<prompt> Human: tl;dr I make 500month, but my bills are twice that for the first month and I will be completely on my own in college. What are my options to come up with the missing money?___Before I start I would like to mention tuition is fully paid for by scholarships.To run down my expenses per month quickly heres a table:Expense Cost:----:Apartment 604.00Food 200.00Misc. 100.00Phone 80.00Total 984.00Most of the on campus jobs that will work around my schedule only pay 7.25 an hour and will give me 20 hours a week max.Known options:My mom told me I should use my credit card to pay rent each month since I wont have 600 on hand. The advantage here is that she told me I would only have to pay the minimum amount each month on the card then I can pay the rest off when I get the chance. This sounded really shady to me and my mom has really shit credit so I really dont trust her with this decision.I have thought about taking out a private loan I can repay after college since my degree has a decent turnout Computer Science. My mom doesnt want me to do this because she thinks it will hurt me more in the future financially than incurring interest on a college credit card now.Starting in October, my parents said they will pay for half of the apartments rent, so I can start saving up money to go home for the holidays. I really dont think its a guarantee though since my moms current occupation is hoping from one job to the next.Assistant: Thanks everyone! Im going to try to get a better job, use a student loan to pay some of my expenses, and talk to my parents about my plan.  <response>: The credit card thing is a colossally bad idea, dont take financial advice from your mother. 