<prompt> Human: Hi guysThanks for taking time to read thisI am going to be a college sophomore this fall and I am getting a summer job at my college campus this summer. Im going to make about 8.50hr. I am not getting a job in the fall or winter because I am a Marine Biology major and I have about 3-4 labs for the rest of my college career. The problem is with this summer job I will probably earn about 4k this summer. I am deciding to cut my family off when I graduate in December 2020 for personal issues. I am graduating early so I will have about 9 months of free time I hope to get a job in my field. So I want to live on my own but I will probably only have about 4k in my bank account and Im worried that I wont have enough to pay for graduate school and to even afford housing. I would appreciate any advice to have better finances by the time I graduate. Thank you. Edit: typo  <response>: Im a graduate student in another STEM field. If you are paying for a PhD, you are doing it wrong. They should be paying you enough to be financially independent of your parents. If you want to help your career and make money at the same time, depending on your university and prospective lab, you could search for paid research experiences. Even if you cant find any on campus, the NSF has summer REU programs in marine biology that will pay you. If you are serious about graduate school, I strongly recommend seeking out research experiences as an undergraduate. They are immensely helpful for getting into graduate school. Im not familiar with marine biology, but I suspect there are many paid opportunities out there. 