2 questions for current BU students

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<li><p>Is the Unlimited meal plan worth the extra 300 bucks? Do you find the food at the dining halls worth it, because if I spend the money, I would definitely be sticking to the dining halls as much as possible.</p></li>
<li><p>How competitive is housing for freshmen? Do I need to submit my deposit and survey like NOW (I already did the survey but not the deposit) to get a [good?] place in Warren Towers? Lol I’d really like a nice view. :P</p></li>
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<p>I don’t find the unlimited plan worth it. After the first semester you get bored with dining hall food. And Warren is pretty easy to get into.</p>

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<p>yeah, what nickel said pretty much hits the mark. as a freshman, if you put warren as your first choice, you’ll probably get it</p>

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<p>Put down Towers or Hojo as a second choice. If you go to school at like SMG, SED, CAS, ect you don’t want to get stuck in West.</p>

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<p>Moxess, it doesn’t really matter when you submit the deposit payment as long as you do it on time. You’ll most likely get Warren, but the room placement is completely random.</p>

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<p>take heed of everything nickel says! he is so right! i live in west and am a student in smg! it’s about a 1.2 mile walk everyday! =/</p>

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<p>Nickel is a giiiiirl. <3</p>

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<p>the 14 plan is 2 meals per day. Where do you guys go for your third?</p>

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<p>Ummm, we get plastic bags and steal cereals and fruit from the dining hall and eat it for breakfast the next day.</p>

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<p>^ hahaha…makes sense.</p>

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<p>Be sneaky. The staff at Towers is stingier than the staff at Warrren. Sometimes the old lady at Towers yells at you for taking a freakn’ bagel. -_- But Warren is twice the size so no one notices. What you do is take fruit and put it in your bag. Or you get a bowl of cereal, pretend to sit down to eat and then put all the cereal in your tupperware. Get a sandwich or burger before you leave, wrap it in nakins, and put it in your bag. Or get take-out.</p>

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<p>One time I took 11 oranges at once.</p>

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<p>I know, right? I just keep getting the oranges because I eat them like crazy. At one point I had over 20 oranges in my room. I just kept taking them out of the dining hall. My friend has this tupperware shaped like a sandwich:</p>

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<p>Like that. And she just keeps taking sandwiches out of the dining hall.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree with everyone else. The Unlimited Plan isn’t worth it. I have the 14 plus one and I think I’ve always had at least one left by the end of the week. You won’t go get three meals a day in the dining hall. You can eat oatmeal, cereal, a granola bar and fruit, etc. in your room for breakfast sometimes…or you can decide to go grab lunch/dinner by using your dining points at the GSU. Or, you can go to one of the other million food places located on/nearby campus. And on top of that, you’ll probably find days that you just skip a meal or are not around too. Anyways, I usually have a couple meals left at the end of each week. I also have a ton of dining points left to spend the next five weeks of school. With a little planning, it works out just fine. </p>

<p>I submitted my housing somewhere in the middle of when it was released and the deadline. I put Warren first and got it. Some of my friends did it the same time and also requested Warren but got West. West wasn’t even on my list because I really didn’t want to be so out of my way from classes. So, I’d suggest leaving off West. I think you’ll be more likely to end up in Warren that way…because that’s where they’ll most likely throw you otherwise.</p>