<p>eiffel, at UCLA you pay as part of your housing, so you get a set number of meals (swipes on your Bruin card). UCLA meals don't have different point values, you just get one meal for one swipe.</p>
<p>What are the best places to eat around Cal?</p>
<p>what if u buy a meal plan but it turns out u don't need as much per week...do you get rollovers?</p>
<p>Yeah, no college I know offers a mealplan that covers 21 meals a week...seriously...and you would never want to eat somewhere 21 times a week anyway</p>
<p>During the semester, your points don't "expire" at the end of the week. At the end of first semester, 100 of your 1250 mealpoints can rollover to spring. I don't think spring rolls over to next fall though.</p>
<p>thats considerablely more expensive though right?</p>
<p>They do not roll over from spring to fall, sweetdreams87.</p>
<p>neh, I really wouldn't call off campus food considerably more expensive. In many cases, considerably LESS expensive (e.g., candy, drinks, etc. at campus cafes are totally overpriced)</p>
<p>And food...you can get a good meal for about $5 off campus; dinner at the dining hall is 7.25 mealpoints</p>
<p>My mom pointed out to me that I don't eat at home 10-12 times a week now... Is it possible to try the premium 1st semester and if it's too much drop it back to standard 2nd semester? Or should I just go with the standard plan and buy more points if its not enough?
Such BIG decisions here! :)</p>
<p>I am really anxious to discover all of the off campus places I keep hearing about too.</p>
<p>just buy standard....if you run out of points, buy more, or just eat out / go to safeway</p>
<p>As for all the off campus places, you'll discover them in good time. Many people eat out on Fridays and Saturdays; in fact, the dining halls are practically deserted.</p>
<p>CA2006: Yes you could do that; but they charge $50 for the contract change.</p>
<p>oh u can buy points? Thats cool, why dont we all just get standard then buy more ponints if we run out?</p>
<p>Well, you can buy them in bulk now for a cheaper price. Most people seem to end up doing that, or just getting the standard and not buying more.</p>
<p>so if we get standard and dont bring enough money for outside food, we'll pretty much starve, like on the weekends?</p>
<p>not necessarily...you just have to be able to pace your point usage. if you see that you're running low, then just for a couple weeks stop buying from GBC (I love the place, but it's way overpriced), skip a few breakfasts, try to see if you can scrounge around for a few free meals. Best situation is if you have a friend who has WAAAY too many points towards the end of the semester and is looking to burn off the points - just mooch off that friend.</p>
<p>Yeah, you're not going to starve...and if you were...that would only happen at the end of the semester when you run out of points, since points, as already explained, don't work on a week by week basis but by semester. I'm actually a bit low (shopping spree at the beginning of the semester, long story), but my friends have been swiping me in. </p>
<p>Free food is everywhere on campus. Student organizations, campus events, author receptions...you will not starve </p>
<p>Also, from your posts you seem concerned about bringing money for food. You don't really need to bring lunch money like in high school or anything; I imagine you'll have some money with you for basic necessities in a bank account, and you can just use a little bit of that for food if you're low on points. Like I said earlier, in Berkeley, you can be well fed at quite a cheap price.</p>
<p>thanks a lot</p>
<p>any good pho places near campus? yum.</p>
<p>yeaaaaah, i think so. probably something in the asian ghetto? i know there's a pho hoa on shattuck, i think it's pretty good...</p>
<p>Phoa Hoa on Shattuck next to the Bart Station, I go there at least once every 2 weeks.</p>
<p>The pho in asian ghetto is bad.</p>
<p>Also, crossroads made me sick or feel like crap every time I ate there. You get sick of campus food real fast.</p>
<p>Yea, after a year of eating at Crossroads, I have declared that I will not eat any more burgers or fries for a long time.</p>