{"id":3550,"date":"2015-10-28T18:11:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T22:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2015-10-28T18:11:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T22:11:39","slug":"college-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2015\/10\/28\/college-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"College Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When entering your freshman year, you all of a sudden feel like a 5 year old child again, diligently following the rules and being paranoid that you&#8217;re going to get in trouble. \u00a0You also feel like you need to buy EVERYTHING <em>JUST IN CASE<\/em>. \u00a0But I&#8217;m here to help you swallow your nervousness and inform you about what you should invest time and money in so that you can succeed!<\/p>\n<p><strong>INVEST IN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A sturdy umbrella.<\/strong> \u00a0You may think that the rain won&#8217;t be that bad or you can just rush to where you&#8217;re going or stand under scaffolding. \u00a0I&#8217;m warning you now&#8230;the rain will come and your $6 umbrella with polka dots from Target will not save you from the downpours. \u00a0Get an umbrella that truly locks into place and go Mary Poppins on you with one gust of wind.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shoes.<\/strong> \u00a0I cannot stress this enough. \u00a0You don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re going to walk that much, but you do. \u00a0You&#8217;re going to want a pair of shoes for each type of weather and ones that are comfortable! \u00a0Rain boots may not be the most fashionable, but they will keep you dry during the rainy and snowy months.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Socks.<\/strong> \u00a0While this may sound silly, thick and warm socks are a beautiful gift. \u00a0When winter rolls around and you&#8217;re waiting to see the Rockefeller Christmas Tree light up, you can thank Grandma for those knitted wool socks from 2012.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A locker.<\/strong> \u00a0If you are a commuter student and going home for lunch in between classes seems daunting or impossible, get a locker! \u00a0You can store your textbooks, personal items, and school supplies in there year round. \u00a0Nothing is worse than forgetting something at home or wishing that you had somewhere to put something in a rush.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Portable Charger<\/strong>. \u00a0I cannot tell you how many times I&#8217;ve been running low on my phone battery and needed to charge it. \u00a0While most people carry their cords with them everywhere, a portable charger is handy when you don&#8217;t have a plug, on the go, or don&#8217;t want to bug someone to use theirs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SAVE ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Computer Software<\/strong>. \u00a0If you are living in the dorms your freshman year, I highly recommend waiting to purchase all of the hefty software used for editing and designing until the library isn&#8217;t easily accessible to you. \u00a0The library has amazing hours during the week and there is a 24 hour computer lab available as well. \u00a0Every computer at FIT has the necessary software used in your classes. \u00a0Save yourself the Creative Cloud debt and wait.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Textbooks &amp; School Supplies<\/strong>. \u00a0DO NOT&#8230;I repeat&#8230;DO NOT buy your textbooks before classes start unless your professor has told you otherwise. \u00a0Half of the textbooks and &#8220;required&#8221; supplies, I have NEVER used. \u00a0I could&#8217;ve saved so much money if I had just\u00a0purchased the items when I needed it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>EVERYTHING<\/strong>. \u00a0Many stores whether they advertise it or not have student discounts. \u00a0Just ask the cashier if they do and a lot of the time, you&#8217;ll get very lucky! \u00a0Who says being a student doesn&#8217;t have its perks?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy savings!<\/p>\n<p>Ashley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When entering your freshman year, you all of a sudden feel like a 5 year old child again, diligently following the rules and being paranoid that you&#8217;re going to get in trouble. \u00a0You also feel like you need to buy EVERYTHING JUST IN CASE. \u00a0But I&#8217;m here to help you swallow your nervousness and inform &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2015\/10\/28\/college-investments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;College Investments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":404,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8688,31188,133,31161,31468,37282],"tags":[31490,208,41202,31179,31452,42,32064,18706,31483],"class_list":["post-3550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurants","category-ashley","category-bloggers","category-campus-life","category-commuting","category-in-retrospect","tag-adventure","tag-advice","tag-ashley","tag-campus-life-2","tag-commuter-student","tag-fit","tag-growth","tag-new-york-city","tag-tips-and-tricks","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3StnM-Vg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}