<p>I am in the process of working with my D to register for housing next year. Does anyone have recommendations on the meal plans. I am not sure if 15 or 19 is best.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any help.</p>
<p>I don’t know what you mean when you say 15 or 19, but definitely don’t get more than the standard. I don’t know anyone who used all their points this semester and even if you do, it doesn’t cost any more to add points later on than to get a larger plan to start off with.</p>
<p>Thanks. 15 is the standard and 19 is the plus.</p>
<p>get the cheaper one</p>
<p>food in school is overpriced and bad</p>
<p>My d is a freshman this year and has the standard plan. She said it was more than enough food for her.</p>
<p>Thanks coffeebean. By the way, where is your daughter living this year?</p>
<p>My d is living in Collins LLC. It’s located in the northwest neighborhood.</p>
<p>Just a caution: tell you D not to buy food from the C-Stores using her meal points. My D seemed to think Lean Cuisine was her best way to avoid nasty dorm food, but they are outrageously priced at the C-Stores and that made her run way over on meal points the first semester.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “run over on meal points”? Did she actually go negative, or just run out of points?</p>
<p>She ran out of points so I added more the first semester.</p>
<p>No one I know (myself included) ran out of meal points on the standard plan. Get any higher than that and you’ll literally be buying out the c-store at the end of the semester in an attempt to spend all your remaining points.</p>
<p>RPS has the following FAQ. No need to use up the points at the end of the school year unless you are a senior.</p>
<p>Q: What happens to I-BUCKS I have left at the end of the school year?</p>
<p>A: As long as you are enrolled or employed on the Bloomington campus, you will be able to use these in the future. The terms and conditions for this vary; please see the contract for detailed information.</p>
<p>^ Not necessarily. Meal points will roll over for one semester after the school year for which your bought the plan. So if you bought a meal plan for the 2011-2012 school year, the points are valid for the entire year + the following fall semester. After that, they will expire.</p>