Allowance in College

unsoccer-mom
Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:02:20 +0000

I think that the question is not so much allowance for college as it is allowance for college in NYC. Alwaysamom and I both have found costs to be around $150 per week in NYC. If you can get your child to discuss a budget that would be the best way to do it. But you have to remember that going to school in NYC is very different than going to school in a more traditional campus environment and more expensive than other cities. There will be money spent on mass transit, entertainment, and eating out that is much less likely to happen at more traditional schools. There will be friends all over the city and visiting at late hours. You will want your child to take a taxi back to the dorm at three in the morning. The thing my daughter has struggled with the most is the “obscene” trappings of wealth in NYC. She has certainly been conflicted between wanting to partake in the “shopping” she sees many of her friends doing and being completely disgusted by the consumerism.