Cutting costs has never been more important for students. Fortunately, there are many different websites and tools designed specifically for this purpose. Here are 20 sites that would be useful to students:
Directgov - This site is a one-stop shop for students who need information about student loans, grants, and bursaries.
The Demotivator - Students can enter their unnecessary expenses into this free budgeting tool to find out how much money they are wasting per year and how many weeks they will have to work over a lifetime to pay for these things.
Kublax - Kublax makes it easy to see and manage your accounts, create budgets, set up alerts, compare spending, and much more. This free service uses bank security so you can feel safe when you upload your personal information.
Bob’s Budget Planner - Bob’s Budget Planner was created to help people make the most of their money. The tool helps you analyse weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual income as well as expenses.
YBS Budget Planner - Yorkshire Building Society offers this free budget planner to people who need help organising and managing their finances. The budget planner works with Windows and Macs.
XE - The world’s favorite currency site is a great resource for students who want to convert currency, get up-to-date rates, and calculate study abroad or travel expenses.
Moneyspeak - Moneyspeak is a new site designed to demystify financial terms. The interactive tool includes definitions for a wide range of words and phrases.
JourneyEdEurope - JourneyEd offers huge discounts on academic software–up to 85 percent off commercial prices in most cases.
JS Campus - The UK’s leading book seller offers substantial discounts on books. Postage is free in the UK.
iChapters - If you can’t afford or don’t want to pay for an entire textbook, you can get the chapters you need through this website. iChapters also sells e-textbooks for up to 50 percent off the cover price.
Yung Junk - On Yung Junk, students can rent cheap textbooks. Yung Junk also buys used books and class notes from students who want to make extra money.
The Online Books Page - University students who don’t want to buy required reading for each class will love The Online Books Page. This site has more than 35,000 books that can be read online for free.
we7 - This site is a great place to legally listen to and share free music online. Songs are also available for purchase and download.
Blinkbox - Students who want to lower their entertainment costs will love Blinkbox. This site has more than 20,000 free movies, TV shows, and videos that can be viewed and shared for free.
Skype - This calling service is a good way to save on phone calls to landlines and mobile phones.
Preloved - Buying secondhand is one of the best ways for students to save money. Preloved offers secondhand merchandise in more than 500 categories.
OpenOffice - This free and open productivity suite eliminates the need for expensive software. OpenOffice can be used for word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, graphics, and more.
FreeSerifSoftware - This free software suite is perfect for the creative, yet frugal student. It can be used to edit images, create documents, publish websites, and much more.
Livemocha - It makes no sense to spend money on pricey foreign language learning materials and courses when a site like Livemocha exists. This free language learning community offers free language courses and a place for speakers from all over the world to connect and chat.
OpenLearn - Open University offers hundreds of free courses and learning resources for self-learners on this online space. All of the free materials were taken from actual courses at Open University.
Guest post from Karen Schweitzer, the About.com Guide to Business School. Karen also writes about online colleges and universities for OnlineColleges.org.
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July 15th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Another great site to help students cut cost is skoobit.com, they rent textbooks to students and its very cheap. You only pay $10.99 per month for a textbook. Thats very Cool!
July 25th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Hi,
You have shared precious information regarding cutting cost.Thanks and keep sharing the good work
July 29th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Whatever you guys do, don’t go crazy on your credit card!
Best,
RB
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