<p>Hello, if a student and parents are visiting the campus and wish to dine just once in the Annenberg Hall, what is your best advice for being able to do so? (ie: will the lunch "guard/card checker?) at the door stop a prospective student and their family if they try to join a current freshman (who is a friend) for a meal? Unless I misunderstood, admissions apparently won't allow parents to dine, or any student not a senior, for that matter. (Why won't they let visiting families, or at the least, students of any grade level who are willing to pay their own way, to just join a current student for a single meal?) I know not all colleges are like that, and many will let someone just pay for an individual meal. Also, do Professors or other Harvard staff ever eat in Annenberg, or is it STRICTLY for students?</p>
<p>Do any of you have any suggestions? If my family can't dine at Annenberg when we visit, are there ANY student dining facilities on campus (that are part of a meal plan, not just a student center where anyone from anywhere can walk in and eat) that are more lenient and WILL allow "prospective families" to come in? Thanks for any suggestions or advice. (And feel free to pm your suggestions if you are more comfortable doing that). </p>
<p>Also, if any other "prospective students" were able to visit Harvard or any other college and were able to dine in the college dining hall, how did you do this? Will colleges usually only let accepted students try out the dining hall? :-( Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>Every student has a small amount of money on their dining hall pass to bring guests to dine. D has taken multiple debate friends (in a group) from her HS to lunch at Annenberg when the debate weekend is at H. Don’t think all were current HS seniors and certainly were none were admitted students? But no parents involved. Am pretty sure though some friend’s parents have gone to Annenberg, we never did, so not aware of those rules. Maybe you should go with just your friend and your parents should go out to lunch on their own.</p>
<p>We were able to eat in Annenberg during Freshman Parents’ Weekend, but this of course was after our D already was admitted. I can appreciate why Harvard doesn’t freely allow visitors into the dining halls because the campus is already excessively a tourist spot and the students should be able to dine undisturbed and without fear of being crowded out. H does not have a student center, so that is not an option. You may be able to grab a meal in the Science Center (I think you can walk into it) which is near Annenberg.</p>
<p>As for the food, my take was that it was comparable to the other schools my D looked at. In other words, vastly superior to college dining hall food back when I was a student, but not home cooking either.</p>
<p>When D was a freshman, a family we know was taking the Harvard tour and wanted to eat at Annenberg. She was able to get them in, parents included, by paying something like 12$ ea. for a guest dining pass. Probably not worth it from a food perspective, but it you want the experience of eating at Annenberg, it is available.</p>
<p>Anyone can eat in Annenberg but they must A. be accompanied by a freshman Harvard student and B. pay some amount that I forget, I think like $12-$14 per person. </p>
<p>Every semester students get something like $70 on their card called BoardPlus that can be used around campus, so the student may deduct the cost of guests from that if they please.</p>
<p>Ok - it seems like I am getting some conflicting messages/info here (although I appreciate all’s input!!) so to clarify, 1) in a circumstance with parents going with son or daughter who will be visiting campus, sitting in on a class, etc. but ALSO this son or daughter can plan ahead to definitely meet up with a current freshman student for lunch, so given those facts - (and especially if varska can reply again) or anyone, it IS absolutely allowed (and not JUST dependent on if person at Annenberg front area is in a good mood?) to allow guests in? And guests can DEFINITELY PAY CASHIER PERSON? Is this correct? (Can current student ask about this or check on this please?? as we would not want to use up the friend’s card money (although I guess we could just pay her back)), but then we could all dine there? Thanks for any clarifications. :-)</p>
<p>All non-matriculated students MUST be accompanied to Annenberg (or any of Harvard’s dining facilities in the upperclass houses) by a current Harvard student. The Harvard student swipes their dining card and says “I have a guest.” The Harvard student may then use their “BoardPlus dollars” to pay the guest meal fee, or the guest can pay the cashier directly. </p>
<p>Guest Meal Rates:
Breakfast at Annenberg, Mon-Sat $9.70, Sunday $7.05
Other Houses, Mon-Fri $8.35, Sat $9.70, Sunday $7.05
Lunch and Brunch–$13.00 all locations
Dinner–$16.15 all locations</p>
<p>My D was a freshman last year ,and she often met and sat with professors in Annenberg Hall .It was fun for her to get to chat with professors .The Professors who choose to eat there are very friendly to students .</p>
<p>I am a current student. As I said above, anyone can eat at Annenberg if they are accompanied by a freshman student and pay the requisite fee. This fee can but does not have to come from a student’s BoardPlus funds.</p>
so to clarify, 1) in a circumstance with parents going with son or daughter who will be visiting campus, sitting in on a class, etc. but ALSO this son or daughter can plan ahead to definitely meet up with a current freshman student for lunch, so given those facts - (and especially if varska can reply again) or anyone, it IS absolutely allowed (and not JUST dependent on if person at Annenberg front area is in a good mood?) to allow guests in? And guests can DEFINITELY PAY CASHIER PERSON? Is this correct? (Can current student ask about this or check on this please?? as we would not want to use up the friend’s card money (although I guess we could just pay her back)), but then we could all dine there? Thanks for any clarifications. :-)</p>