best way to make money during college?

mackg · 17-12-2011 01:51AM

Volunteer for stuff in the college, there is usually decent money to be made during student elections and the like.

HazDanz · 17-12-2011 01:52AM

Do grinds for leaving cert students in one or two subjects you feel comfortable doing. Could give you 30-60 euro in extra cash a week

HavingCrack · 17-12-2011 01:54AM

7Sins wrote: »

Is this it like? The poor sod looks for a bit of advice so he can pay for xmas pressies and you people come up with drugs/prostitution & gambling No wonder the counrty is in the state it is in.

Being serious for a second, as much as most people don't like to hear it-drug dealing and prostitution are both ways to make relatively large sums of money with relatively little effort. Illegal yes but financially viable *. Gambling is a bit harder as games like poker have a steep learning curve while making money from blackjack means learning to count cards, not impossible to do but you need to be mega smart.

If these less savoury options don't tickle your fancy have you tried chugging? Very few people are anyway good at it but you can make a killing if you are. Giving grinds to Leaving Cert and other college students is one I did a few times. There's also some way of making money from writing articles online but the pay is never great. You could try selling anything you no longer need on ebay as well, you'd be suprised what you can get for some old junk.

*I know prostitution isn't actually illegal.

For Forks Sake · 17-12-2011 01:55AM

mackg wrote: »

Volunteer for stuff in the college, there is usually decent money to be made during student elections and the like.

Volunteering is for suckers. Did you know that volunteers don't even get paid for the stuff they do?

orourkeda · 17-12-2011 01:56AM

7Sins wrote: »

Is this it like? The poor sod looks for a bit of advice so he can pay for xmas pressies and you people come up with drugs/prostitution & gambling No wonder the counrty is in the state it is in.

Do you have any better suggestions?

7Sins · 17-12-2011 01:58AM

For Forks Sake wrote: »

OP posted it in AH, what in all seriousness did they think would happen??

Oscars Well. wrote: »

It is After Hours

HavingCrack wrote: »

Being serious for a second, as much as most people don't like to hear it-drug dealing and prostitution are both ways to make relatively large sums of money with relatively little effort. Illegal yes but financially viable *. Gambling is a bit harder as games like poker have a steep learning curve while making money from blackjack means learning to count cards, not impossible to do but you need to be mega smart.

If these less savoury options don't tickle your fancy have you tried chugging? Very few people are anyway good at it but you can make a killing if you are. Giving grinds to Leaving Cert and other college students is one I did a few times. There's also some way of making money from writing articles online but the pay is never great. You could try selling anything you no longer need on ebay as well, you'd be suprised what you can get for some old junk.

*I know prostitution isn't actually illegal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZVRoIoMfQ

spagboll · 17-12-2011 02:22AM

source products that you can buy in bulk and sell individually on ebay at a profit, example import zippo lighters. like 10 or 20 at a time, not a container load

anything you get in bulk from china will be fake and ****e

Johnny Foreigner · 17-12-2011 02:38AM

1. Buy yourself a bolt croppers.
2. Steal students bicycles.
3. Sell students bicycles.
4. Enjoy the profit.

SONIC2008 · 17-12-2011 02:48AM

spunghead wrote: »

whats the best way to make money during college if u cant seem to get a job?

Dpeneds on how much money you have to start off with for investments in products.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 17-12-2011 02:54AM

Math grinds to 6th year beours.

Drooooool........

Nodin · 17-12-2011 01:52PM

7Sins wrote: »

Is this it like? The poor sod looks for a bit of advice so he can pay for xmas pressies and you people come up with drugs/prostitution & gambling No wonder the counrty is in the state it is in.

It's far better and more practical advice than the papers ever gave, I'll tell ye that.

7Sins · 17-12-2011 02:34PM

Nodin wrote: »

It's far better and more practical advice than the papers ever gave, I'll tell ye that.

He should make sammiches and sell them to students :pac: students love sammiches.

recylingbin · 17-12-2011 02:37PM

7Sins wrote: »

Is this it like? The poor sod looks for a bit of advice so he can pay for xmas pressies and you people come up with drugs/prostitution & gambling No wonder the counrty is in the state it is in.

TBF, I'm suprised gambling was mentioned. Coke & hookers always get a look in.

Tar.Aldarion · 17-12-2011 02:46PM

I moved home and worked summers to pay for what I could , had two jobs at the same time mostly! Generally in a hotel, nightclub and factory. Gruelling work at 7am 6 days a week in a freezer is not fun when you have another job to look forward to.

Played poker too which helped me a good bit during the year. Was lucky enough to get a grant and it is so much tougher for those that don't.

OneArt · 17-12-2011 03:09PM

If you're in any way good at writing, pimp yourself out on sites like Elance, GetAFreelancer and a gazillion other similar sites. There's usually people there looking for people to write content for their websites.

spunghead · 17-12-2011 07:53PM

ah i know gambling isnt the way forward anyway.tried grinds and mystery shopping online and grinds seem to be solid!

best way to make money during college?

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