That is your money you're wasting on 6th Street and not your parents', right?
Wasting ???
The night my son graduated from UT the wife and I were at a bar on 6th street with some of his friends when one of them pulled me aside and, gazing wistfully at the austin female scenery, said
do you see all the talent in this place ... this is the reason your son and I weren't wearing one those tassles (cum laude) when we graduated today.
My first two years at UT were fully paid for by academic scholarships. The second two years were about 75% paid for, because two of the scholarships were for two years only.
This is my third summer interning for an engineering company. I make enough money in the summer to pay for everything else during the school year, and then some. I have not asked my parents for a dime since I began school, though they've made it very clear that they'll be there to help me out should I need it.
I hope you werent trying to be facetious in your comment. =P