Cost a month

Jerome Graham · #1 08-10-2007, 08:17 PM

My parents are going to be giving me money monthly and I was wondering about how much the avg. college kid spends a month. I'm living in the dorms so I don't have to pay any of kind of cost like that either.

Thanks

emon87 · #2 08-10-2007, 09:09 PM

This doesn't depend entirely upon where you go to school and what you like to do or anything silly like that.

canadiensfan66 · #3 08-10-2007, 10:47 PM

FIVE DOWWA!

1aguilas · #4 08-11-2007, 12:00 AM

it's heavily dependent on what you do socially...are you going to drink, eat out, use taxis/trains, etc.

choccypie · #5 08-11-2007, 02:48 AM

Ask them for more money than you think you'll need and keep a spend diary for the first couple of months, take an average and voila [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

FireStorm · #6 08-11-2007, 11:18 AM

You can probably safely factor in 2x a week social events (bars? clubs? etc), snacks, and supplies every now and then. Thbrow in $15-$20 a week for gas if you have a car. I doubt you'd need more than $100, $125 weekly.

freddy827 · #7 08-19-2007, 04:45 AM

When I was a sophomore in college two years ago my parents would give me $200 a week on top of bills so $800 a month. This exact question was brought up at the same time in one of my larger undergrad classes by the prof. and the first person he asked said $800. I was about to yell out same untill the class broke out in laughter after him and most of the kids said that was way too much.