College students are always looking for ways to make money. Whether they need the money for extra money on the weekends, new books, or to help pay for the huge tuition cost, most students tend to suffer from financial shortages. Sometimes, if students are in certain dire needs for money they will actually turn to illegitimate ways of fulfilling their greed or needs.
I will share a quick story that I am actually very unhappy about. At one point this past year I was so in need of money, when I was working out one day, I found an Ipod and decided to keep it. There was no name on the outside of the Ipod, and when I turned it on, there was no name that I could find, so I thought nothing of it until after I actually sold it. I was able to sell it on Amazon.com for about $140 and after I sold it I thought about how selfish my actions were. If anything at all, I should have at least brought the Ipod to the lost and found desk to stay for a week or two before I claimed it. Every time I think about what I had done, I think about the fact that I had taken $140 from another student who most likely had financial issues and needs too. After I had done that, I swore to never illegitimately earn money again.
I bring up the illegitimate earnings that people think about because it is not necessarily worth the risks, and is also not the best way to earn money. Although a part time job would be the most ideal way to make some extra money on the side, while working as a full time student, there are other ways you can, not only earn money, but eventually, earn passively. With an initial burst of hard work, you could become an online success story like so many other people. Although I am only going to give one example of a site where you can earn some extra money, it should inspire you.
http://hubpages.com/_nltifqsvhhv0/success/
These success stories have hugely inspired me to try and earn a little extra money on the side. I do not think I will reach over 1000 hubs in the near future, or even in a couple of years, but I will, eventually, be earning a decent amount of money through the site. Here is a great example of a student that is actually earning enough money to pay off a lot of her expenses in school:
girly_girl09 wrote:
I'm down anywhere from $200-$350 a month. That's significant for me as I'm a full-time student....it really hurts and I'm back to getting money from my parents to cover expenses. Ugh!
Although, I'm thankful my car payment and a few credit cards are still covered by my online earnings.
My own personal website has improved with earnings (but that only makes $50 a month lol...used to make $35ish) But it's more of a hobby and that definitely pays for the hosting
Here is a link to her profile: http://hubpages.com/_nltifqsvhhv0/profile/girly_girl09
As you can see, she has over 1 million views to her articles within about 2 years. If you would like to earn a little extra money passively, I would definitely suggest Hubpages.com. It is free to join, you can begin earning right away, and all you need is a Google Adsense account (which you can apply for easily on this site – google.com/adsense) and a Paypal account. I am not going to sit here and tell you that it is easy to make the money that you need or want, but after a half of a year or so of hard work, you will begin seeing a lot of money piling up at an exponential rate.
Good Luck!
Update:
I have just discovered that there is actually a student page on Hubpages. It's a great way for you to turn your essays and your college reports and papers into published articles that you could make money off of. I have personally published an article a The Lady and The Duke that I wrote in school this past year.
Here is the link to the student page - http://hubpages.com/_nltifqsvhhv0/students
I will share a quick story that I am actually very unhappy about. At one point this past year I was so in need of money, when I was working out one day, I found an Ipod and decided to keep it. There was no name on the outside of the Ipod, and when I turned it on, there was no name that I could find, so I thought nothing of it until after I actually sold it. I was able to sell it on Amazon.com for about $140 and after I sold it I thought about how selfish my actions were. If anything at all, I should have at least brought the Ipod to the lost and found desk to stay for a week or two before I claimed it. Every time I think about what I had done, I think about the fact that I had taken $140 from another student who most likely had financial issues and needs too. After I had done that, I swore to never illegitimately earn money again.
I bring up the illegitimate earnings that people think about because it is not necessarily worth the risks, and is also not the best way to earn money. Although a part time job would be the most ideal way to make some extra money on the side, while working as a full time student, there are other ways you can, not only earn money, but eventually, earn passively. With an initial burst of hard work, you could become an online success story like so many other people. Although I am only going to give one example of a site where you can earn some extra money, it should inspire you.
http://hubpages.com/_nltifqsvhhv0/success/
These success stories have hugely inspired me to try and earn a little extra money on the side. I do not think I will reach over 1000 hubs in the near future, or even in a couple of years, but I will, eventually, be earning a decent amount of money through the site. Here is a great example of a student that is actually earning enough money to pay off a lot of her expenses in school:
girly_girl09 wrote:
I'm down anywhere from $200-$350 a month. That's significant for me as I'm a full-time student....it really hurts and I'm back to getting money from my parents to cover expenses. Ugh!
Although, I'm thankful my car payment and a few credit cards are still covered by my online earnings.
