Hey, I'm 23 live in socal in grad school, finishing up this year.
If you haven't heard of swagbucks.com...its a sweet search engine that you can use instead of google. You gain "swagbucks" a few times a day and can turn them in for amazon gift cards or other prizes every now and then. Anyways it doesn't cost anything...ever and you get at least $5 per month. I've gotten $15 in my first month (there are other ways to get more too). Also, they don't track you or sell your info.
If you are interested, I would appreciate the referral:
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/crazyblutes
If you have any quesitons let me know. I'll tell you the other ways of earning more swagbucks and help you out if you would like...Thanks!