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" One of the first things you&amp;#039;ll notice about college (after the guys, new friends and all the parties, of course) is the dire state of your bank account. Whether your parents give you an allowance or you&amp;#039;re working for your own cash, it&amp;#039;s stressful to have to budget after living your life under your parents&amp;#039; checkbook. Ordering takeout, buying toiletries, and you have to buy cleaning products now?! The expenses will quickly add up. So here are some tips for ways to pinch pennies and save some cash. Make Your Own Food: If you have access to a fridge, making your own food is the best way to save money. Buying a sandwich at the deli will cost you $5-$8, but you can buy a week&amp;#039;s worth of sandwich ingredients at the grocery store for the same price! That Goes For Coffee, too: $3 at Starbucks? Every day? Get a coffee maker and brew that stuff in the dorm. You&amp;#039;ll get it the way you like it every time...and it will only cost you pennies. Buy Generic: Us girls love our name brand stuff, but we have to be honest with ourselves: sometimes it&amp;#039;s just not necessary. The drugstore brand soap is half the price and has the exact same ingredients. You don&amp;#039;t have to give up your fav shampoo, but if you aren&amp;#039;t completely attached, go generic. Use Your ID: You&amp;#039;re only in college for 4 years (hopefully), so take advantage of it! Your student ID will get you tons of discounts from stores (like J Crew and Apple), to Museums and movie theaters to local eateries (including some Starbucks&amp;#039;!). It might be annoying to keep asking, but a lot of places don&amp;#039;t advertise student discounts when they have them, and that 10% off will really add up! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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