Getting a Bachelors Degree in one year might seem impossible, but it is not. There are some key factors that will help you complete your degree in one year. First you need to speak with the academics office and complete life experience forms; the college will require some evidence that you actually have life experience from work or your own life to get credits for certain courses. Myself, I have a computer networking background and was able to get credit for a networking course. That saved me $1200 due to the fact that I did not have to take the course. Another option is to CLEP the 100 level classes to save time as well, the tests are moderately difficult and does cost money, but nowhere near as much as an entire course. If you have a military background, transferring credits from your military life experience can be done through a program called Smart Transcript. If you also completed certifications, they sometimes can be used to gain college credits, but you need a solid foundation on the topic and need to prove that you use the subject daily.

If you buy college textbooks at your college bookstore, you could be saving $100's every semester. The bookstore uses the money and puts it back into the college, but you already pay high prices in tuition. Why should the college make even more money out of you? The college tuition costs are expected to double in the next year making it harder to attend college. Colleges are looking for ways to cut costs and giving the bill to students, it is time for the students to stop throwing away money and buy their college textbooks somewhere else and save their money.

Please ask any questions or put some comments that you think could be useful to you or anyone who uses StudentBookTrades. If the site is too complicated or even need a tutorial on how to use the website to save money on college books, please let me know. General questions are welcome as well. Start using StudentBookTrades.com to save money on college textbooks: (1) List the textbooks you currently have in the database (2) Add textbooks to your wishlist so the system can automatically match you with other students to trade textbooks. (3) Search the database for textbooks at your campus or nationwide and save money.

The launch of StudentBookTrades.com initiated on February 1, 2008. I hope students see the advantages to searching for books by campus, not only in saving money on college textbooks, but an easier way to link with other students who have used textbooks. I use to list textbooks on the bulletin board at school which made it difficult to find other textbooks. All I did here was virtualize the bulletin board for each school. All the students have to do is use this website to search any college campus they choose. Please send your comments or questions this way to better support you. Thank You.