helpful in identifying both new and used books for sale on your campus. Check prices and get the best deal. Buy and sell new and used college textbooks here.

 

Room & Board - Eating at college is expensive.  If you don’t cook and want to make sure fast food or expensive restaurant food does not become the everyday menu, the college meal plan may be a suitable alternative.  However, they are generally expensive.  Also, if the student chooses not to take maximum advantage of the plan, and has money left over in the meal plan at the end of the semester, these funds are generally forfeited, causing the meal plan to become very expensive. So make sure if you have a meal plan it is used to the maximum extent, given the funds spent.

 

Other College Savings - Computers, other electronics and software can often be bought on campus for less than prices at either local or national retailers.  Used computers may also be available at far lower cost than a new computer, and work just as well. As for software, check to see if your school has site licenses for major software such as Microsoft Office.  Also, you may be able to get a copy of these programs for very little from your school’s technology department.  And do not forget to ask for student discounts wherever you buy.

 

Preparing a Resume’ - Graduating from college is a big event, but only the beginning in finding that perfect job.  Having a professional looking resume’ to give to a prospective employer is always a good idea, and most often a necessity.  Use a simple layout for your resume’.  Fancy fonts, fancy bullet points, etc. often do not look very professional.  In addition, many jobs require you to paste your resume’ into their web site for consideration.  Fancy formatting usually gets disorganized when pasting, resulting in a jumbled resume’ presentation.  Many different types of formats and templates can be found on the Internet for you to consider.  There are also resume’ templates included in Microsoft Word and other word processing programs and software.  Your career guidance office at college will also have examples of well prepared resumes’.

 

Thanks for visiting CollegeSavingsNut.com™ and we hope the ideas and tips for saving money on your college education, and the advice on how to find a great job, will make life just a little bit better for you and your family.

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