<p>Which of the freshman eating plans is the most convenient?? I mean, is it bothersome having to walk to cafterias for lunch? Thanks.</p>
<p>Well, I heard that the one with the most dining dollars is what you should go for. I’m waitin for my housing. If I get the Quad (yay), I’ll get that one. If I get Hill (partial yay), I might get one of the others because there is a dining hall inside so I would be less inclined to go out for food. If I get anything else, I’ll just die anyway so it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>^ hahahaha feeling the same way here</p>
<p>people say that you should go for the one with the least meals because the foods of mediocre quality but penns now got a new food service and so…who knows, the liberty plan may not be the best one…you get the most bang for the buck with the other plans too</p>
<p>Just as a side note… the new food service provider is also the provider for WashU which has pretty good food if you ask me. We shall see. The one thing about the Liberty Plan is that it seems that the dining dollars would be used up a lot quicker than the meals so you will probably still need to pay with cash eventually (or add more dollars). At the Penn Previews, they said that the Liberty Plan comes out to 8 meals per week which seems kind of low… or is that a good amount? Anyone care to comment?</p>
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<p>Perhaps. It depends where your classes are. For that reason, perhaps it is reasonable to get a plan with just dinners at the cafeteria and dining dollars applied elsewhere. Of course, a lot of people will say the food carts provide the best tasting meals. I think my son dined mostly on food carts for two years when he lived off campus.</p>
<p>Liberty or market plan. No q</p>
<p>Get the Liberty Plan. The food provider might be better, but you’ll still get tired of the food after a while. Dining Dollars will run out fast if you’re not careful with them. However, I know too many people who have 20+ leftover meals at the end of the semester, even with the liberty plan. 8 meals a week might not seem like much but think of it this way:
You will probably not eat breakfast in the dining hall
You will probably not go to a dining hall for lunch unless you have an hour break between 11 and 2. Dining halls are open all day (from like 8 to 8) but if it’s not an official meal time all you can get is cereal, bread, or salads. Not worth a $12 meal
You will probably not go to a dining hall for dinner Friday or Saturday. You’ll go downtow or to any of the neraby restaurants.
Your hall, clubs, and other things might have dinner once in a while so you won’t go to a dining hall.
You will get sick of the food.</p>
<p>I only knew a few people who weren’t on the meal plan finished most of their meals. They lived in Hill and ate almost all of their meals at Hill.</p>
<p>The real test if the new dining service is good is whether or not there are forks and spoons to eat with during dinner time. My old GA said that he has had to use knives as his only utencil many times.</p>
<p>You can change your meal plan up to like the end up the first month, so if you pick one thing and find you’re eating in the dining halls more or less than you’d thought you can adjust appropriately. You’ll have the chance to change it again the first month of second semester.</p>