How much spending money does a freshman need?

TheDad
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:05:27 +0000

re traveling to NYC regularly, D’s typical “free” time was Friday nights. Period. Saturday & Sunday were definitely filled with studying, along with some EC…she’s nowhere near the most EC-intensive person in the world. Regular traveling would have destroyed her grades.

Ditto what S&P said about the high initial cost of setting up your room & life.

You’re unlikely to be given a credit card with no U.S. history. When you open a checking account, they will probably offer you a debit card, which acts very much like debit card but draws against funds that you have in your checking account.