<p>Other schools my daughter had looked at seemed to have a meal plan option that was the "clear cut" best option for her. </p>
<p>UD's meal plans all seem to be near identical in pricing, but not really equal in value. </p>
<p>what have you or your child gone with in the past and did they like that particular plan?</p>
<p>One part of me wants to order the Block style plan for $2010 that gives you 175 meals and $200 in credits but then for only and extra $27 more you can get the plan that gives you 250 meals but drops you down to $125 in credits. </p>
<p>I guess I wish there were options for less meals and more credits. Even the weekly plans, I like the ten meals a week I guess with $275 in credits. </p>
<p>Help! what's the most popular? which ones are wasted food? My daughter likes to eat pretty healthy and will take advantage of the sushi as well in Trabant. and advice be appreciated! :)</p>
<p>I think we are going to go with the 10 meals and 250 points.</p>
<p>Spoke to a student ambassador at admitted student’s day about the meal plan. She said that during the course of the day she is not always near the dining hall. She is often in the library or Trabant or anywhere on campus and it is easier to use the points. If you are not a big breakfast eater and prefer a place like Dunkin Donuts then points can be used. Makes sense to me that 10 meals a week should be sufficient.</p>
<p>My freshman d went with the 10 meals a week the first semester and seemed to use just about all of them each week. This semester she switched to the smallest number of block meals and more points. Based on her schedule, she would not be able to get to the dining hall for lunch most days. You have the option of switching within the first week or 2 of the semester.</p>
<p>I know this is contrary to many who post, but my advice is to only choose a low meal / high points plan if your student really cannot be in the dining hall at meal times and/or never eats breakfast or something like that. As was pointed out earlier, the low meal / high point plans do not add up dollar for dollar. You do not get enough points to make up for the meals you are missing and your student will inevitably need more food money half way through the semester. Again, this might be unavoidable, and some don’t care about the additional cost … but if cost matters to you, and your student doesn’t have a particularly difficult schedule, consider the high meal / low point plans, or maybe the midrange plans. Kent dining hall, which is the most centrally located dining hall to the classrooms, has continual service M - F (no breaks between meals, so students can eat anytime) and all of the dining halls also offer sack lunch/dinners if you sign up for it in person. So your student can pick up a sack lunch in the morning before leaving for class. It just seems to me that UD Dining really makes out on these high point plans because the student uses their points in the campus food locations (which are run by the same people as the dining halls and are fairly high priced) and then they get even more money out of you when your student runs out of points. My D works in the dining hall, and so gets 3-4 free meals per week (she doesn’t need to swipe her card). We still went with a mid-range block plan, which I think averages out to 12-13 meals per week (15 or so with the meals she eats when on duty), and she will be out of both meals and points when the semester is over (and still manages to spend money on food out - but that comes out of her own pocket).</p>