I have already done the following:
Babysitting for a friend when needed, which I haven't been needed often.
Selling clothes that I don't wear on a yard sale page.
I have been applying for jobs since April but no one called me even after checking on my app. I move in to my dorm in less than a month so it's kinda pointless to get one now.
Any suggestions? And PLEASE only legitimate answers.
Have you tried selling old video games/consoles/phones? There are several websites that will tell you before you sell how much you'll get, provide you with an envelope, and send you a check within a few weeks.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to begin job hunting near your campus so you have something lined up by the time you move in. Even though you wouldn't have the money before moving in, if you began working that first week, you'd get paid well before the end of the first month!
Don't worry too much about buying a lot for your dorm, though. From personal experience, I spent very little time in my dorm room since it was so small and there's no reason to spend excessive time in there. Assuming your campus has a cafeteria (and that your dorm doesn't have a kitchen - if it does, I envy you!), all you really need is bedding, a lamp, duct tape (trust me), and toiletries. The rest can almost definitely be put off until you have more money.
To the person who said I need a reality check, I have been working my butt off this summer. NO ONE will hire someone that is leaving in 25 days, I had an interview and they said they weren't hiring me for that simple thing. And these necessities include things that can't be bought from a garage sale, such as tissues because I get bad allergies I the winter, and and laundry detergent, and soap and snow boots (inexpensive ones) because I am going to be at a school that is affect by the lake effect snow, and dish detergent, trash bags, etc. Also, I'm living in a DORM not an apartment. I don't need a spatula or frying pan (maybe you should've thought of that before your apartment). I would've tried to get a job earlier but I needed to graduate and run track (which is paying for some of my tuition). And I'm not asking for free money, I'm asking for ways to EARN it. And those room decorations, aren't happening until I get the rest of my "necessities".
Adults "raise money" by working.
It's "pointless" to get a job now? You have a month. You could make $1500, but I guess if you think that's "pointless...".
You are an unemployed adult. That means you cross "room decorations" off your list. You reduce your expectations or increase your income.
What are these other "necessities?" When I moved into my first on-campus apartment my mother took me garage sale shopping for the necessities...frying pan, spatula, soup/pasta pot, can opener, etc.
You need a reality check, kid.
Some schools help students find part time jobs. Otherwise selling or pawning some possessions may be necessary, who needs distracting video games while going to college.
