<p>Room board, fees books and tution comes out to a little over 40,000.
and i have a dilemma
I come from a family to high middle class to get grants and stuff, and my parents want to be able to pay for my grad school. Theyve invested 200,000 for me in college, and i want to go to nyu
My dad is thinking he wont let me because thats 160,000 minimum for undergrad education...(theyre assuming that they are gonna pay for my food and clothes)</p>
<p>But im wondering
If my parents were paying full price for undergrad..could i pay for all my meals and entertainment if i had an internship (getting payed obviously).</p>
<p>For those of you actually going to NYU right now, how much money would you say you survive on per year (for entertainment, food and clothes)</p>
<p>And
would a decent part time internship help pay for costs of those expenses?</p>
<p>Please share any internship experiences.
And
yeah
How much did you earn?</p>
<p>If you really want to come to NYU, I don't think it should be too much of a problem. You can definitely get part-time jobs for about $10/hr (or more - I've heard babysitting pays really well), and I've lived decently well on about $100/wk. That said, I don't tend to spend too much on entertainment, but that's something you can cut back on. As long as you're not going to fancy restaurants or partying all the time, $100-200/wk is probably doable. And obviously, you can work during the summer and save up money.</p>
<p>Also, on the grad school front - my dad (econ prof) always tells me not to worry about grad school because they pay you to teach and whatnot. Sure, it's not enough money to have a great lifestyle, but you can definitely get by. Well, not the case for law/med/business school, I suppose, but for those schools... you're pretty much guaranteed to make the money back, so taking out a loan for that isn't too terrible of a prospect, even though it seems like a lot of money.</p>
<p>have you ever had any nice internships.
Since it's NYC, im assuming theres' lots of great internships available if you find them. (plus ive heard stories about people and their internships)</p>
<p>I have a work-study position that pays $9 an hour. It's an easy job and I do my homework/study most of the time after I finish my assigned task. I make about $100 a week, and I've been able to live semi-lavishly here. </p>
<p>Good internships are usually difficult to get freshman year only because they are normally reserved for upper-classmens and because it's usually for credit or paid internship. A lot of the programs at NYU dont give you internship credits until later and paid...it's highly unlikely for a freshman unless you have really good connections/hookups AKA you have a family member working in the company or something. </p>
<p>other than that, I'd say if you really want to come to NYU and money's the only problem-- then it won't be a problem. I can hardly afford an NYU education, but through loans and things, anything's possible.</p>
<p>thanks
well
i should have around 3000-4000 saved by the time i attend (ifi get accepted) so i guess a part time job would keep me pretty steady there since i wouldve had an initial few thousand...and actually, ide probably have more cause of graduation gifts.</p>
<p>I have a work study position that pays me $14 per hour....
and since I've used up my workstudy already, it got switched to department's funding....</p>
<p>"If my parents were paying full price for undergrad..could i pay for all my meals and entertainment if i had an internship (getting payed obviously)."</p>
<p>Depends. I have a friend who recently got an internship at JP Morgan and gets paid 22 dollars an hour (base pay). He can obviously afford 2 good meals a day (like most college students), and then some. Might push the envelope for entertainment as well, but it's doable depending on how fiscally responsible you are. However, if you get paid less...which most of us are...you can't afford both meals and entertainment. </p>
<p>"For those of you actually going to NYU right now, how much money would you say you survive on per year (for entertainment, food and clothes)"</p>
<p>I make about 200 dollars per month (8 dollars an hour), and I work at a midtown law firm, and it's way more than I need to have a good time here. That includes food, entertainment, and clothes. You do the math for a year.
Like the above poster mentioned, it's somewhat harder for freshman to get such positions, but you have to take the initiative.</p>
<p>"would a decent part time internship help pay for costs of those expenses?"</p>
<p>Yes. See above.</p>
<p>"Please share any internship experiences."</p>
<p>I work at a firm that specializes in immmigration law. Not very exciting. Definitely not the field of law I want to work in. </p>
<p>You are dreaming if you think 160k will pay for 4 yrs at NYU. Tuition, Room and board alone is between 43k and 48k this year alone for a freshman depending on what dorm you are given and since you have to pay for books, entertainment, transportation and other things- your dad is gonna easily go through that 200k for 4 years. ANY private school for 4 yrs for a freshman entering next fall will cost well over 160k- let alone NYU!</p>
<p>Well, they might not necessarily be internships - you can get regular part-time jobs too. Also, one of my friends is a bartender and makes a pretty decent amount of money. However, it pretty much means you'll always be tired during classes, and I feel like your parents would probably rather you study than earn that amount of money.</p>
<p>I didn't really look for jobs until sophomore year, but when I did, I got one that was $16/hr. </p>
<p>I mean, your parents have saved up for it, which is more than my parents did. I think you'll be ok. Just make sure you really want to go here, that's all.</p>
<p>Above all things, unless you've already gotten your acceptance and financial aid packages, I'd advise you to just wait and see what you get. There's no point in speculating about what jobs to get and how much they'll pay until you know whether or not you even got in. If you get in, then it'll be a matter of looking at the money situation.</p>