20 Signs You're A Broke College Student
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20 Signs You're A Broke College Student

We come up with clever ways to save money and live life on the stingy side.

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20 Signs You're A Broke College Student
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Being in college is amazing, and every college student loves to joke that they are broke and have no money. But if you go a little deeper into our souls, you will see we are crying inside. We come up with clever ways to save money and live life on the stingy side. Here are 20 signs that you may be a broke college student.

1. Leftovers are everything.

And you make them last way longer than anyone should.

2. You understand why Extreme Couponing is a thing.


You begin to wonder if you need a coupon binder.

3. You know how to find the PDFs of any book on your syllabus.

Gimme the title and the author, and I'll make it happen in 10 minutes or less.

4. You've contemplated making a charity fund for yourself.

What better cause is there?

5. You shop exclusively for generic brands.


And you look for the best deals no matter what the item is.

6. You're idea of "Treat Yo Self" is the McDonald's Dollar Menu.

$1 hamburgers, get in my belly!

7. Duct tape is the savior to all of your problems.

It has so many uses!

8. You rip your room apart looking for any loose change or spare bills.


Or that card you know you saved from your grandma that has, at least, a $20 in it.

9. Laundry is exclusively done at home.

Those are precious quarters that you're saving.

10. If it's free, it's yours.

T-shirts, food, condoms, you'll be there.

11. You avoid looking at your bank account like the plague.

Because no matter how much you guess is in there, it's always lower.

12. When holidays and birthdays roll around, you pray to the gift card gods.

"Big money, big money. Come on Chipotle!"

13. You can name all the cheapest brands of booze.

14. You have a stack of hoarded Chipotle napkins and utensils.

Which means, you don't have to buy paper towels or dish detergent.

15. You know exactly how many times you can re-wear an outfit.

No laundry for weeks!

16. Even Target seems a little expensive at times.

The Dollar Store is where it's at!

17. When other people offer to drive, you jump at it.

Filling up your tank means less money for you.

18. You've definitely stolen toilet paper from a communal bathroom.

No one will even notice it's missing...

19. You've considered donating plasma.

Whatever it takes to pay the bills.

20. You continually ask yourself if all this debt is worth it.

But then you decide that it's the only way to make money.

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