I had a similar machine for a while before I gave it to my brother. The pods are okay, but the cost of them especially as a student would add up really quick. I used refillable pods which were better but then you need a grinder (the espresso in a bag at the supermarket you can’t adjust really well). In any case the coffee out of either the normal pods or the refillable ones weren’t very good (too sour/too bitter). You can hide it with milk but then what’s the point?

I’d recommend getting a pour over setup or an aeropress if you want quick and cheap. You can probably get a pretty good set of equipment that doesn’t lock you into a proprietary ecosystem and still let’s you get decent coffee in the morning. The cost of the machine plus some pods you’d probably be able to get a decent hand grinder, temperature controllable kettle, an aeropress, and a bag of coffee that will make leagues better coffee then the nespresso.