<p>Mathmom,
One big concern I have about D going to college in an urban environment is the amount of spending money required. Tuition is high everywhere, and room and board will already be a bit higher than at suburban schools. On the Columbia board, for example, kids were saying they needed about $150-200 per week, or about $500 a month. A friend’s son at NYU spends about $400 a month. My D is not a partier (yet at least), so I doubt she’ll have big club or alcohol expense. But since the kids tend to go off campus a lot for shows and food, no doubt it will more than say what S spends at Dartmouth.</p>