I think getting a student loan would be safer, and more respectable. Strippers may make a lot of money, but their quality of life is rather low. You would become an object in the eyes of many people, and a lot of people would lose respect for you. It may be hard to find a decent guy also. You could start using drugs to get over stagefright. I really hope you reconsider this stripper thing!

If that's what you want to do. Just make sure you are mentally tough enough to do it. Talk to other girls whoi have done it.

If you are comfortable doing it and you find a decent place to work then you shouldn't feel any shame about stripping. It's legal and you aren't hurting anyone. Your best bet is to find a more upscale club and avoid those run down dumps... you will be much safer and make more money, too. One thing you need to realize is that the hours are very late and sometimes you might have to work from 8pm-3am. This can be hard if you need to study and be in class early in the AM.

Only if you want to find you're life ruined. As soon as the college finds out this is what you are doing to get through be prepared to get screwed. Courses will fill up so fast you can apply a year ahead and not get in. Credits you've earned will disapear over night. And forget about getting financial aid or scholarships. Not going to happen. Colleges don't want strippers going there. Bad for their reputation if you get busted in a sting. And don't forget the hours will screw with your studing. On top of that your degree will be useless. Nobody wants to hire an ex-stripper. Especially not in teaching or any other field with a high morality code. And don't think you can lie about it. Any back ground check will bring it up. In fact they will use the fact you lied as a reason to fire you. Most girls end up quiting college because of all of this and just sticking to stripping. Here's the part nobody wants to talk about. Strippers don't make good money no matter where they work. Over half of what you make goes right back to the club. Especially upscale ones. All those tips and fees for lap dances have to split right down the middle with the club before you go home. On top of that because you are a sub-contractor in most you have to pay a stage fee, rent your locker, the house mom for looking after you, the DJ to play your music, for your drinks, and the bouncers to protect you plus pay for the beaty treatments and costumes. The owner is also not required to provide you with safe working conditions. You will be assulted regularly by not only customers, but the guys working there. and I'm not talking just touchy feely. I'm talking rapes and beatings. You will also get talked into breaking lots of laws just to keep your job and to compete with the other girls. Drugs will be every where. You will be expected to party it up as nessasary. And don't count on a schedual that fits you. You will be schedualed when they want you. If you don't show you still have to pay. Even if it's that's special week we all have. They don't want you working, but they are still going to get their money. If you don't believe me just look at all the ones who are on welfare and living in slums even though they claim they make a thousand dollars a night. Sure, on a good night which is only Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The rest of the week your lucky to make a hundred. By the way stage fees are about a hundred a shift and up. Here's what your social life wil look like. That nice boyfriend you have will be gone in a month because he won't be able to deal with having a stripper for a girlfriend. If you're not involved right now you can kiss finding a good man goodbye. All the "good" ones will want you for is a quicky in a VIP room. The one's who will date you will only want you to suck your money dry. Count on him abusing you too. Those friends who are so supportive will quickly disappear. In fact as soon as you make your announcement you'll have a whole new name. It will usally start with "that slut" or "the whore" so and so followed by snickers. Not one of them will want you around. Especially if their boyfriend is there. Get to close to him and you're going to get a beat down. And don't count on your family to be there for you either. You will cease to exist for most of them. If you do show up to a family function all those relatives will not only keep their distance, but any males spouses had better stay away from you. In the end the only family you'll have will be at the club. These are the same people who see you as a meal ticket or competion. Get used to having a knife in your back. There's one last part on this, but it's the biggest. No matter how tough you think you are selling yourself to people for pennies on the dollar will eat you alive from the inside out. If you do make it through there won't be anything left of you. You'll just be an empty shell. All those girls who play it up as something glamouros and fun and they only do what they want to are full of it. It's just a lie they tell themselves to get through the day. Soon enough that will be you telling that lie if you do this. If you're realy serious about college you'll find another way. Going part time and may take longer or getting loans may not be what you want, but in the end your better off then if you strip to get through.

