College students might be broke, but it doesnโt mean they arenโt savvy.
Sleeping in cramped dorms, eating ramen noodles, shopping at thrift stores โ college years are a time for being frugal because, well, letโs face it โ youโre probably broke!
These 30 photos prove that college students can be geniuses when it comes to being thrifty.
Some of these ideas were seriously amazing.
1. These college kids were going to make the most out of being trapped indoors from a blizzard.


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2. No trash can? No problem.


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3. No one will suspect a thing.


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4. You work with what you got.


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5. โWent to visit my son in college. This is his porch furniture.โ


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6. When lazy meets genius.


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7. When you hate doing the dishes.


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8. This college student couldnโt afford cups and glasses. They made it work.


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9. Wait, what happened to the couch in the first place?!


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10. Let me guess, engineering major?


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11. They apparently didnโt know that the shower curtain hooks didnโt come with the shower curtain.


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12. College ingenuity at its finest.


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13. Milk is expensive, okay?


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14. Thatโs actually pretty clever.


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15. From a distance, you canโt even tell!


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16. Why donโt college kids own a proper pot?


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17. They didnโt have candles, soโฆ


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18. A bookshelf made of textbooks.


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19. Sweeping the floor: college edition.


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20. When cans are 5 or 10 cents a piece to return, that adds up!


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21. Lost the handle part. A replacement is way too expensive.


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22. Seems safe.


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23. No fork or spoon either?


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24. Dorm room hot tub. They better hope that holds.


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25. When you donโt have a microwave, you have to get resourceful.


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26. This is their fire alarm. Pretty sure this doesnโt meet code.


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27. I donโt even want to know where that came from.


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28. Itโs their one and only plate.


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29. Pretty amazing actually.


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30. They โfixedโ the shower.
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