<p>Everyone keeps posting that the food is bad at Penn. I read in an earlier post that frosh have to have a food plan, and the best thing to do is sign up for the least expensive one and supplement. What is a reasonable amount of $$$ for a supplement for an athletic male? </p>
<p>Also, does anyone have an opinion about how much extra cash I should have a month for the “extras” at Penn?</p>
<p>The food is actually really good this week... I think it has a lot to do with the whole pre-frosh thing... so many unsuspecting visitors. Usually it is pretty bad, as college meal plans go. </p>
<p>You can always get the cheapest plan (Liberty?), try to maximize your dining dollars, and then Bursar as you go later for more meals. That just means it goes on a general bill to be paid at the end of the semester. You won't be stuck with extra meals at the end if you do that.</p>
<p>I think freshman can change plans in terms of number of meals and dining dollars, but they all cost the same. The meal plans are pretty big, so if you use everything (most freshman don't) you shouldn't need much extra cash.</p>
<p>I've heard the food in 1920 commons isn't that great. Anybody have an opinion based on first hand experience?</p>
<p>The real discussion isn't whether the food is bad for it isn't. Philly has an amazing array of food options......carts/shops/restaurants/BYO/CityMarket that to buy Penn meals means you either cannot eat at the great options or you double pay. The options in Philly are the reason for the choosing against a dining plan with meals for everyday.</p>
<p>as an example for exploration: <a href="http://www.centercityphila.org/restaurantweek/%5B/url%5D">http://www.centercityphila.org/restaurantweek/</a></p>
<p>about 1920s, it pretty much sucks. Really bad. But Hill and KCEH are not as bad.</p>
<p>The food is not terrible, the problem is that with most meal plans you are stuck eating it on an almost daily basis.</p>
<p>I agree, when I was a freshman, I did not like the food. Yet I got a meal plan for my sophomore year, although a much, much smaller one than the frosh plans. Now I enjoy eating at the Dining Hall... sure, the food is not world class, but there's usually at least one dish at commons that is pretty solid, and there is lots of variety. I really feel that it mainly just sucks because as a freshman you have to eat there so often, and the same foods get repeated so much that it gets very monotonous.</p>