should've just got a scholarship. GAWD, what are you, a buncha reetaahhhds? jaaaaaaaay kaaaaaaaaay i personally did a lot of work-study jobs at labs. running experiments, etc etc. that supplemented the scholarships and my part time job. between that and my sister's even better scholarship (they actually paid her like a 1100/quarter to go to OSU... mine only covered tuition) that usually covered that month's rent, utilities, food, books. the rest, we budgeted with credit cards, and were usually able to pay it off by the month after. it was tough sometimes, but on the other hand, we both had pretty good credit by the we were getting mortgages and car loans since we managed our bills and credit cards fairly well. oh, and my part time jobs consisted of working at blockbuster, and doing work for faculty.