My own personal website has improved with earnings (but that only makes $50 a month lol...used to make $35ish) But it's more of a hobby and that definitely pays for the hosting
Here is a link to her profile: http://hubpages.com/_nltifqsvhhv0/profile/girly_girl09
As you can see, she has over 1 million views to her articles within about 2 years. If you would like to earn a little extra money passively, I would definitely suggest Hubpages.com. It is free to join, you can begin earning right away, and all you need is a Google Adsense account (which you can apply for easily on this site – google.com/adsense) and a Paypal account. I am not going to sit here and tell you that it is easy to make the money that you need or want, but after a half of a year or so of hard work, you will begin seeing a lot of money piling up at an exponential rate.
Good Luck!
Update:
I have just discovered that there is actually a student page on Hubpages. It's a great way for you to turn your essays and your college reports and papers into published articles that you could make money off of. I have personally published an article a The Lady and The Duke that I wrote in school this past year.
Here is the link to the student page - http://hubpages.com/_nltifqsvhhv0/students
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The Importance of Your GPA 05/22/2011
Your GPA may not seem so important to some people, but if you look at some of the consequences and benefits of a low or high GPA, you will be surprised. Although it is always fun to slack off and do things on your own time, it is always important to stop and think about what you are doing. Let’s break apart the GPA of a college student.
1. Applying for Certain Classes – Applying for classes may seem like a breeze, but with a low GPA, it can be like walking on thin ice. I will provide a more personal story with this. My first semester last year, I did very poorly. I will not tell you my GPA only because it is so embarrassing that you may think a lot different of me. Because of this low GPA, the school that I am currently enrolled with would not allow me to take Calculus II. After hearing this, I was heartbroken, but I had no choice but to retake Calculus I. With this being said, it is always nice to be able to pick and choose which classes you want to take, and with a low GPA, this is not possible.
2. Affecting your Major – Although only Calculus I had to be retaken, there were so many other problems that I had to face. Because I am a Physics and Engineering student, Calculus II was crucial to my curriculum for my major. As a result of me not being able to take Calculus II the next semester, I was thrown into a state of shock when I found out I could not enroll in my next physics classes. After long conversations and a lot of waiting, I finally got everything sorted out though. In the end, I made the school an offer:
- If I promised to enroll in Calculus II as a summer course for the upcoming summer, and retook Calculus I, I would be able to receive an override form for the physics classes that were necessary for me to graduate.
In the end, I was back on track after all of the hard work.
3. Enrolling into Schools – Many students are changing majors all the time. As a result of this, these students must apply for entry into certain schools. Let’s take an example student who wants to enroll into the School of Communications at their University. If this student has a GPA of 2.75 or so, and the required GPA of enrollment for the school is 3.0, then the student will not be able to study at that school.
4. The Cost of Scholarships – Although you are not obligated to pay back scholarship money as you are with student loans, you still have to be aware of the costs of obtaining and keeping these scholarships. I have a very close friend who has been given multiple scholarships towards his education, but all of this money can be taken away very quickly if his GPA drops below a 3.0 average. He was very nervous about this midway through last semester, but was relieved when he found out he had a 3.05 GPA by the end of the year. If your GPA falls below certain minimums, you may lose more than just the ability to apply for certain classes.
5. Finally, What Happens After College – After college is over, and 20 years from the day you graduate, your GPA does not mean a thing. Although this is the case, many people confuse this with what happens right after college is out. Right after college, your GPA is what defines you. Your GPA is the main thing that new employers look at, not only to see if you are smart, but also to see how much of a diligent worker you are. Because you do not have any work experience (or not much) right after college, you do not have a lot to show for yourself, so your employers will look at your GPA and other activities you participated in in college.
To conclude this, you GPA should be one of the most important things to you while you are in college. As you leave college, your GPA becomes less and less important over time, but will still leave its mark.
P.S. In most colleges, if you have a GPA of 1.99 and lower, you are subject to be kicked out of your school. I have a couple of friends that were in this position, and had to actually write a letter of petition in order to stay in school.
1. Applying for Certain Classes – Applying for classes may seem like a breeze, but with a low GPA, it can be like walking on thin ice. I will provide a more personal story with this. My first semester last year, I did very poorly. I will not tell you my GPA only because it is so embarrassing that you may think a lot different of me. Because of this low GPA, the school that I am currently enrolled with would not allow me to take Calculus II. After hearing this, I was heartbroken, but I had no choice but to retake Calculus I. With this being said, it is always nice to be able to pick and choose which classes you want to take, and with a low GPA, this is not possible.
