undergrad living expenses

• masterteo

  23 Feb 14, 14:59

  Hi, can anyone advise me on the living expense of an undergrad who is probably living in NTU?

  lai lai ideas

• Jeff994

  23 Feb 14, 16:01

  From my personal experiense. 

  If you live in the NTU, the hostel rentel is around $300-400. 

  Then food and othere expenses is around $600.

  So in general, the living expense is roughly around $1000. 

  Any others can give more advise?

• charlize

  23 Feb 14, 18:57

  Assuming 8 months, that's like 8k a year?

   

  And that's excluding tuition fees.

   

  How to afford?

• charlize

  23 Feb 14, 21:31

  

• FireIce

  23 Feb 14, 21:44

  lao peh 有钱?

• charlize

  23 Feb 14, 21:58

  Maybe can save up for next 2 years first, then go.

   

  Work in fast food restaurant.

• masterteo

  23 Feb 14, 22:14

  wah expensive sial, give tuition need give like siao if parent cant support

• Jeff994

  24 Feb 14, 01:30

  Yup

   

• daybr3ak

  24 Feb 14, 18:41

  Originally posted by masterteo:

  wah expensive sial, give tuition need give like siao if parent cant support

  can pick up research assistant jobs in your department if they are available. but usually when you are yr 3 or 4. 

  learn to cook if you don't already know how to. can save on some meals. 

• Craptalkone

  24 Feb 14, 19:47

  if you have that pamela wong haruna ono look, come stay at my place, lofging and food provided. my meals for you are also gih in proteins.

• Jeff994

  24 Feb 14, 21:20

  not easy one

• masterteo

  24 Feb 14, 21:56

  how people handle with parties and stuff when it's already so expensive based on necessities 

• charlize

  24 Feb 14, 21:58

  graduate already got huge loan to repay.

   

  then your foreigner student friend see you so sad, buy you a lager to drown your sorrows away at the nearby pub. 

• Jeff994

  25 Feb 14, 11:23

  you're correct... 

• eagle

  25 Feb 14, 12:49

  Originally posted by Jeff994:

  From my personal experiense. 

  If you live in the NTU, the hostel rentel is around $300-400. 

  Then food and othere expenses is around $600.

  So in general, the living expense is roughly around $1000. 

  Any others can give more advise?

  Used to spend $350 or less a month on food and other expenses.

  That was in 2004 ~ 2008. Now up by so much???

• eagle

  25 Feb 14, 12:51

  Originally posted by charlize:

  graduate already got huge loan to repay.

   

  then your foreigner student friend see you so sad, buy you a lager to drown your sorrows away at the nearby pub. 

  I know of friends who taught tuition during university, and manage to pay off most of the university fees upon graduation. 

  But not everyone has his energy.