<p>Do you give your college student spending money?</p>
<p>I do. I send $300 per month, which my daughter supplements by working at the on-campus museum.</p>
<p>No. That's what summers are for.</p>
<p>Not usually. She had a summer job which she saved money from for spending money and she also has a WS job and uses that for her spending money. We do pay for a couple of tanks of gas a month, anything health related of course including over the counter meds. When her WS job was on hold because of waiting for some project approvals we gave her a little money - the odd $20 - to help keep her going. </p>
<p>She has a summer job lined up already for this summer.</p>
<h1>2. it must be nice. $300/month. Does that amount cover their books etc?</h1>
<p>Nope. He is responsible for everything besides tuition, room, and board and airfare home. (He does have some loans to pay for a portion of the aforementioned expenses.) And, on the rare occasion that something unusual comes up and I offer to pay or help pay for it, his response is always, "No, that's my responsibility." I am very proud of this guy.</p>
<p>We don't give S#1 any spending money routinely. When he was home on break, we did fork over the occasional 20 dollar bill, not much more
It is our expectation that his summer job will cover all his spending money as well as his $ for books and other school supplies.
We pay his tuition, room and board</p>
<p>I don't. Neither one of my kids had a problem earning enough via work study, especially during the first year when I was paying for their meal plans. (By 2nd year they are paying for their own meals as well).</p>
<p>Dad II -- Yes, it's for pretty much everything. She's pretty good with her money. Actually, she's a very conservative spender. We send her $75/week and nothing else unless she has an emergency. In fact, she just rented an apartment in New Haven for grad school and had to put down two months' rent ($1750) and was able to cover it, using her savings from earnings and allowance. </p>
<p>Once she enters grad school in the fall, we expect her to live off of her stipend. We'll pass down her "allowance" to our son, who starts college in August.</p>
<p>My parents give me money to cover the cost of books, basic food, and other necessities (cleaning supplies, toilet paper, etc.). They do not provide any extra spending money.</p>
<p>We don't give her spending money. But she does have a credit card linked to us so that we can track drug store stuff, necessary clothing, books. We also pay for all tuition, books, room and board. She will have a job this summer, and hopefully during the school year to begin to pay for the credit card as well. Also, about a third of her summer earnings will go to pay for a bit (a little bit...) of next year's tuition.</p>
<p>I supply everything he Needs (I would buy him toiletries, etc and send a care package). The "Wants' are on him.</p>
<p>My parents only gave me money once I had moved out of the dorms and off of the meal plan. Luckily for me, my brother had been a fairly loose spender and they thought that I needed around $300 a month to survive on. I had spent the summer of my sophomore year learning how to cook, so I was able to get away with only spending a couple of bucks a day on food. When my parents noticed how big my bank account had gotten (and that I hadn't asked them for money when they forgot to give me some for three months in a row) they cut my allowance down to $100 a month for food. :(</p>
<p>nope. both kids earn money in summer and during school year. We pay our share of tuition/room/board and family cell phone plan.</p>
<p>Thanks rondafaye. As of right now, our plan is $3500/year covering every thing, including books and airfare home.</p>
<p>Of course that we pay tuition, room and meal plan.</p>
<p>We cover books and food - he covers the rest.</p>
<p>Nope, that is what summer job for. However, D has her own savings account that she can tap on if she needs to. For books she has a scholarship from my company that pays for all 4 years. She is set except for miscellaneous spending money.</p>
<p>Yes, we pay for everything (books, travel, clothes) plus $200/mon, which was her allowance in high school. She supplements it by working 10 hrs/week and summer jobs. She is on her school's minimum meal plan because she goes out to eat quite a bit, but we do not pay for her meals out.</p>
<p>^^Same as oldfort but we only give $50/month in a cash transfer; the rest is on the campus cash card. The cash and her summer/break earnings pay for haircare products (lots for long curly hair), the occasional movie or concert ticket. The campus cash is for trips to the campus coffee shop or frozen yogurt stand, or an occasional notebook at the bookstore; it also covers the additional cost of the campus deli meal over the alloted meal plan value.</p>
<p>Very rarely. My daughter pays for her books and spending money. I pay room and board and might send her $100 once a semester to help. She has work study and worked 60 hours a week last summer.</p>
<p>She does have a credit card on my account for emergencies and occassionally will use it for something non-emergency but never without calling and asking first.</p>