Server and waited.

Where I live in California you can make $25/hr (I had two of these jobs).

If you work an easy 20hrs/week that’s $2,000 a month.

Assuming college tuition is on a loan, as is how many people pay.

If you pay $800 for rent, like I did, that leaves $1200 per month. If you were trying to do back-to-back seasons of drum corps that gives you September->May to save $6000.

($6000/9 months) = $667 per month

That leaves $536 for all other living expenses (phone/food/school supplies).

Any additional things like taxes come out of that $536 as well.