<p>Have you found that purchasing a meal plan is necessary, or do most people end up eating at the restaurants on campus and on Franklin St? Also, can we just pay at the door (assumedly more expensive) if we want to eat at the dining hall anyway?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Yeah you can pay at the door, but if you’re going to do that, you might as well go to franklin or alpine or bottom of lenoir, all of which are less expensive than top of lenoir. Usually, if you’re going with some friends, someone will be willing to swipe you in. I’d suggest purchasing a meal plan for your first year, that way you’ve got a bit of a safety net while you are figuring out how you want to eat while you’re here (for instance, do you prefer lots of flex with a small meal plan and varying up what you eat, or do you like the convenience of just being able to swipe into lenoir and not having to worry, or do you not like campus food at all and prefer to make your own food/go to franklin?).</p>