Help me decide costs.

Paying for College
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<p>I am Florida student and going to assist a 4-year public university. I have the Florida Bright Futures which covers the following:</p>

<p>100% tuition & fees (?)
$300 per semester for personal college expenses (or $600 per year)</p>

<p>First of all, what do they mean by the "fees"? What other thing is there to pay other than tuition?</p>

<p>Besides having the Florida BrightFutures, I received an scholarship from my university for $2,500 yearly ($10,000 total for 4 years).</p>

<p>So I have full tuition covered, $600 per year from FBF + 2500 from scholarship. That is 3,100 extra money. From this $3,100 I have to deduct the books. Whats the average of book cost of a full year taking 5 classes per semester (10 classes per year)?</p>

<p>So lets see: $3100 - <em>book costs yearly</em> = extra money</p>

<p>Is there any other cost regarding attending university? I dont want to include gas usage or food in this because even if I didnt attend college, I would have to come up with those figures anyways so I just consider them a part of daily life other than a cost because of attending school. With my part time job I will be able to cover gas + food.</p>

<p>So is there anything I should consider?</p>

<p>From the looks of things right now, I am going to be having some leftover money each year and I guess I would receive a check from the school with that amount right?</p>

<p>Please explain everything detailed as I am not much knowledgeable in this matter. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Lab Fees, Parking Permit, Health Care fee, Activity Fee, Books and Supplies. That doesn't count room and board (frequently cheaper to live off campus if sharing a house).</p>

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<p>I am planning on living with my dad so I will be commuting.</p>

<p>Can you elaborate more on those items you mentioned?</p>

<p>Also the Florida BrightFutures says that it covers 100% tuition as well as "fees", are those fees the ones you mentioned such as Lab Fees, Health Care fee, Activity Fee (whatever all of this are). So if the fees mentioned by BrightFutures are those ones then I wont have to pay anything except the parking permit and then just commuting costs?</p>

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<p>most of those mentioned by Erin's Dad are "required fees" and should be covered by the Bright Futures payment.</p>