7
Ways to Raise Money for College
- Part-time job
If you're looking for aw way to get some cash for the expenses that
being a senior brings along or joining activities during high
school do then getting a part-time
during the summer or during the school year is a good idea. Find something
that you like to do, and then apply and make sure to let your
manager know that you
can only work a certain amount of hours per week because of school. Make
sure to save your money and spend it wisely. The best way to get
money while in
high school is to save and spend carefully.
- Sell Your Family Junk
One mans junk is another mans treasure, there is a lot of truth
to this. You can rid your attic, garrag, or your bed room
of all the thinks
that are
hanging around collecting dust. Take them to a store that specialize
in selling second handed items, have a yard sell or just sell
these
items on sites like
ebay. My daughter buys and sell all of her books on half.com. Since
she sell every
book she purchase, the average cost of her book is less than $5.00. Her
personal saving account continues to grow.
- Taking Highschool AP Courses
Have you ever heard the phrase a dollar saved is a dollar earned.
This is one way to cut your college cost. During highschool student
can
apply for cources that qualify for college credits. Taking 12 to
18 hours of course and passing the course exam can qualify you
as a second semester freshman cutting the cost of one semester
leaving you with only 5 semesters to pay for. Some student qualify
as a first semester sophomore leaving just 4 semesters to pay fore.
Talk to an AP teacher or the AP Coordinator at your school about
the
course
you want to take. Discuss the course's workload and any preparation
you might need.
- Online games for cash
Have you ever heard of MyPoints or of Moola? Well those two are
websites online that will allow you to play all kinds of games
and get rewarded for it. You
can make about 20 dollars a day depending on how much time you put into
it; sometimes you'll make more, sometimes you'll make less. If
you're a computer
gamer though, this is perfect for you. There's no investment to start
earning on Moola.com, but on MyPoints you must first invest 5
dollars to start earning.
- Applying for scholarships
Fastweb.com will be the place to go for free scholarship money.
When you're looking for scholarships for college and you don't
know where to go, register
here. The possibilities are endless as hundreds of scholarships are available
through here. Usually all you have to do is submit an application and
an essay and then wait to hear from the scholarship people. Getting
free money
for college is seriously awesome and you should start doing it as soon
as possible to ensure that you're ready when you're headed to
college. Remember
to work on a resume and get some letters of recommendation also to send
in with scholarship applications.
- Selling or giving out affiliate products
Do you know a lot of people? Are you good at selling things? Well if you
are then consider joining an affiliate program that will allow you to sell
or give
out products and then collect a commission for it. These programs can be
found all over the place and some of the best ones for college students are
Ebay.com,
Amazon.com, PayPal.com, MyPoints.com, and Gather.com. If you could get people
to join these sites or purchase something from them you can be making a couple
of hundred dollars easily per month doing this.
- Selling a service
Are you good at typing? Are you good at babysitting, tutoring, providing
sports lessons, cutting grass, running errands, or at designing
MySpace layouts?
Well if you are then consider
starting a service business for yourself. Make some flyers, get a small
site, and create some forms for yourself. Once you have done
this do some promotion
for yourself and for your service and make sure to encourage referrals
and repeat business. Do whatever you can to put your customers
first and if possible
get some good testimonials to bring upon more customers and make them
feel at ease or more comfortable when hiring you.
Make a Donation to Keep your site top notch.
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