<p>Im an incomming freshman. I ate at kimmel one day. (if your wondering how i got in: i walked up to the security guard and said im an incomming freshman and wanted to try the food and he let me in!). The food was good, it was during the summer semester so there werent too many people around and there were few choices but I ate some good stuff and I saw some nice looking sandwiches. I didnt pay too much either, reasonable for a dinner. Wienstein has quiznos which is one of my favorite restaurants in the world. I will be eating there every day. </p>
<p>You should take these ratings with a grain of salt. These ratings (college prow-ler) are absurd. They are more opinions than anything else.</p>
<p>PS- why cant i write the name of this source without putting the dash in? otherwise it looks like this: College *******</p>
<p>well actually, kimmel is good, but that's pretty much it; downstein is notorious for crappy food; upstein is ok for fast food, but it's in no way fine dining, and it can get pretty crowded during rush hour; rubin doesn't even deserve to be mentioned; i personally liked hayden, mostly for the atmosphere, but a lot of my peers didn't; palladium is ok, but it's not that great, better than downstein, but that's not saying much...i believe that is it for dining, from a freshman pov, in washington square area</p>
<p>if you can, eat out...off-campus dining is terrific</p>
<p>it's true that college ******* is opinions, but they usually have some basis in fact</p>
<p>These ratings are from <a href="http://www.college-pro-w-ler.com%5B/url%5D">www.college-pro-w-ler.com</a> take out the '-' If you look inside the sample pages of the NYU guidebook you see these SAME EXACT RANKINGS. and if you click on college rankings you can get all of the criteria NYU was ranked on. And those rankings make perfect sense to the person whose opinions match those of the people interviewed by college pro-ler.</p>
<p>The food isn't bad but you'll get sick of it after a while and you won't want to be eating it three times a day, seven days a week. This is why you should get the minimum mealplan possible because you WILL be eating elsewhere so why pay the crazy prices for meals in the mealplan?</p>
<p>"Meals per week" plans
10 meals per week: $1600
14 meals per week: $1715
19 meals per week: $1735</p>
<p>I don't know... I think I'd go 19 among those choices. Maybe I'm missing something, but with those prices, 10 is a rip off. How many weeks are there in a semester, anyway? >_></p>
<p>With the 10 meals plan you get $250 declining dollars. With 14, you get $100 and with 19, you get $150. </p>
<p>The above costs don't seem like much but if you're not eating more than 10 meals a week in the dining halls, it's a total waste of money to get a larger mealplan. Trust me, after two years at NYU, a lot of people realize this. Also keep in mind, those prices are per semester, and you cannot carry over meals or declining dollars to the next semester.</p>
<p>So what would be the best meal plan to get for a freshman. Assuming I will live in a traditional dorm and do not want set times when I HAVE to eat. I prefer to eat whenever I want.</p>
<p>if that's a deal breaker for you, then 175 flex would be your best bet...it's not the best value, but if you want to dictate when you eat, then flex is good...however, regular meal plans don't dictate when you have to eat, just that you can't eat twice in the same meal period</p>
<p>Thanks for your suggestions. Just for a point of reference, these meal plans say X meals per week, how many weeks are in a semester? Beggining at move in date and ending on move out date?</p>