You may hear it from your parents or your Econ professors - learn more about the stock market! Get some investments! Unfortunately, most students don't exactly have the disposable income to invest in stocks - whether it's in affordable but high risk companies or in big names like Google and Apple where shares are hundreds of dollars each. You can get the 'rents off your back, gain some valuable learning experiences and find a healthy financial competitive streak when you join UpDown, a social network for virtual investing.

What would you do if you had a million dollars and the whole NYSE open to your spending? When you register with UpDown, you get a million in virtual currency and your own stock portfolio. Do well, and you'll appear on the list of top investors, be able to off your valuable knowledge in stock analysis and even earn real money (the top investors and analysts are paid for their skills on this site!). Do poorly and you'll be secure in your knowledge that it's only virtual currency that's suffering in the downturn.