Comments on: How You Can Make Money in College Right Now

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:40:54 +0000

When I was in college (2 years ago), there was a private company that paid for you to audit courses and take notes. The only requirements are: you have taken the course (recently; within two or three semesters, I think?!) and passed with an “A” or “B.”

Not bad really. An hour’s worth of notes was $15. The private company, in turn, would sell the notes for $2 or $3 a copy. Pretty cheap for those who wanted to skip class… or had to work on a certain day.

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:50:05 +0000

Not a bad list of suggestions. I would definitely consider working for your college, as well; being a TA or RA I was a TA in college (for several different courses, actually) and enjoyed being able to help younger students and be paid pretty handsomely for doing so. The RAs seemed to have an even sweeter deal; rent free living in some of the nicer dorm rooms on campus and a nice stipend to boot. (Admittedly, if you have to deal with rowdy or otherwise contentious students, it could end up being a bit of a pain. But consider it practice for possibly being a landlord; if you don’t like dealing with problem residents for a semester at a time, how are you going to feel about dealing with them for years or decades?)

By: MD

MD — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:35:46 +0000

Thanks again for the guest post Daniel!

I looked into the tutoring gig some more and I’ve got a juicy 1,000 word how-to post coming out on Wednesday on the topic. I was driving home from a mini road trip with a friend over the weekend when it hit me that he’s made some decent coin tutoring. I picked his brain for the whole car ride and the end result is a decent post on how to exactly make money from tutoring.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:34:13 +0000

Some of my books I kept because they’re worth having around for reference in the future.

Most books I sold. Then there were those books that I simply couldn’t get rid of. I’ve had very bad luck when it comes to selling textbooks. It seems like my school has a new edition out almost every semester. I got 3 books in my bedroom that are just staring at me. I have absolutely no clue what to do with them. I’ve had a few close calls but then the buyer would find out that the edition I had was apparently “obsolete.”

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:49:45 +0000

I think the Free Cell side job is the most creative side income I’ve ever heard. Congrats for being incredibly saavy.

Amazon for textbooks always worked best for me. There’s ten million students out there who want your books and they’re willing to pay.

-Austin @ Foreigner’s Finances

By: Edwin

Edwin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:52:14 +0000

I’ve never been a fan of selling textbooks. I would always place a floor of what I would sell a book for and if it wouldn’t sell for more than that, I would just keep it. I’m happy with that decision as now I can go back to books I would have gotten just a few bucks for and get very useful information.