Don’t put yourself into the same common traps a lot of college guys fall into:
1) Rose colored glasses and faulty expectations: most college aged hunters have visions of world wide hunting safaris, regardless of their future ability to make that happen. So you buy a rifle now with the intention of traveling later for elk, bear, what have you... the cost of those out of state points, licenses, tags, taxidermy, meat processing (or gear to do it yourself), and travel will all cost far more than the relatively inexpensive rifle we’re talking about here. Most guys don’t ever leave their own state for hunting, even once in their life, so that “someday rifle” keeps waiting for someday... wasted inventory investment on dreams that would never happen...
2) Underbudgeting your future self: if you ARE able to make these traveling hunts once your degree yields a serviceable income, future you will be able to buy the rifle far more easily than current you. Maybe today you buy a lesser quality or lower condition rifle than you might be able to easily 5yrs from now...?
So what that adds up to for a lot of guys - instead of using what you have and spending the money you might be able to save for real hunting experiences with your 30-30 in the next couple of years, you scrimp towards a sub-optimal Rifle you might never get to use, and you miss out on those experiences.