You can make very very good money stripping. I was talking to a girl yesterday and she makes £100 a night, for three hours' work, plus most of what she earns for private lap-dances. Stripping is NOT prostitution - you are an entertainer, giving a performance. Nobody is touching you, you don't have to play with yourself - you are just dancing... naked. Obviously it would be wierd the first couple of times you do it, but after that it's just a job like any other. Strippers have more guts than most people, are much fitter, and definately have more money! I wouldn't advise it as a career move, but as a part-time job whilst going to uni/college, it's very lucrative. You wouldn't just be making enough to live on, you would be avoiding debt completely, while only doing two or three shifts a week (under 10 hours work), or you could become stinking rich doing extra hours. Might not be a good idea doing it in a small place, but a big city definately! I would if I could. You'd need to make sure to find a good place. What I mean is a joint that has plenty security and looks after the staff, where pervs who want more will be prompty told where to go! As for college, your tutors can't penalise you for working as a stripper, even if they did find out (although it might be awkward if your tutor came in! Or your dad! ;-) ). It's your job, and it's your personal life. What you do when not at class is not the school's business, but yours. Some of your class mates might find out, if they come in - the boys will think you're cool/you're a slag, and the girls will be envious/appalled. But at the end of the day who cares? Your real friends know who and what you are.

I know a couple of strippers that I DID NOT meet at a strip joint. One is married and looks at is at a job only. She makes about $90 grand a year and her husband is fine with it all. ANY college that doesn't have a specific honor code against the practice of stripping in a club CAN NOT discriminate toward a student who does this as long as it is legal. If a college was found to treat a stripper student any differently than a non-stripping student could be sued easily. That is called DISCRIMINATION. I must say that if you are completely comfortable with it as a job, you might look into it. Personally, I think it would suck my soul out, and chances are it would a lot of people's, but if YOU personally feel fine about it, go to amature night, try it out and see how you feel about it. There are several books written by strippers about their experiences. You might wish to read some of those. An amazon or google search will turn some up. Be careful when you find a place to dance that you know EXACTLY what is expected. Lap dances or not? Fully nude or not? Some pressure dancers towards prostitution so be VERY clear what you are comfortable with and what your manager/owner expects as well.

it is possible i myself have put so many girls through college i should have a campus building named for me

So long as your job does not involve screwing the customers, what's the harm? The boringly long essay by P W Pasobrio is one opinion, but it also reveals a fixation on his (her?) part that is not justified. I worked for years as a model and as an actor; this means that I let people look at me, and others took pictures of me. A young female relation (not my daughter) worked as an exotic dancer --- no contact with the customers. She made $600 - $700 per night, mostly in tips. I got $250 per hour. Where is the difference? OK, one difference, I didn't pose naked. She had -- has -- a beautiful body; I have a handsome face. Again, where's the difference? She worked at an upscale club, not a sleazy dive, and she did pay her college tuition with the money that she earned; and no drugs nor anything illicit. If one of my daughters had done the same, I would applaud her. I had a student in one of my college classes who worked as a stripper/exotic dancer. She not only paid her tuition but supported her grandmother with her "night work." I had no idea what her work was until after the term was ended. But **CAUTION** the other women in the class looked down on her, not because they knew what her work was, but because of her beautiful face, body, and breasts. BTW, after graduation she became an administrative assistant to the CEO of a very high-powered law firm, and went on to law school after that. But I'm a man; I can never see this as a woman would see it, nor feel it as a woman would feel it. If you feel hesitant or embarrassed about it, then you probably shouldn't consider it.

You can make really good money being a stripper, and as long as your okay with nudity you'll be fine. When i did it i was making at least $700 for a four hour shift. and most of the girls are just like you, their students that need money to be able to afford to go to school, and some are young mothers. once you talked to the girls you'll realize that most of them wouldn't fit the stereotype of a stripper.

I think that you have some great answers here! I would definatly recommend it as you will have time to study and have flexibility as it will make you a lot of money quickly if you are good. Before entering the profession I would read 7 Step Strip Success as it will makw you good from the word get go at www.howtostripper.com make sure you are far from your college and that you do not tell your roommates/college friends as it may become awkward for you. I would do it and tell everyone i work in a bar. I am a stripper now and tell my friends that so it is really not a problem.

I would definatly do it! I am a stripper now and it is a great job if you want flexibilty, and a lot of money quickly. although i would make sure you read 7 step strip success ( www.howtostripper.com) to learn the ropes. MAke sure it is far away from your scholl and that you do not tell anyone, even your best friend as you do not know what will happen in the future. Tell them you are working in a bar. good luck