<p>I calculated and I think I spend about $170 a week. This doesn't include rent or tuition or anything.</p>
<p>My college estimated personal expense of $2100 for 9 months (excluding, rent meals, or books) which is something like $50/week. Personal expenses include clothing, laundry, telephone, recreation etc. as well as the student clinical fee. Considering I will be living in a city campus, is that an under or over estimate?</p>
<p>If you are going to be living on an urban campus chances are you are going to be spending more time off campus in the city. Whether you are telling yourself that now or not, it will probably happen. Why is it you are excluding meals? Is it because you are getting a meal plan or because your parents said they will pay for food? There is a good possibility you will not ONLY be eating on campus, so you should factor in going out to dinner in the city. I personally think you are underestimating quite a bit living in an urban environment. If you are going to be living in the city, you should be taking advantage of it, trying to get by with nothing is going to make your college experience in the city a lot worse.</p>
<p>Don't forget colleges charge you for additional stuff like lab fees, orientation, etc . I am not sure how much colleges lay on "extra" charges every month outside of tuition since I am going to be a freshman myself but I am sure there is some.</p>
<p>The advantage of having a job...</p>
<p>For the 3rd time, seriously just get a job over the summer and save the money! Figure up what you spend a month now and figure that you will spend a little bit more every month in college. You rather have money left over than to run out of money.</p>
<p>I spend $0 now...i am a saver, not a spender...</p>
<p>I probably spend about $40 per week. But that's spent on ebay :(</p>
<p>I really don't spend much money except during football or basketball season. Then I MIGHT spend a little bit to get something to eat at the game. Other than that, I spend very little. In fact, I have all of that information and I'll look tonite while I sit at work bored.. all on spreadsheets.</p>
<p>I can't imagine spending a couple hundred bucks per week. I'd much rather save that money. No, I don't party, don't drink, and I don't go off campus very much. But that's fine by me.</p>
<p>Do you ever go out to eat with your friends? ^ I know that I will be buying toiletries... and I think my rents are paying for my gas... and I would like to go out to eat once a month, maybe twice.... and I'm talking IHOP, Dennys, Waffle house, buffet, etc...so not over $10 a time...</p>
<p>In a month I spend about $200 on groceries/food (high living expenses here, though), and then usually an extra $100-200 on other things like transportation, apartment supplies (paper towels, sponges, soap, etc), and going out. I also spend some $$ on clothes... and books do a number on the bank account.</p>
<p>I work during the summers and have a work-study job on campus, so it's mostly my money that pays for it all.</p>
<p>My mom just informed me that "You will NOT be working your first year" woohoo!</p>
<p>AHeartLikeHis- If you're deadset in your ways then *** are you doing here asking for our advice?</p>
<p>^^ haha that's what I was thinking!</p>
<p>I'm sure a lot of people are thinking it. I'm sorry but this is just annoying, glad you don't have to work for stuff and mommy and daddy will give you everything, and you're to dumb to comprehend that you feel this way now, but you'll want a social life in college, and that costs money, unless you plan on mooching. </p>
<p>I hope you do stick to your damn budget, cause that'll cost you your social life, like eating out with friends, going to the movies, renting movies, going to a dance club, going to games, doing pretty much anything. </p>
<p>In the words of Red Foreman, "Dumbass!"</p>
<p>Gee, now thats nice. After i graduated, my parents told me the same thing, I would not work during my first year of college too.</p>
<p>They then followed up by saying you better work your butt off this summer to make enough money to last you all year! After 48 hours/week in a steel factory.....you sure learn to value your money!</p>
<p>wsuwarrior10, that's a completely different thing. This person seems to want us to tell her that it's ok to be lazy and not get a job over the summer to support themselves. 1300 isn't going to cut it! </p>
<p>Now, if she'd just buck up and get a job and work her hiney off i wouldn't be like this. I'm just saying. Stop being lazy.</p>
<p>Actually I am taking a 5 week english class this summer...</p>
<p>Oh no! 3 credit hours AND a part time job? That would be soooo hard to do!</p>
<p>Seriously, last summer I took 9 credits and worked full time. I'm taking a 4 week english class this summer and working 1 job full time and 1 job part time. If you can't manage 3 credits and a part time job then that's just sad!</p>
<p>To maintain one scholarship i have to serve 75 hours of community service.
I'll be doing that over the summer.
Plus working no less than 2 full time jobs.</p>
<p>You fail at life.</p>
<p>^ what kinds of things do you do for community service? I'm trying to get a few ideas of things I can do.</p>