<p>Now that the freshman have finished their first semester, I'd love to hear some insight as to how you did with your meal plans.</p>
<p>What plans did you get and did you use all of it and needed more, or did you get too much and are switching to a lower plan next semester?</p>
<p>Also, a general question, since Dining Dollars come with different meal plans, can your parents add Dining Dollars onto your account, or do you have to use cash once you run out of Dining Dollars?</p>
<p>My son had the 175 meal plan for the first semester and will be changing to the 125 plan for the second semester. He only used 80 meal swipes for the first semester and the extra roll over. The flex cash does not, so he bought up a bunch of stuff before left for break. The extra meal plans can’t roll over to 2010-2011. He never eats breakfast in the dining halls, but has cereal in his room. He found out that if you live in the dorms you must take a meal plan. I recommend saving money and take the 125 meal plan.</p>
<p>I’m not following the math. 125 meals per what? Semester? Is that essentially the no-breakfast plan?</p>
<p>No, it’s the “nobody eats three meals a day in the dining halls” plan.
They like to eat out, grab a Jimmy John’s or heat up mac and cheese in the dorm room.
It’s interesting that brutus confirms this, because I thought it was just my daughter and other girls who did this.<br>
Actually, I’ve heard the breakfasts are very good.</p>
<p>Interesting! I went online to look at the plans and 125 works out to approx 8/week while 175 is about 11/week. And dbwes and brutus, you’re saying that your kids are not consuming 11/week in the dorm? That’s not even 2 meals a day!</p>
<p>I haven’t crunched the approx cost per meal under these plans but I hate to pay for too many $8 Jimmy John lunches if the cost per meal under the plan is significantly less. Not to mention the probability of eating something actually healthy might (?!) increase in the dining hall over JJ’s etc.</p>
<p>I’ve not spent too much time thinking this through but it seems to me something like 15 meals per week would be a happy medium?? Or not??? Obviously there are bigger plans available, but I don’t want to over-buy either. Just puzzled, that’s all.</p>
<p>May I vouch for the full meal plan? Semester one, S had the largest plan and used up every single meal. It all depends on your kid’s eating habits. Mine is a hearty eater, and used to home cooked type foods and very little fast food. He thought the food (routinely Cobeen) was excellent. (Although after reading some of the earlier posts, I began doubting my cooking skills.) </p>
<p>You know your kid best!</p>