College is a very expensive and life changing  experience.  You slowly start to see yourself grow up and become more of an adult and before you know it you will have a career that you’re happy with and working for years to come.  Although college is great, the biggest complaint has to be the price.  Between tuition, parking costs, books and everything in between we easily spend more in college than any other time.

If you’re looking to save a few bucks in college be sure to consider this tip below.  Listed below we have the things you don’t need in college even though you may think you do.

What You Don’t Need Going Away to College:

• The first thing you don’t need in college is a car.  If you are going away, live in a dorm and live far away from home what do you need a car for?  Yes, it is nice to go out and do stuff sometimes but the majority of students don’t have a car.  The reasons are because we rarely come home, drive and paying for parking is very expensive.
• If you live in a dorm room don’t get cable TV.  This is totally unnecessary and another expense that you’ll be paying for.  With the Internet these days we don’t need cable TV, especially if we rarely watch it.
• Do you have some friends in your classes?  If so, don’t get textbooks.  You can either rent textbooks online, or study with a friend.  Sharing the cost between the books is the best way to go.  Not to mention, most friends study together anyways.
• It is a good idea to have a computer in college but you don’t need a desktop and a laptop both at college.  Choose one of the other.
• A lot of college students bring so much stuff from home.  Whether it’s decorations they had in their room, their whole collection of CDs, or large items that take up a lot of space.  What you need to know is that your dorm is small so don’t bring very much.  An overabundance of things is totally unnecessary.
• Also, don’t feel like you need to impress anyone.  You don’t need those cute clothes, that new iPod that just came out, the nicest electronics and everything else in between.  College students are usually poor so don’t feel bad if you don’t have the best of the best like others “say” and “act” like they do.  Remember, you’re there to learn.

College is a very expensive time.  So, be sure to only buy what you need and avoid all the unnecessary expenses.  Between buying alcohol each week and cable TV you’re already spending more than you need to.  Be smart and only get the items you need in college.