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30 Reasons Being A Broke College Student Is The Worst

Livin' la vida broka.

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30 Reasons Being A Broke College Student Is The Worst

Times are tough, and as a college student, money is always tight. Everyday, it's struggles on struggles...from trying to find loose bills or change laying around in your drawers to getting to the bar extra early for those $1 drinks. But worry not, you're not alone, your BFFs (broke friends forever) are right there with you.

1. Trying to find any loose bills laying around in your room before going out to the bars.


2. Pre-gaming hard is a must.

3. Cover charge? Forget it, gotta look for a new place to go.

4. When you actually get to the bar...

5. Trying to decorate your dorm.

6. Feeling blessed whenever your debt card gets approved.

7. Want to eat off campus?

8. Asking for student discounts wherever you go...

9. When you hit rock bottom and finally decide to go to your parents for money.

10. When you need new clothes so you start looking at stores online...

11. When your friends ask you to go shopping with them...

12. Anytime there's a campus event, free food is the make or break of your choice to attend.

13. Trying to buy your friends presents for birthdays and holidays...

14. Who needs brand names?

15. Not even having that $3 to do your laundry...

16. That look cashiers give you when you ask to pay part on your card and part cash...

17. Listening to friends complain how little their parents give them for an allowance each week...

18. Like HELLO, imagine getting $0...yeah that's my life.

19. The amount of times becoming a stripper has run through your mind isn't healthy.


20. Getting a job seems like a good idea...until you look at your syllabus.

21. Oh, is it time to buy textbooks again?

22. Free trials are a blessing in disguise.

23. God forbid you ever get a credit card...

24. When your roommate gives you the login for their Netflix...

25. When your roommates parents come to visit and take you out to dinner...

26. Trying to set up a budget for yourself...

27. Who needs a nice restaurant when you've got microwavable meals?

28. Whenever my friends want to make plans...

29. Listening to all your friends talk about their plans for breaks, then looking at your bank account...

30. At the end of the day, it just comes down to soliciting money from whoever you can.

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