<p>I went to this website <a href="http://finaid.utexas.edu/costs/060/ns.html%5B/url%5D">http://finaid.utexas.edu/costs/060/ns.html</a> and saw the cost of attendance. But it left out food and internet. So if you are instate please do tell me of your cost of attendance (just a brief rounded answer will do). I am not offered any fin aid since the adviser already said that the tution was low for our family income.</p>
<p>the meal plan is included in the cost for room and board. i dont know about internet, i think the cost is included???
your room and board may vary though. the cheapest dorms oncampus are $7100, but some of the newer dorms can be over $10000. also, some of the offcampus housing is different and i dont know about meal plans and food when living offcampus.</p>
<p>According to my FA package, it said the COA was around 21k.</p>
<p>Actually, food is included in the estimate on that website. Room/Board means housing and food. Room=housing, board=food and such. If you live on campus, then I believe that either internet is included or it's something really low, like less than $10/month. I don't know how much it is in off campus dorms, but if you live in an apartment and have to set it up yourself, it usually costs $35-$50 a month, although if you have roommates, you can get a router and split the cost.</p>
<p>COA is somewhere between $21,000 and $23,000 depending on where you want to live.</p>
<p>Tuition was $8k this year. My apartment is about $500/month with bills, so that's $6,000. I probably spend $300/month on food, so that's another $3500. I'd say all told, I spend about $20,000/year. </p>
<p>The good thing about UT is that it's not very academically rigorous, so you can definitely hold down a part time job to help w/ expenses (I have for the past 3 years). There are lots of opportunities for students to work on campus, and you don't have to be work study to get them.</p>