Meal Plan Q

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Help! I'm a clueless mother, and I found a thread previously (maybe a few minutes ago?) about meal plans, and now I can't find it--but I did have questions. My son is a local, though it looks like he is going to be living in some dorm--and he will probably need a meal plan. But since he is a native New Yorker, I want the lowest cost one available. I thought that was 10 meals per week, which would cost about $3500 per year (ugh). But--what's a flex plan? I doubt he'll need it. He would forgo the meal plan entirely if he could, as he is quite used to eating in NYC on a budget! And there's always coming home, which is perhaps a five minute walk!</p>

<p>So--can anyone enlighten me? What is the flex plan? And, um, what are declining dollars?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Here's the link: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362948%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362948&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks! And is it me, or has the cost of the minimal meal plan gone down a bit this year? I thought it was about 3500 last year; this year the projected cost (according to NYU's updated website) is 3310.</p>

<p>It's not much. Especially since the housing cost, as predicted, did go up some....</p>

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<p>not much, but def. something.
For your son, i would go with the 10 meals/wk. or the lowest flex plan.</p>