<p>Son will be a freshman in the fall. I just noticed on his my neu they posted for him to choose a meal plan. Assuming he gets in the living community in Stetson West, what does everyone recommend?</p>
<p>It looks like there is a 15 meal plan with 155 dining dollars, or a 10 meal plan with $190 dining dollars. Not much difference between the two meal plans, about $300. Any advice from current students? Thanks!</p>
<p>I lived in stetson west and had a 10 meal plan and barely used up the plan every week.</p>
<p>15 is a WASTE of money</p>
<p>
fixed that for you</p>
<p>nope89 - Did you have 3 meals a day? Did you eat off campus a lot?</p>
<p>I'm still a bit confused as to how the system works...you get dining dollars AND x meals a week?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>well what I would usually do is eat once a day at a dining hall and then grab something at outtakes for the weekdays. Weekends I would eat off campus or pick stuff up and eat it in my room. if I missed a meal during the week I would eat at the dining hall on Saturday so I didn't waste it.</p>
<p>Innovational - You've got it right. You get x amount of meals a week to use at the dining hall, and then you have an additional x amount of dining dollars (although the dining dollars do NOT refresh weekly) to use at various places around the campus.</p>
<p>True. Thanks nope.</p>
<p>Upperclassmen can go with the profiler plan where you pay for a certain number of meals and they don't expire weekly. At the beginning of the Fall term they usually have a discount/deal going.</p>
<p>Just in case anyone hasn't done the calculations yet, here's what I got.</p>
<p>19 meal plan:
$2800 - $120 Dining dollars = 2680 / [(15 weeks * 19 meals) + 8 guest passes] = $9.15/meal</p>
<p>15 meal plan:
$2585 - $155 Dining dollars = 2430 / [(15 weeks * 15 meals) + 8 guest passes] = $10.43/meal</p>
<p>10 meal plan:
$2245 - $190 Dining dollars = 2055 / [(15 weeks * 10 meals) + 8 guest passes] = $13.01/meal</p>
<p>5 meal plan:
$1140 - $45 Dining dollars = 1095 / [(15 weeks * 5 meals) + 8 guest passes] =
$13.19/meal</p>
<p>Profilers:
$590/50 meals = $11.80/meal
$1005 / 86 meals - $11.67/meal
$1275 / 110 meal = $11.60/meal</p>
<p>I believe they have the cost for an individual visit at the locations themselves so if anyone is planning on stopping by Levine someone might appreciate those prices. I think breakfast was something like $8 and dinner was around $14.</p>
<p>What meal plan should I take as a freshman? I was planning to take the 15 one, but is it really a waste?</p>
<p>And when and how do I sign the Master Promissory Note?</p>
<p>Yes, it is a waste. I guarantee you will not want to get up extra early to go to the dining hall for breakfast.</p>
<p>I couldn't even tell you about the MPN. It was such a mess last year for me. I called Northeastern a bunch of times and they weren't very helpful. I just kinda did what I thought was right and it was, but I had no clue what I was doing. THe whole financial aid system is confusing.</p>
<p>yeah, go for the 10. I had it and almost never used all 10, 15 is definitely a waste.</p>
<p>Is anyone able to sign up for a meal plan yet?...I know it says that it is time to sign up for a meal plan in the welcome tab, but there's nothing in the self-service tab on my myneu.</p>
<p>go for the 10. you'll probably want to get some chances to eat out without feeling like you're wasting your meals.</p>
<p>And yeah, is anyone able to change their meal plan yet on myneu?</p>