Ways To Earn Money While In College

If you didn't know before, I'm a poor twenty-something college student who is always looking for ways to earn more at my job or through other ways, but I think all college students do that. We have to pay for books, food, and all the essentials and it can be rough when you're tight on funds.

1. Friends needing rides to the bus station or airport?When you live in the dorms or off campus and you have a car, you're the prime candidate that friends go to when they need a ride somewhere. So if they ask you for a ride to say the airport, ask them to chip in some gas money. I did this during my time in the dorms and it was so nifty. I wouldn't have to withdraw cash from my bank account for gas; instead, I had cash my friends gave me for gas.
2. Consign clothes you don't wear. This won't bring you a lot of cash, but it will bring you something you can keep in the wallet in case you need an emergency snack somewhere. I did this at Buffalo Exchange and got about $11 from them. It was enough to help pay for a pedicure.
3. The cliche pet sitting or babysitting. When you live in a college town, there are still families that work in the area and live there. Post yourself on Sitter City or any other babysitter/pet sitter forum and there will be request flooding in. You can customize what days your open, your pay, your experience, and certifications along with a little blurb about yourself.
4. Free Lance Writing. Do you love to write or blog? There are many job postings of companies looking for people to write articles for them! You should check them out.
5. The Odyssey Online.  This is subset of number 4, but is somewhat different. The Odyssey Online is an online platform where the articles are written mainly by students around the country. You can earn money depending on the amounts of shares you get for your articles.
6. Start an Ebay. Do you have some high-end items that you want someone else to appreciate? Set up an Ebay account and then people can bid on your items. The highest bidder will pay you a hefty sum for that Burberry handbag.
7. Note Taking!! Any and every school has a disabilities department and when a student breaks their arm (more importantly their arm with their writing hand) they need someone to take notes for them. Schools pay other students for class notes for disabled students. So snag that opportunity up!

I hope this blog post has inspired students to try to earn some extra dollars while in school without having to get a legit job their first year. Comment down below on how these ways helped you!