I applied for parking a couple days ago for fall semester. It got me thinking of my expenses for school. I calculated what summer semester is going to cost me and here is what I discovered:
Summer:
Gas - $10/day x 35 days = $350
Parking = $30
Textbooks = $100
Total = $480
Fall:
Gas - $10/day x 20 days = $200
Parking - $10/month x 5 = $50
Textbooks = ~$300
Total = ~$550
Note: Gas only includes getting from my house to school. It does not include work or errands. Also, for fall semester it does not include gas that I will need for observing local schools.
But, today my mom told me that my dad is planning on trying to help me out a little with the money for gas. Although, I also realized that I should be ok for Summer. If he still wants to contribute, I'll probably save it for Fall.
I just can't help but imagine where I would be if I didn't have my tuition paid for through a scholarship. It would be very very difficult to be going through college without any debt.
College is EXPENSIVE!!
April 29th, 2006 at 06:03 am
April 29th, 2006 at 08:21 pm 1146342082
Do you have a gas rebate credit card? Using your calculations you could get back $27.50.
April 29th, 2006 at 09:46 pm 1146347173
About a gas card, I'm working on it. I applied for one with Citi (which is what I have for my other account). But, they declined me. It's a bummer because I would have been able to use the rewards for that card along with my other card together.
I think I still might apply for one with another company.
April 29th, 2006 at 10:56 pm 1146351402
My husband and I have always refused to get Citi cards because of how they were when we were in college. Now that we have excellent credit and a long history we get Citi offers once a week. But because of their stupidity 15 years ago, we just don't trust their judgement.