<p>Hey anyone at MIT right now, i was wondering how much money is good to make over the summer. i thought it would be good to make as much as possible, but i talked to someone at the school who said that that isn't necessarily what you need to do because personal expenses are included in the overrall budget. so, like how much personal money do they expect you to spend over the year and how much do you probably actually spend?? i hope someone knows what I'm talking about, lol</p>
<p>I believe your financial award letter should have something about a student's expected contribution. I would expect most of that to come from summer work. So on the order of $1500 for freshman year.</p>
<p>Are you thinking of working during term? If you are, obviously you don't need to make as much during the summer. :) </p>
<p>It's difficult to say how much personal money you'll need, because it varies depending on whether you're planning to cook for yourself or always eat at dining halls, whether you like to go out on the weekends (ie out to eat, out to the movies) or stay in, and other things like that. How much to you tend to spend?</p>
<p>sorry i didnt respond right away.
well, i would like to work during the term. how much is a reasonable amount to work? will you still have time to do some ec's and keep up with all your work and stuff?
i can be disciplined about spending money if i need to, i just dont want to worry about being somewhat free to do things (going out somewhere, getting something to eat).</p>
<p>I worked 8 hours a week my freshman year in a library on campus; it was a reasonable amount for me to work that year, and it provided basically all of my spending money. I also participated in an extracurricular and got through my classes. Library or dorm desk jobs are nice because you can usually bring your books and do homework while you're getting paid. :)</p>
<p>Later on, you can decide if you're willing to work more -- I worked at my UROP about 12 hours a week sophomore year, 15 hours a week junior year, and 20 hours a week my senior year.</p>