2. Affecting your Major – Although only Calculus I had to be retaken, there were so many other problems that I had to face. Because I am a Physics and Engineering student, Calculus II was crucial to my curriculum for my major. As a result of me not being able to take Calculus II the next semester, I was thrown into a state of shock when I found out I could not enroll in my next physics classes. After long conversations and a lot of waiting, I finally got everything sorted out though. In the end, I made the school an offer:
- If I promised to enroll in Calculus II as a summer course for the upcoming summer, and retook Calculus I, I would be able to receive an override form for the physics classes that were necessary for me to graduate.
In the end, I was back on track after all of the hard work.
3. Enrolling into Schools – Many students are changing majors all the time. As a result of this, these students must apply for entry into certain schools. Let’s take an example student who wants to enroll into the School of Communications at their University. If this student has a GPA of 2.75 or so, and the required GPA of enrollment for the school is 3.0, then the student will not be able to study at that school.
4. The Cost of Scholarships – Although you are not obligated to pay back scholarship money as you are with student loans, you still have to be aware of the costs of obtaining and keeping these scholarships. I have a very close friend who has been given multiple scholarships towards his education, but all of this money can be taken away very quickly if his GPA drops below a 3.0 average. He was very nervous about this midway through last semester, but was relieved when he found out he had a 3.05 GPA by the end of the year. If your GPA falls below certain minimums, you may lose more than just the ability to apply for certain classes.
5. Finally, What Happens After College – After college is over, and 20 years from the day you graduate, your GPA does not mean a thing. Although this is the case, many people confuse this with what happens right after college is out. Right after college, your GPA is what defines you. Your GPA is the main thing that new employers look at, not only to see if you are smart, but also to see how much of a diligent worker you are. Because you do not have any work experience (or not much) right after college, you do not have a lot to show for yourself, so your employers will look at your GPA and other activities you participated in in college.
To conclude this, you GPA should be one of the most important things to you while you are in college. As you leave college, your GPA becomes less and less important over time, but will still leave its mark.
P.S. In most colleges, if you have a GPA of 1.99 and lower, you are subject to be kicked out of your school. I have a couple of friends that were in this position, and had to actually write a letter of petition in order to stay in school.
Let us think about college in a financial way. If you think about a college that costs about $50,000 a year, that is the same as $25,000 a semester, you may realize how important it is to actually go to class and try your hardest every day.
Let’s say there are about 16 weeks in a semester.
If this is true, you will see that you are paying
Let’s say there are about 16 weeks in a semester.
If this is true, you will see that you are paying
- · About $1562 per week
- · About $225 per day
- · About $9.36 per hour (even when you are sleeping)
- · About $0.16 per minute
Going to Class 05/20/2011
When on a college campus, one of the things you want to do the least is actually go to class. There are so many other things that you are thinking about when sitting in your dorm, and class is not always one of them. Generally, as the week goes on, let’s say by Thursday, people tend to want to skip some of their classes for the opportunity to go out with friends or sleep later. No body actually wants to go to an 8 am or 9 am class, but it is always important to go. On a more personal note, I actually skipped classes on multiple occasions this past year and it affected me in ways that I didn’t think it would.
There had been multiple weeks during this past year where I actually skipped 2 out of 3 of my early classes. Some days, I actually skipped my entire day. Although there are some short-term effects of guilt and the feeling that you should have gone to the class, there are actually serious effects also. As I skipped my 9 am class more and more, I began to realize that, even though I was receiving B’s and higher for grades on tests and essays, it was possible to still fail the class. I emailed my teacher and she gave me some hard news:
“Unless you attend EVERY single class from here until the end of the semester, I cannot in good conscience give you a passing grade for the class.”
This sentence brought me into reality. I realized that although I was receiving good grades in the class, I was on the verge of failing. My mind opened up. I had realized that I was responsible for my future, so I made it to every class after that email, and I didn’t miss another class throughout the rest of the year, and I have vowed to not miss another class for the rest of my college career.
In the end, I received a horrible grade of a D. I am extremely disappointed with this, and knowing that it was only because I missed so many classes.
There had been multiple weeks during this past year where I actually skipped 2 out of 3 of my early classes. Some days, I actually skipped my entire day. Although there are some short-term effects of guilt and the feeling that you should have gone to the class, there are actually serious effects also. As I skipped my 9 am class more and more, I began to realize that, even though I was receiving B’s and higher for grades on tests and essays, it was possible to still fail the class. I emailed my teacher and she gave me some hard news:
“Unless you attend EVERY single class from here until the end of the semester, I cannot in good conscience give you a passing grade for the class.”
This sentence brought me into reality. I realized that although I was receiving good grades in the class, I was on the verge of failing. My mind opened up. I had realized that I was responsible for my future, so I made it to every class after that email, and I didn’t miss another class throughout the rest of the year, and I have vowed to not miss another class for the rest of my college career.
