Lucy Redoglia has three different incomes. But they're not all handed to her on a silver platter. Although she receives money for tuition from the President's scholarship and gets $400 a month from her grandma for rent, she still works part-time, 15 to 20 hours a week.
Like the majority of students on campus, Redoglia, a junior, uses the combination approach to college financing. Many students use a little of everything to get through school, because often times parents can't financially support their children entirely through college, but students working full-time would be too stressed with school.
Redoglia's grandma started a college fund when Redoglia was born to help cover her college expenses.
Although Redoglia said she could probably live off what her grandma gives her, it's nice to have her own spending money that she earns herself.
"There's a lot more than just tuition and rent," she said. "I have to have money to pay for food and bills and fun stuff for me."
She said it's hard to budget time between working and going to school.
She said things pop up out of no where and having extra money allows students to save in case something happens.
"I have to make sure that if my car breaks down or I need an extra book for school, I have enough to cover it," she said.
But working and going to school is hard, she said, because she can't go out of town on the weekends or visit friends and family that live far away.
"It would be nice not to have the stress," she said. "But having a job is an experience. It's kind of like a social life."
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