The Tomiwa Podcast

☹️ A few weeks ago student loans was trending on Twitter because student loan funding was getting cut by the government. 

🤔 A lot of people like me were trying to figure out how we would be able to pay for school. 

🤑 I made a thread on twitter sharing some of the tips and tricks I use to pay for school and it went viral.

🧠 I decided to make a video and blog post to provide more information.

👍🏿 Like and share to help a student!

Full video and slides: https://bit.ly/10-tips-to-pay-for-school

Here are the 10 tips:

• Apply for Scholarships: 2:50
• I use #Math and a spreadsheet to show that you make more money per hour with scholarships than at a job 4:55
• Create a calendar event for Scholarship deadline: 7:45
• Save Scholarships in google docs and google drive 10:15
• Look for offline scholarships: 11:20
• Read applications of past winners and losers: 12:10
• Apply for interest-free student loans 13:15
• Apply for student lines of credits: 14:00
• Find a job using programs specifically designed for students and recent grads without a lot of experience (e.g. Ontario Summer Start, TalentEgg, AngelList): 15:10
• Be a brand/campus ambassador for a company you want to work for: 17:35
• Ask stores if they have student deals or visit stores on days when they have student pricing (e.g. Metro, BulkBarn, GO Transit): 18:50