In the end, I received a horrible grade of a D. I am extremely disappointed with this, and knowing that it was only because I missed so many classes.
Make $20 A Day? 04/26/2011
Someone once asked me if it was possible to make $20 a day through the internet. I answered him, but told him to do something illegal, so i'll answer it here.
It can be very hard or very easy to accomplish this, but both ways begin very slowly. If you want to earn 20$ a day, I would suggest not writing for revenue sharing sites like hubpages. Instead, I would look into buying a domain name and spend your time doing one of three things:
1. Building a website
2. Building a blog
3. building and creating flash games
4. filming or creating movie clips
The traffic to your site or blog with google adsense will begin extremely slowly. You will have to be adding to the site or blog every day and you must add interesting material. Although it starts out slow, there are ways to pick up the process of attracting traffic. There are a lot of sites out there that are specifically for sharing your links. Post your link to your site on sites like Digg.com. A lot of people suggest email lists and facebook, but personally, I don't use those for gaining traffic, but if you think it will help go right ahead. If I were you I would start a Twitter account specifically for updates to your site. Try to find some followers and readers for your account.
Using sites like Webanswers.com and Yahoo answers will help you link to your site. Links to your site do not reach the search engines completely for about 60 days. Because of how long it takes for links to reach the search engines it takes a long time to bring in a consistent 1 or 2 thousand people views.
Just know that it is very difficult to earn a living on the internet, let alone $20 a day. Although, when you reach the $20 a day mark, it is easier to increase profits.
Pet-Peeves 04/25/2011
Everybody has those things that bother them. They may seem small scale to others, but to you, every time that thing happens your fist clenches and all you can think about is that think. I have many pet-peeves, some small some big, but there is one that I really hate. Especially in a quiet area, as someone pulls out a bag of chips or decides to eat pizza, I prey that that person knows how to eat respectively. Listening to the crunching and piercing noises of someone eating with their mouth open is disgusting.
I found a list of 10 common pet-peeves:
1. Mouth Noises/chewing with mouth open
2. Not Washing Hands After Using the Restroom
3. Bitchy Schoolgirls
4. Movie talkers
5. Screaming children/ temper tantrums
6. Global Warming Propaganda
7. Overuse of the Word Actually
8. Thugs
9. Bad Service at a Restaurant
10. Putting others down
To add on to this, another annoyance that I am sometimes forced to deal with is sitting behind a large, tall, or talking individual. As these people move around in front of you, it is extremely hard to view the board and pay attention.
I found a list of 10 common pet-peeves:
1. Mouth Noises/chewing with mouth open
2. Not Washing Hands After Using the Restroom
3. Bitchy Schoolgirls
4. Movie talkers
5. Screaming children/ temper tantrums
6. Global Warming Propaganda
7. Overuse of the Word Actually
8. Thugs
9. Bad Service at a Restaurant
10. Putting others down
To add on to this, another annoyance that I am sometimes forced to deal with is sitting behind a large, tall, or talking individual. As these people move around in front of you, it is extremely hard to view the board and pay attention.
Patience 04/17/2011
The other day, I realized something pretty interesting, although maybe not to much so. It came to me really late at night, around 5 am, and I thought it may be worth saying something about. So without dragging it on farther, I was thinking about patience and about how laziness is very similar. All hard working and successful people do not seem to have any patience. The people with patience are those who do not mind sitting on the couch for 5 hours a day not doing anything. Patience is just a more formal way of saying you are lazy. If you are used to working for what you want, you are probably not a very patient person. You are probable a person who, when put into a situation, tries to shoot for the top. As you are aiming and are forced to wait and be patient, you do something else. You are not a person who looks for an excuse to waste time.
2 Cents 04/16/2011
As most people who read this knows, college is full of unique experiences and amazing learning opportunities. On top of the fantastic education, college is proving to be the most fun and outrageous experience. It is an amazing transition from being a kid to becoming an adult, and allows me to learn how to balance fun and work. To be honest though, it's freshman year of college and I do not plan on growing up just yet. I may need to focus a little bit more on school work, but my maturity level, along with most college students, is on the 6th or 7th grade level. You know Rebecca Black right? It's the girl with the shitty music and the same last name as a porn star. She is at the age of a 7th or 8th grader but she is looking at life in the wrong way... Everyone has heard the music video Friday. I feel as though she is trying to grow up to fast. Who actually was thinking about partying in 7th grade? I have a little sister in 7th grade and if she mentioned anything to me about partying and hooking up with guys, oh and god-for-bid choosing a seat in a car with a 13 year old driver, I would be furious. A kid should live a kids life and not worry about growing up until college.
This is my 2 Cents for the day.
This is my 2 Cents for the day.
