<p>Just wondering which meal plan everyone’s getting.</p>
<p>Since I’m new to this, I’m not sure whether I should go for the 14+ or the 9+. I don’t really know that much about either. And how do the 330 and the 250 plans work? I’d like something more flexible; I’m not a really big eater and I’ve never followed a schedule for meals. I eat when I’m hungry and who knows when that could be…</p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
<p>(Btw, how is BU’s food?)</p>
<p>I'm getting the 250 plan because it has more points and is more flexible. I think it works out to around 8 meals per week. On the week-by-week plans, you lose whatever meals you didn't eat at the end of the week, but with the 250 or 330 plan you have the whole year to use up points. Also, I plan on using a lot of points at places like Starbucks. ;)</p>
<p>I'm probably getting the 250 plan too just because if I were living on my own, I think I'd be too lazy to get up for food XD. So coffee works. I jus wish it wasn't starbucks -shudders at their horrible coffee- (I work in a coffee shop so nothing compares lol)</p>
<p>But unless you know you're going to want like 9 or 14 meals a week and you are consistent I wouldn't choose the 9 or 14 plans because you do lose meals as opposed to the 250-330. =)</p>
<p>i'm currently a freshman with the 14+ plan. it's 14 meals a week.. and it resets friday morning. one thing that sucks about it is that each day, you can only go into a dining hall once per breakfast, lunch, or dinner. breakfast is 7am-11am, lunch 11am-5pm, dinner 5pm-8pm (except it's 5pm-7pm on fri and sat). so if you ate lunch at 12 pm and at 4 you're hungry again, you'll have to wait until 5. (unless you use one of your 10 guest meals per semester. or you can also go to the George Sherman Union aka GSU and spend some of your dining points. what's offered at the GSU: <a href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/dining/unioncourt.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.bu.edu/dbin/dining/unioncourt.php</a>) i'm not sure if the same thing goes for the 250 and 330 plans.</p>
<p>at home, i used to eat whenever i was hungry. but at BU, my meals are more organized. i consistently eat 2 meals a day on weekdays.. lunch and dinner. and then on weekends if i wake up really late, i eat just dinner. on average, i eat 12 or 13 meals a week.. so the 14+ has worked really well for me. and the $200 dining points per semester is just enough for an occasional meal at the GSU or LateNite, which is what all the dining halls convert into after dinner hours. LateNite offers chicken strips, fries, quesadillas, sandwiches, stir fry stuff, smoothies, chips, etc.</p>
<p>with 9+ and 14+, it's easier to keep track of your meals and kinda stay on schedule. plus, on wednesdays and thursdays, if you know you haven't used that many meals, you can treat yourself to a random meal in the morning or something. (i've used meals for walking through the west dining hall when it's bad weather outside.. haha) with the 250 or 330, each meal becomes more valuable.. personally, i would be conserving them too much.. especially at the beginning of the year. but then, i'd also have a lot more dining points.</p>
<p>so it really depends on your eating habits. take a guess which one works the best for you. you have something like a month from the start of the year to change your dining plan anyway.</p>
<p>as for food quality.. BU is a LOT better than most colleges. food choices rotate every day, even though it's basically the same 12 or so items all the time. to some people, it gets boring and repetitive every once in a while. i never had a problem.. i eat anything. about twice a month, the dining halls have themes nights.. like indian cuisine, thai, western bbq, or diner foods. plus, there's plenty of non-BU restaurants on campus.. and there's always downtown boston for treating yourself on weekends.</p>
<p>Hey , what do you think abouyt the unlimited meal plan? Does this plan work with points? Ive heard theat the west campus dinning hall is the best, what is it like, any of you know?</p>
<p>the unlimited plan has the least dining points. but you don't have to worry about using each meal wisely.. cuz you can be hungry for a cookie and make a trip to a dining hall.</p>
<p>all the dining plans and how many dining points each has:
<a href="http://www.bu.edu/housing/dining/plans/rates2006-2007.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.bu.edu/housing/dining/plans/rates2006-2007.html</a></p>
<p>warren and west are the best dining halls. i like west better cuz it's less crowded and has some areas that are little quiet corners. i don't know if this is true.. but west is the only dining hall with wireless internet.</p>
<p>I opted for the 14-meal plan. I usually don't eat breakfast, so I figured this would work out best for me. Call me lazy, but I also don't have any want to keep track of "points." It's all a matter of preference, however.</p>
<p>I went for the 250 plan at the recommendation of someone who's a junior at BU, but also because if you don't have enough meals, you can buy more with the dining points. At the time I figured that this would be good because if I decided I wanted a lot more meals and less dining points I could easily change it. However, now I've heard that freshmen are allowed to change their plan anytime during the first month and a half or so, so I don't think it really matters too much what you choose now.</p>
<p>where can you use your meals....only in the dining halls?..what about the Pizza Hut/ TBell i saw down at the bottom of Warren?...would these be dining points?..what about starbucks?</p>
<p>what do most SMG kids use?</p>
<p>meals are used only in dining halls.</p>
<p>dining points are used at latenite (what the dining halls convert into after dinner), the GSU (george sherman union) restaurants, the cafe in the basement of CAS, the cafe in the science and engineering building (SCI), the cafe in the fitrec, and in all the places listed at this link:
<a href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/dining/retaildining.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.bu.edu/dbin/dining/retaildining.php</a></p>
<p>there's a starbucks in SMG and in the GSU. i don't go to the taco bell often.. but i'm pretty sure it's not affiliated with BU and doesn't accept dining points. and i don't know anything about pizza hut.</p>
<p>which college you're in doesn't affect your meal plan. anyone with a dining plan can use the dining halls all the same.</p>