How to earn money as a college student ? (Part-1)

Before we discuss the ways to earn money as a college student, we need to understand that knowledge of personal finance is ultimate flex. Money without financial intelligence is money gone soon. If we want to become wealthy, we must re-train our thinking. Schools often fail to teach us about money. The rich build wealth because they understand money. Working for someone else means you are trading your time for money. As an employee, your income potential is limited by your employer. But as an employer, your income potential is unlimited. The more you earn, the more freedom you built. Make your money to work for you. Never aim to become rich but aim to become wealthy. Richness is measured in dollars whereas wealth is measured in time. How long you can survive without working is how wealthy you are. Being wealthy is more important than being rich.

Following are the ways by which you can earn money being a college student :-

1. Online Tuition or offline tuition 

Private tuitions are by far the best way or the most productive way for college students to earn money. Since corona pendemic the world has shifted to online mode. You can either teach as an online teacher or you can help international students in their homework online. There are a lot of website like CHEGG.com, BARTLEBY.com . These are homework helping websites.

2. Helping other students with their assignments

There are many students who are Kind of lazy or not interested in studies. They don't want to gain knowledge but wants to have a degree or diploma. So you can help such students in writing their assignments and in return charge them for the same.

3. Preparing notes and then convert them into eBooks

If you are an expert in the art of preparing notes, then you can sell your hand written notes in the form of an ebook on Amazon or any other website.

4. Video editing

If you know video editing then you are a gem. There are many people who make videos on YouTube, but they don't know how to edit them. So you can work for them on part time basis.

5. Content writing

If you think you are good at writing, then you can go with content writing. This field has exploded in the past few years. You can try with writing blogs, captions, posts etc. Using this you can freelance for anybody you want. You can also try your hands at photography and videography. Though they are seasonal works, but they have the potential to provide you with handsome money. For this you can create your profile on upwork or Fiverr.

6. Translation

With the rising globalization, the scope of translators are also increasing. If you know foreign languages then you can make money very easily by translating one language to another.

7. Websites and app development

In this fast paced progressive world, the role of ICT remains very significant. The use of technology multiplies the growth of any country. If you know how to make website and how to develop an App, then you can make money very easily. You can freelance for many people and really makes good money.