Allowance in College

catherine
Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:03:49 +0000

Thanks everybody. We` are assuming her freshman year we will pay for her books. I didn’t realize the students needed their own printers and printer paper, etc. Even our public school has computer facilities!! (yes I assumed she’d need her laptop, which she already has).
$100/week sounds excessive since she is not a fine arts student. We don’t want her not to be able to take advantage of NY sometimes - that’s why she picked NYU. But we do plan to pay for (unfancy) meals and let her have money enough to get around the city and go out a little. I’ll read the past threads on allowance some of you so kindly posted above.
I went to a school with a campus and everything was paid for- all means were included, there were no transportatrion costs, and most activities took place on campus and cost nothing (movies, sporting events, parties, etc). So going to school in NYC we know will be more expensive (luckily our next child wants a campus school).