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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.

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