<p>I was a bit shocked myself when I first did the calculation. I made a similar post last December, but now with the raised rates, it’s even worse. The only thing I’m not sure of is if the price of individual meals will be increased as well.</p>
<p>The worst deal of all, and I didn’t even do it until now… 7 meals per week.</p>
<p>Garnet bucks are purchased separate of flex bucks and do not expire ever. If you graduate with garnet bucks still in your account, I believe you can even request to get the money back in cash.</p>
<p>Flex bucks come with any meal plan you purchase. For summer, they expire at the end of that term. For Fall/Spring, they roll over from Fall to Spring, but expire at the end of Spring.</p>
<p>I’m not getting a meal plan since I did the calculations and I’ll be saving a few hundred to a thousand $ with my own personal meal “plan” which mainly consists of noodles and canned goods with some fast food spread in between. I really don’t want to be limited to eating at one place (for the majority of my meals) and having to pay more.</p>
<p>Dnerd, where are you going to be housed? You’re in honors…right? </p>
<p>I’m probably going to go with the 14-per week, thanks Matt </p>
<p>My friend and I were looking at her school’s (St. John’s) meal plans today…they are DOUBLE what FSU’s are, and FSU’s offer more meals and flex bucks, so I feel a bit better…:P</p>
<p>14 meals per week is a LOT. I don’t know if you eat breakfast or not (I don’t), but that means you have to eat at a meal plan place twice per day to use all of your meals. You likely won’t want to do that. It’s really how they got you. 14 meals per week is easily the best deal, but no one really wants to eat EVERY meal there.</p>
<p>And NatMat, you are correct… unless you run out of flexbucks, there’s no need to purchase garnet bucks if you are on a mealplan.</p>
<p>Yeah, it is a lot…I do eat breakfast, but may or may not use the meal plan for breakfast and instead buy a smoothie on campus or get some cereal from a store and keep it in my dorm, and use the meal plan for lunch and dinner. I won’t have a car so I’ll be kinda stuck eating on campus, which I don’t mind, as long as they have a salad/fruit bar and a decent menu!</p>
<p>"Dnerd, where are you going to be housed? You’re in honors…right? "</p>
<p>Wildwood (it’s just as nice as Landis, imo). Living in Landis is not worth the meal plan at all. Even my tour guide (an honors student) said the same thing and he was supposed to try to “sell” Landis to us… lol</p>
<p>Also, I would never be able to survive on just 2 meals a day… I don’t remember the last time I made it with just 3. If only eating a lot made me fatter rather than taller… :(</p>
You’re in honors…right? </p>
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