The tactical, no-BS playbook for not going broke in college. Free tools that find you money in the next 10 minutes. No signup walls, no sleazy upsells, no "sign up for our $29/month budgeting app."
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Check off what you pay for. We show you exactly which services have a student plan you're missing, and how much you'd save by switching today.
Start auditDrop in a book title or ISBN. We hit every free-and-legal source first (OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, your library), then price-check every major rental site.
Find my bookFive questions. We pick the two realistic hustles that fit your life, with real hourly-rate estimates and exactly where to sign up tonight.
Take quizCheck every service you currently pay for at full price. We'll show you how much you'd save by switching to the student plan today. Most students find $200–$600/year.
Enter the textbook title, author, or ISBN. We'll open the free-and-legal sources first, then the cheapest rental and used options. Rule #1: never pay bookstore price.
Five fast questions. We'll pick the 2 best hustles for your actual situation, with realistic pay and the exact platform to start on. No MLM garbage, no "survey sites that pay $0.03 per hour."
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Your aid package is not final. Copy-paste template + the exact process that has unlocked thousands of dollars in extra aid for real students. Probably the most valuable 90 minutes you'll spend in college.
300+ colleges require this form beyond FAFSA. If your family makes under $100k, filing is free — and most students who qualify never know.
Free tutoring, advising, research stipends, grad school prep — for first-gen, low-income, and disabled students. One of the most valuable things on your campus and it costs nothing.
Dozens of schools have small grants that cover unpaid balances for students close to graduating. Most students never ask. Here's who has them and how.
Every university has them. Amounts run $500–$5,000. Applicant pools are tiny. Find yours in under an hour.
Pell Grants get left unclaimed every year. The 10 filing errors that quietly reduce your package — and exactly how to fix each one.
Your aid package is not final. Copy-paste template + the exact process that has unlocked thousands of dollars in extra aid for real students. Probably the most valuable 90 minutes you'll spend in college.
The full playbook: OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, library course reserves, older editions, and the price-comparison flow that saves students $800+/year.
Stack-ranked by actual dollar value — not alphabetical. Streaming, software, shopping, food. Every discount worth claiming and exactly how to verify.
Realistic pay ranges, the exact platform to sign up on, and what to avoid. Plus the two hustles that quietly outpay everything else.
Pell Grants get left unclaimed every year. Here's how to make sure yours isn't one of them — and the common filing errors that quietly reduce your package.
Food, gas, rent, books — what to do when you're genuinely out. Campus resources, community fridges, payment-plan scripts, and what not to do.
Adobe, Microsoft, GitHub Student Pack, Notion, Figma, AutoCAD, MATLAB and more. The full list of what's free with your .edu email, worth thousands per year.