You are right Ucbalumus… there is a difference in price with these plans BUT freshman can only choose the top 3 … which is why I didn’t mention the others… next year he has a choice, to pay a little less…
I realize the 220 block sounds like the worst plan to many here… but I still think it sounds the best… reason being … son is used to eating 2 meals a day… we are a very frugal family… one has to be with 6 kids & the price of food eating out…
There is no way he is going to opt for a sandwich, a pop & chips at another place where he could FILL up smorgasbord style in that dining hall… which as another mentioned, is close to everything… (decently small campus there)…
Only 1 person here mentioned the high prices of these food places using Flex (rosered55)… is this not true??? I just feel the flex could be used up so very fast for so very little that he is better off with 2 extra “all you can eat” meals per week … since there will be weekends he will visit home…not needing 4 of them a week… (and yes, he could allow someone else to use these, if need be - and darn those are smorgasbord meals! -Nothing compares with that !@#$
We are the type of family who would never buy a pop out… only water , to keep the cost down. I would much rather him have extra spending money to chill with a coffee (or very low priced item) if he wants to hang with friends somewhere …but do his filling up at the dining hall.
Actually he agreed with this plan… the 220 Block. I guess that is why they have so many plans… for each individual’s lifestyle & spending habits… where they feel it’s more bang for their buck…
And thank you ucbalumnus - for those links… I will click on the rest. I did call the College to speak to someone, but I don’t know… she couldn’t really tell me much - It took another call to an Admissions counselor who explained the average meals per week … I guess I didn’t feel she was of much help -nor could she give me an example of how much that Sandwich eating somewhere else on flex could cost… I am assuming (1) sandwich outside of dining hall is ALMOST the same price as a Meal on these plans…
Am I wrong… doesn’t an average meal cost about $6.50… can someone here tell me the average price of a sanhwich on a college campus using FLEX dollars ???