How much spending money will I need?

maybell
Sun, 05 May 2013 20:26:39 +0000

There isn’t much to spend money on when you’re a freshman on campus without a car, other than eating out. Shopping options are pretty limited if you don’t have transportation (unless you buy online), because there are very few clothing stores you can walk to (an Old Navy, Target, Urban Outfitters, Pitaya). The food at OSU is pretty good, and there shouldn’t be much of a reason to eat out frequently at restaurants off campus. Laundry, if you do around 1 or 2 loads a week, should cost you maybe $100-$150 total for the year, and a lot of students will bring a week or two’s worth of laundry home on break to save money. Student tickets at the gateway movie theater south of campus are only $6.50.

I think I spent less than $100 a month on average as a freshman on all the things you’ve listed, and I did end up buying some clothing and other stuff online.