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Let’s face it; living in the nation’s capital is expensive. Finding ways to stretch your dollar is essential. Plus it is important to live like a college student now so you don’t have to live like a college student later. These are just a few ways to save money at Georgetown University.

 

Food

  • Utilize your meal plan as opposed to going out

  • Wingos on Wednesday- get wings half off until 7 pm (a full meal of wings and fries for 7$)

  • Trader Joes has good deals on groceries and ready-made meals. Consider shopping there if you no longer have a meal plan.

  • Pho 75 (located two blocks from the Rosslyn metro station; use the GUTS bus) is one of the biggest bang for your buck in the expensive DMV area. For $7 you get a giant, steaming bowl of Pho, delicious Vietnamese soup. Come hungry!

  • Many off-campus locations (Wiseys for example) take Flex dollars! Make good use of your Flex dollars when eating off campus early in the semester.

Travel

  • Buy tickets for the holidays early and do your research by checking out the difference in fares from DCA, BWI, and IAD

  • Use discount websites to find deals such as Google Flights, Kayak, and Southwest Airlines

  • The Circulator only costs $1, runs 7 days a week, and has convenient and fast routes to major DC stops, Metro stations and Union Station.

  • Use the Metro system (buy a SmartTrip card!) to move longer distances as opposed to taking a cab or Uber.

  • The GUTS bus is free for GU students, has stops on campus, and takes you to Rosslyn metro station, Dupont metro station, Capitol Hill, the Law school, and the Safeway up in Wisconsin Ave. A great option if you need to use the metro or buy groceries in a hurry.

  • Also check out www.statravel.com if you need a flight to study abroad

 

Entertainment

  • Check out the many free things to do in DC like the Smithsonian museums, monuments, art galleries, and festivals  

  • Check out the Washington Post’s Going Out guide available weekly online

  • If you absolutely have to take an uber to get somewhere far, consider going with friends to split the cost of the fare.

  • The Kennedy center has a free show every day at 6:00 pm.

 

Educational Costs

  • Waive your health insurance if you are under your parent’s plan.

  • Avoid the bookstore! Rent your books or look online for the cheapest option at websites such as amazon.com, chegg.com,  or cheapesttextbooks.com

  • Alternatively, search early on Lau’s online book search service to see if you can check out your required books early in the semester- you can renew any book up to 3 times if it is not recalled, a significant portion of the semester!

  • Lau’s online book search database also offers links to check out books through the WLRC consortium loan service- a collection of various universities’ libraries in the DMV area that offer their books to Georgetown students. Another avenue to find more needed texts and avoid having to pay for them!

  • CMEA (Center for Multicultural Equity and Access- 5th floor of Leavey) has a large book library and loan system. Check out a book for free for an entire semester, or if you have demonstrated financial need, apply for a book scholarship.

  • At the end of the year, if you no longer want or need your textbooks, you can sell them back to the bookstore, even if you did not buy the book from there. iClickers sell big, too!

  • Graduate on time by working with your academic advisor.

  • If you are struggling with writing essays or a particular subject, check out the Academic Resource Center (ARC), located next to Midnight Mug in Lau 2.

Other Costs

  • Double check that your bank is not assessing any maintenance fees, if so look into a free checking account at places such as PNC Bank and GUASFCU

  • At the start of the semester, the university will be running buses to the local Target for only $1. This is a great opportunity to purchase needed supplies and avoid. Just check for signs around campus during NSO.

  • If you need professional dress clothes, the Crawley Career Center (located across the hall from the Bookstore) has a small dress clothes closet in the back of their first floor offices. You may have to be persistent and assertive, since they will be reluctant to let you know about it. But if you try hard enough, and have a specific and reasonable request (need one blazer, need one skirt), they will let you in and have you take any clothes you need. The staff will make you sign a form promising you will not sell the clothes, but other than that, the clothes are yours!

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