<p>Here is a calculator that will help get this to Apples-to-Apples: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid)</p>
<p>Personal expenses is everything else: clothes, laundry, pizza, comic books, notebooks, printer ink, paper, etc. How much do you spend now for this kind of thing?</p>