<p>How much money do you spend per month in average at college ?
I am trying to figure out how much I should ask my parents for my allowance. (I will probably start working 2nd semester of my freshman year)</p>
<p>About 1200 per month in California. (besides school fees)</p>
<p>Is that including food/housing/essentials?</p>
<p>Outside of all that stuff, I didn't really spend more than a hundred a month. I never had the need.</p>
<p>if the 1200 a month does NOT include food/housing, then what are you using it on?</p>
<p>hookers and beer</p>
<p>south CA:
$500-700 room with utilities
$400 food
$100-300 books
$100 car (gas only, excluding insurance and repair)
$100 extra (gadgets, clothes, school materials, etc.)</p>
<p>heheh; i spent about $400 (a bit over sometimes) per month, but totally excessive (though i go to school at berkeley and the bay area is expensive....). my roommate used about $200, and she wasn't scrimping. </p>
<p>[not including tuition/books/room/board/etc.]</p>
<p>I spend around $1200 for everything, but I have an apartment.</p>
<p>$725 rent/utils, $200 food and random householdy things like paper towels (food as in from the grocery store, not going out to eat every night), $100 for books/art supplies and about $150 for other stuff.</p>
<p>If you are living in the dorms with a full food plan, you could get by with $50 a month for laundry, toiletries, and misc. things. Sure, it's nice to have more and I easily spent a couple hundred some months (eating out, gifts, new clothes, etc) but when you earn the money you will appreciate the items more. Now I live off campus and have rent, bills, groceries, car payment, gas, etc. So, it adds up to over $1,000 a month easy.</p>
<p>i am getting 280 from my parents a month for everything past dorm and food plan</p>
<p>you're very lucky.</p>
<p>I've stayed in a dorm without a food plan, and $300cdn a month was good enough.</p>
<p>I live in a dorm with a meal plan, so my spending money is just textbooks and entertainment. My textbooks run about $500 a semester, and then I probably spend an additional $150 a month on eating out, movies, plays/musicals, sports games, clothing, etc. When I got a job, I was able to spend more extravegently, but even then rarely spent more than $200 a month outside of textbooks.</p>
<p>$112.38</p>
<p>....</p>
<p>This is a bad question. It depends on so many things...income, tastes, cost of living, etc.</p>
<p>I don't even want to think about it. A lot of money.</p>
<p>i spent about 400/500 a month in college. that was for car payments, insurance, cell phone, gas, and food in my apt. plus whater mis. expenses.</p>
<p>Well i haven't been to college yet but last year i had to live with a friend and I bought all my extra stuff (lunch, face stuff, clothes etc) I didn't go over 100 dollars so it shouldn't be so bad.. (around 60-70 i think)i hope...</p>
<p>Plus i didn't have a cell phone.. (i was the only person who didn't have one) pretty inconvienient but convienient when i just want to stay out all night without people bothering me.)</p>
<p>Though this yr i have to pay for my own gas and car insurance.. sigh</p>
<p>$500 a month in college is dirt cheap. I pay $480 just for rent and utilities in my apartment. Factor in food, monthly metropass, tuition fees, phone bill, internet and recreational spending and it adds up.</p>