<p>For those living in an apartment, did you guys choose the blue (1300 pts), gold (1850 pts), or platinum (2400 pts.) meal plan?</p>
<p>I am planning not to cook much, so which should I choose? </p>
<p>I do plan to make my own breakfast on some days and I would have snacks at my apartments between meals.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I chose gold so I can make dinner just a couple times per week.</p>
<p>I'm going with the Blue plan. I'll be using it for on campus lunches on the weekdays, coffee and snacks on campus, and the occassional dinner at DC3. I figure I could always add more if I need more later.</p>
<p>you can always add more points, you lose your points at the end of each semester (except 100 points roll over from fall to spring.)</p>
<p>I get a few more bonus points with the gold plan. I plan on using my plan for lunch and the occasional dinner. Doesn't it cost more to add points later?</p>
<p>Actually I don't think it costs more to add later. You can add 55 points for $50 if you do it later. Gold plan gives you 550 more points over the Blue plan, costing $500 more. So it's the same thing any which way.</p>
<p>But you get 100 bonus points in the Blue plan so, 1300 pts/$1200 =1.083 pts/$</p>
<p>You get 150 bonus in Gold for 1850 pts/$1700 = 1.088pts/$</p>
<p>You get 200 bonus in Platinum for 2400 pts/$2200 = 1.091 pts/$</p>
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<p>For the dorms, the standard plan gives 2500 pts, and I barely had enough at the end of the year.</p>
<p>I might just opt for the gold or platinum plan.</p>
<p>And I can eat breakfast (cereal + milk) in my apartment.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback, though, guys!</p>
<p>Wait, so are you saying that getting the Platinum now is better than getting the Blue and adding later? Because if you add later, you get 5 bonus points for every $50 refill. So if you refill $1000 worth of points from the Blue plan , you would get 100 bonus points. Add that on to the 100 bonus points that you already have, and you have the same amount as the Platinum plan.</p>
<p>so if we buy more points later on, $1 = 1 point until you reach $50, then you get 5 extra points?</p>
<p>I believe I read somewhere that if you don't get a meal plan at all, it is more expensive to eat in the dining hall. </p>
<p>If, for example, you decided to put $200 into your account and use that for meals without buying an actual "meal plan," each meal would cost more money. But I guess that doesn't apply to someone who buys a meal plan and then adds additional money to it.</p>
<p>I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Thanks commonsense,</p>
<p>I forgot about the bonus points for every $50. </p>
<p>It doesn't seem any plan offers any advantage in price.</p>
<p>I would then just choose a plan based on my predicted requirement of meals/semester.</p>
<p>I think I will go for the gold.</p>
<p>the plans don't make much difference whether you buy now and add later or not. it makes maybe .001 cent difference for every dollar you spend. not worth the hassle.</p>
<p>the only reason it costs more to eat at DCs if you don't have a meal plan is because they charge a ridiculous amount of cash. for example, swiping costs 7.50 points for dinner, but probably 12 bucks or something if you pay in cash.</p>
<p>$9 actually</p>
<p>If you don't want to cook a lot I would go with gold or platinum. Gold is still less than a standard plan and with a standard plan you still can't go to the DC every meal (and after a few months, you won't WANT to). But since others have pointed out that you can add points later on for the same price...try gold and add more if you need it.</p>
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<p>Pretty silly considering meal points are valued less than actual dollars. I've seen people pay cash to get into DCs too...strange.</p>