<p>From North Texas, and am trying to get a real sense of the personal and transportation costs of DD going to SCU.</p>
<p>Well...at least you can fly from Dallas. We are from the east coast. We include four plane tickets a year...home at Christmas and at the end of the year, and trip to school in Sept. Then two roundtrips to relatives in southern CA for the Thanksgiving and Spring breaks. For personal expenses, we don't actually factor any money. Our daughter works on campus (there are a lot of on campus jobs...not just work study) and she assumes all of her personal expense bills. She earns about $50 a week and has never complained that she needed more money. She also has had a summer job and worked during holiday breaks.</p>