Life can be very difficult in university because most of the students dependent on their parents for upkeep.

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Some students take shortcuts to survive while others opt for legal ways of surviving, but at the end of the day, life has to continue.

Here is how some of them survive:

Online writing: This is one of the common source of income for most of the students. Interestingly, this is not only for media students but all the students. They do so to raise that extra cash.

'Sponsors': Some students do not want to sweat, to survive. The females have been accused of having 'sponsors' which is another term for sugar-daddies. Funny enough, the males are following suit by looking for sugar mummies to finance them, so as to survive.

Helb: This is another common source of finance. Though it does not last for long, some students have mastered how to utilise it for the maximum outcome.