Cheap College Living
Free and low-cost living for college students
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It may only be March, but students thinking about the next academic year may want to take some notes now. If your budget won't stretch far enough to include room and board, WalletPop offers some penny-pinching ideas that will have you living on the cheap.
"In early 2006, Ken Ilgunas was a college graduate who moved back in with mom and dad to get from under the crushing debt he had accumulated at school. To pay off his college debt he'd taken a job in Alaska as a tour guide and was not above taking any job that included room and board.He was distressed that at the age of 24, he was unable to find work and refused to stay in debt. The article he wrote about the experience drew jeers from people who could not relate to the plight of the poor college graduate..."
