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College is not just about learning, knowledge and setting yourself up for the future. College is also about experience, about life, about moving on from adolescence to the precipice of adulthood. And adulthood is about responsibility. Doing what you have to, doing the hard thing, and surviving on your own without the emollient safety blanket of your parents. Because as a college student, you are a person with a meager budget and a high tuition, and to help ameliorate your situation, you will need to be frugal. Pinch pennies. Check the couch cushions, shake homeless men for loose change. This is what the college experience is all about. It is learning not just the didactic instruction of your professors, but learning to subsist on your own. To help in this cause, it is always important to adapt. You get creative, find seven different ways to cook the same package of instant ramen. You put in the effort to find the best deal, whether it be the cheap taco joint a few blocks off campus, the discount clothing store that has passably stylish fits, or the neighborhood run bookstore where you can snag used college textbooks at a fraction of the price. You work smarter, harder, and cheaper, because you’re a college student.