{"id":1963,"date":"2021-11-15T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2022-06-02T10:46:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:46:57","slug":"balling-on-a-budget-discounts-for-a-college-student-at-cedarville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/2021\/11\/15\/balling-on-a-budget-discounts-for-a-college-student-at-cedarville\/","title":{"rendered":"Balling on a Budget: Discounts for a College Student at Cedarville\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWanna go on a Dunkin\u2019 run?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis weekend, we should either go to Kings Island or a concert in Columbus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get Bill\u2019s Donuts tonight!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it. We all want our time at Cedarville to live up to the standard of the \u201cbest years of our lives.\u201d This looks like attending concerts, going on weekend trips, making frequent coffee stops and late-night Taco Bell runs, and shopping at the Greene in Beavercreek. We might be able to eat on campus and have cost-free fun in the great outdoors for the first month and a half of the school year, but once it gets colder here in the cornfields, we start finding more ways to have fun off campus. Which usually means your bank account will start to suffer.<\/span><\/p>\n

During my freshman year at Cedarville, I was <\/span>extremely <\/span><\/i>frugal. So frugal that it became my social downfall. While my parents were proud and my bank account thrived, I said no to every activity that cost money, and I only ate on campus. Oof.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While it is wise to take advantage of study time and use your meal plan, I want to encourage you that instead of going from one extreme to the other, college is the time to learn a whole lot about <\/span>balancing. <\/span><\/i>Balancing your time, energy, bank account \u2026 the list goes on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward three years, and I am now a senior wanting to do everything and getting frustrated about how much things cost! I would definitely encourage students to really consider getting a part-time job during their time at Cedarville to help pay for the extra fun things they want to do! There are lots of job options available on campus, and many of them come from asking around and making connections. However, that doesn\u2019t always cut it, and it is still important to find the balance between stewarding our money well and not being the friend who says no to everything (aka freshman me).<\/span><\/p>\n

A huge way we can steward our money well at Cedarville is by taking advantage of college student discounts on food or activities. Below I have listed five of my favorite places around Cedarville that offer discount days or provide student discounts:<\/span><\/p>\n

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