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- Anne Arundel Community College Arnold MD
- Award Beauty School Hagerstown MD
- Baltimore City Community College Baltimore MD
- Baltimore International College Baltimore MD
- Baltimore School of Massage Linthicum MD
- Capitol College Laurel MD
- Carroll Community College Westminster MD
- Cecil College North East MD
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- College of Notre Dame of Maryland Baltimore MD
- College of Southern Maryland La Plata MD
- Coppin State University Baltimore MD
- Delmarva Beauty Academy Salisbury MD
- DeVry University-Maryland Bethesda MD
- Frederick Community College Frederick MD
- Frederick School of Cosmetology Frederick MD
- Frostburg State University Frostburg MD
- Garrett College McHenry MD
- Goucher College Baltimore MD
- Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown MD
- Hair Academy Inc-New Carrollton New Carrollton MD
- Hair Expressions Academy Rockville MD
- Harford Community College Bel Air MD
- Hood College Frederick MD
- Howard Community College Columbia MD
- International Beauty School Cumberland MD
- International Beauty School-Bel Air Bel Air MD
- Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD
- Kaplan University Frederick MD
- Kaplan University Hagerstown MD
- L’Academie de Cuisine Gaithersburg MD
- Lincoln College of Technology Columbia MD
- Loyola University Maryland Baltimore MD
- Maple Springs Baptist Bible College and Seminary Capitol Heights MD
- Maryland Beauty Academy Reisterstown MD
- Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex Baltimore MD
- Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore MD
- McDaniel College Westminster MD
- Medix School Towson MD
- Medix School-West Baltimore MD
- Medix South Landover MD
- Montgomery Beauty School Silver Spring MD
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- Morgan State University Baltimore MD
- Mount St. Mary’s University Emmitsburg MD
- National Labor College Silver Spring MD
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College Baltimore MD
- North American Trade Schools Baltimore MD
- Omega Studios’ School of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences Rockville MD
- Prince George’s Community College Largo MD
- Robert Paul Academy of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences Timonium MD
- Salisbury University Salisbury MD
- Sanford-Brown Institute Landover MD
- Sojourner-Douglass College Baltimore MD
- St John’s College Annapolis MD
- St. Mary’s College of Maryland St. Mary’s City MD
- St. Mary’s Seminary & University Baltimore MD
- Stevenson University Stevenson MD
- Tai Sophia Institute Laurel MD
- TESST College of Technology-Baltimore Baltimore MD
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- TESST College of Technology-Towson Towson MD
- The Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore MD
- The Fila Academy Inc Glen Burnie MD
- The Temple-A Paul Mitchell Partner School Frederick MD
- Towson University Towson MD
- United States Naval Academy Annapolis MD
- University of Baltimore MD
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne MD
- University of Maryland-Baltimore Baltimore MD
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- University of Maryland-College Park College Park MD
- University of Maryland-University College Adelphi MD
- University of Phoenix-Maryland Campus Columbia MD
- Washington Adventist University Takoma Park MD
- Washington Bible College-Capital Bible SeminaryLanham MD
- Washington College Chestertown MD
- Wor-Wic Community CollegeSalisbury MD
- Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital Silver Spring MD
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Why do students not have enough money for food? Some do not budget enough in their loans. If they fill out the FAFSA form the government guarantees student loans. These loans can be used to pay for living expenses and tuition. In your budget include money for paying for meal plans or buying food at groceries.
$100 per week is a large budget for some people, and small budget to others. This gives you the calm attitude that comes with knowing that you can eat, and have energy to study. If you borrow at least $1000 per semester for food (meal plans are more), and attend 4 years (8 semesters without summers) then that adds only $8000 to your college debt when you graduate. Take a larger amount than $2000 the first year, to understand how much you need. If you have extra monies, it can be used the second year.
15 weeks per semester - $1000 is about $65 per week or larger budget, $100 per week x 15= $1500 (meal plans often are more)
When you graduate, $8000 is a loan payment of about $85 per month at low interest 5.25 % loans payable over 10 years. That's $20 per week of your future salary to pay for your food today. Besides housing and transportation expenses, make sure to budget monies for food. If you borrow more, than perhaps you'll pay $30 per week of your salary towards the food part of your loan.
These maps show locations of groceries and food pantries. Local churches and synagogues also offer food.
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Groceries near Maryland campus Food Pantries near Maryland campus37oakfield.com suggests clicking the links below - each book site will open in a new tab. Then you can do true comparison, and find the seller with lowest priced version of the book you need.
Enter what info you know about the book. Make sure you are ordering the version your professor wants. What year or edition. Do they need the online lab access to go with it? Most professors in U.S, want the U.S. version. Other country versions often have chapters in different order, or might not have exact same info. (most of info in book is similar)
Knetbooks results show the different versions and give comparison of renting, how long you want to rent it (different prices for longer time), ebooks, used or new. FREE shipping and $5 off your order.
eCampus has pull down menu when you enter book name of the different versions, with or without labs or workbooks. Their results also show comparison of renting, how long you want to rent it (different prices for longer), ebooks, used or new textbooks. FREE shipping and $5 off your order.
Amazon search results, give you different versions of book and also other choices. Their top search result often gives sellers that advertise or other sellers that Amazon wants to feature. Requires greater searching efforts as book could be listed multiple times. Orange BUY BOX is NOT always the lowest price! Look for link that says Used and New offers. Choose to have shipped from Amazon warehouse or many other sellers. Read descriptions of used books. Some describe better than others. Rent, ebooks, used or new textbooks. Students can get Amazon Prime.
AbeBooks has many book sellers, but not all textbooks are available. Many of their sellers are bookstores. Good to compare for required books that aren't textbooks.
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Biggerbooks offers textbooks and ebooks, search gives comparison of renting, how long you want to rent it (different prices for longer), ebooks, used or new textbooks.
Save money on books - borrow from library and make digital copies. Takes a few hours but you can copy a textbook onto a pen drive (copy machines have a USB port). Some colleges let you print pages using their printers and paper. Some students start book exchanges to trade books with each other.
Another alternative to save money is to buy the ebook or rent the book.
Shopping Amazon, look for link under products, for Used and New. Compare the sellers for price and delivery. Some sellers have products in Amazon warehouse, others ship themselves. Compare the cost of shipping with prime or shipping with a book seller. The buy box offers Amazon Prime shipping, but is not always the least expensive seller. Amazon is NOT a department store. Some things they have bought from vendors to sell themselves. Most things are sold by a few million independent sellers. Each has their own return policy. At the end of a semester there are many book companies that will buy your used books for a discounted price.
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