<p>I didnt get an on campus job or work study but i did get a job with the local youth league as an official. So in the fall i'll ref football, basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring. Ive umpired baseball for the last 3 years and have gotten 30-35 dollars per game so i expect my college town will pay about the same. However i dont know how many games i will get so if i only get 1 game per week ill make 30 bucks a week, is that enough? I know it depends on the person so for you, could you do everything you wanted with 30 dollars a week. By the way i have 14 meals per week on my plan and i wont have car so no gas.</p>
<p>Yea take your 30 bucks and get yourself some beans cause thats what your gonna be eating from now on. maby some multivitamens and ramen noodles which are about 15 cents a pack. drink water lots of water and teas.</p>
<p>for me? no 30 bucks would get me 1 meal at wendys</p>
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Do a lot of people in college actually eat those??? Disgusting…(I’m a very picky eater)</p>
<p>^If you’re poor and you need something to eat for 15 cents, what else are you going to do? If you can come up with a better option, please share, or sell it; you’ll be very rich and will never need to even look at ramen noodles again.</p>
<p>They’re also quite good with a bit of vegetables, meat and sauces added. Not very healthy, though. But still. I like to add sweet chili sauce and romaine lettuce (wilts right away like how some Asian soups have greens in them).</p>
<p>Yeah I know people eat them in college because they’re cheap, but you couldn’t possibly eat them every day or anything, I’d think…idk. One of my cousins who’s in college mentioned something about them and how that kind of stuff sucks, and she was really happy when my dad was in her college area on a business trip and took her out to dinner and said how to him “you don’t know how much this means to a college student!”</p>
<p>If you have a meal plan then 30 bucks a week shouldn’t be too awful. Don’t buy cigarettes or booze and it should last you.</p>
<p>Use your meal plan for nearly all lunches and dinners and buy a box of protein bars. Plan to eat one for breakfast each morning until they run out. It can be surprisingly tasty and much healthier than ramen noodles, and you’ll still have a few bucks left over for random things you might need throughout the week like batteries, toothpaste, and spare change for laundry. No room for luxury, but hey, it’s college.</p>
<p>Ramen noodles can get so gross after some time. I stick with Spaghetti. 14 meals per week isn’t too bad; it’s like two meals per day. You should make your own breakfast like cereal, fruits, or granola bars. Then buy lunch/dinner, which will perfectly balance your meal plan out. Or you can use your meal plans to eat breakfast and dinner, while you can snack on bars for lunch.</p>
<p>It can be enough if you make it so that it’s enough. You shouldn’t have too many expenses if everything is covered. It just means that you’ll have a very limited budget- as most college students do. </p>
<p>OTOH- you really should get a job so that you have work experience and a decent amount of extra money if anything comes up. Keep looking and something might come up.</p>
<p>@ iluvpiano: I like ramen…real ramen, not the instant one. But actual ramen are a bit pricier than instant ramen, and the only place I’ve found them at is at Asian markets. Around here, though, even instant ramen is pricy–average price for a whole box of Shin Ramyun (Korean brand of instant ramen) is around $3-5. If you buy the fresh ramen, there’s very little sodium since it’s usually packaged air-tight, so it’s not unhealthy. There’s also the dried version where it’s just a bundle of sticks of dried noodles and you have to cook them the same way you would cook spaghetti.</p>
<p>I think that’s incredibly low… unless you want to have almost no extra money. If you spend lunch and dinner with the meal points, then you’ll have about $4.25 for breakfast each day. If you plan to eat out once a week… prepare to not have breakfast for like 2-3 days a week.</p>
<p>Most people in college dont eat breakfast. I personally have not eaten breakfast on a regular basis since elementary school. Skipping breakfast is a great way to avoid the freshman 15.</p>
<p>Helps though if you have later classes. Like 8ams you might need something small to get you through to lunch, I started at 10/11/12 everyday.</p>
<p>I’d rather die than skip breakfast lol</p>
<p>You can also avoid the freshman 15 by not eating like a sow or by hitting the treadmill.</p>
<p>^ True story. I don’t get why people are so concerned about the Freshman 15. I lost a significant amount of weight my first year because I was actually working out.</p>
<p>Your spending habits will vary. There are some weeks where I don’t spend a cent, but then some where I spend more than usual. </p>
<p>Are you big on breakfast? If you can’t skip it, I would invest in getting budget goods, like cereal for the mornings or granola bars. If your school is next to a huge supermarket, try finding deals there to pinch a few pennies here and there. </p>
<p>I guess it also comes down to whether or not you have any savings, or if your only source of income will be per game.</p>
<p>I think the grass outside is green outside so you might check that out. Just kidding. Don’t go overboard with the tight budgeting. You need to be able to enjoy yourself and go out with friends.</p>
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<p>Wrong, actually. Eating in the morning kickstarts your metabolism and keeps your weight under control.
However, I don’t eat breakfast and I don’t know many college students who do.</p>
<p>When I went and met with someone in financial aid at my school, she recommended that I signed up for the lowest meal plan available and I did, although I’m still unsure how that whole thing works. But it knocked a good deal of $$$ off of my bill and I plan on using cash for food if needed.</p>
<p>When I move in, I’m bringing Ramen noodles, dry cereal like Cheerios that I don’t like with milk, those Chewy bars, V8 Fusion juice and little snacks like that and there’s a farmers market in town every so often when the weather allows. My family jokes that I’m going to lose a crapload of weight over the next year because of me being cheap and not having regular at home food options and walking/biking everywhere. And I so hope they’re right.</p>
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<p>I’m cheap, but I’m not cheap enough to eat off of Ramen noodles. When I got to college it was like, no wonder everyone gains the freshman 15 because people had the worst eating habits ever! </p>
<p>Once I started living on campus I didn’t spend that much money at all. $30/week is more than enough for me for on campus living. If you have a meal plan and no car to worry about then you should be pretty set, except for whenever you want to go out and do something on a weekend.</p>
<p>Try not to skip meals. It’s not a very healthy thing to do. If you want to be really cheap I knew people who would go eat breakfast and then just study in the dining hall until lunch opened up, lol. Take fruit and snacks out of the dining hall to make up for buying so much at the store.</p>
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<p>I lost a ton of weight my first year on campus. The dining hall food was terrible so I never wanted to go back for seconds or eat big servings. Plus you’re kind of forced to walk everywhere. Plus we got a free gym. Losing weight in college is totally not that hard, but I still know people who managed to gain a lot, lol.</p>