<p>My bill came out recently but I noticed that I wasn't enrolled in any meal plans (duh).
I can't decide on which one!</p>
<p>19 and 15 are out of the question. My freshman year I did 15 my first semester and it was wayyyyy too much. My second semester I did 10, and it was PERFECT.</p>
<p>However, this year I have a full kitchen, and I plan on cooking my meals/having cereal for certain days. </p>
<p>From your experience, if you are a 10 meal kinda guy, what meal plan would you choose?</p>
<p>Well you could just get a profiler plan. I’m pretty sure you can just buy a small number of meals, and if you realize you’ll need more, you can buy more. (I think the smallest size the sell profiler plans is 25 though…)</p>
<p>i lived in a dorm with a kitchen last year. I bought an 86 meal profiler at the beginning of fall and I still had 5 or 6 left at the end of summer 1. I think a profiler is the way to go especially if you know you want to cook.</p>
<p>Yeah, I should’ve mentioned I was thinking of profiler.
But idk how many I should get!</p>
<p>And btw profiler is for the year right? not semester</p>
<p>Yes, profiler lasts for the year. I lived in IV freshmen year then in Dav. I was so sick of the IV dining hall after eating there twice a day for year, and that was the closest dining hall to Dav. I got the 50 meal profiler and it was perfect (I think I actually still have a couple meals left that I gotta remember to use up). But, I didn’t realize the amazing-ness of Rebecca’s until second semester. I know it’s tough to judge when you haven’t had a kitchen yet. Most of my friends got the 50 and ran out of meals. So much cheaper to cook your own food but so much more convenient to have be able to go to a dining hall whenever you want. Where will you be living? Somewhere close to a dining hall?</p>
<p>A tip on Rebecca’s- generally, its REALLY busy during lunch hours, but if you go for breakfast its generally quite a bit better. I still haven’t actually eaten there for lunch yet because I always walk in, see the line (I’m not very patient), and turn around.</p>
<p>It’s true the lines are extremely long. However, rebecca’s sandwiches are easily the best food you can get with your meal plan. They are so good.</p>
<p>I only went to Rebecca’s when my classes got out early. Not a good idea to go during lunchtime activities periods (well I guess those don’t exist any more).</p>
<p>I will be living in 10 coventry. Little closer to IV than from Dav.
And yeah, I know how IV food can taste like absolute crap if you have it too often.
My roommate went for the 50 as well. I think I can live with 50.
But what if 50 isn’t enough? Let’s say I use my last profiler meal at the middle of my spring semester. What happens then?</p>
<p>You can always purchase more meals or you can buy a single meal at the dining hall (probably makes more sense in that case). Most people don’t realize that the profiler plans cost you around $12-$13 per meal depending on how many meals you buy ($13.10 per meal for a 50 meal profiler). This means that you could actually lose money if you eat breakfast or lunch at the dining hall more often than dinner. The only meal that costs more than $13 at the door is dinner.</p>
<p>Yeah I’ve heard that argument-- but I’d rather have all my meals paid for upfront, y’know? I’m not actually going to go to a dining hall and pay the $13. But definitely something to consider! </p>
<p>50 will probably be good. If it’s not enough, buy another Profiler as soon as you need it. I think I’m buying a 50 Profiler just for fall semester (since I’ll be studying abroad in the spring and obviously won’t be able to use meals) as I’ll be living very close to the Stetsons and Outtakes. Contemplating starting with a 25 and buying another 25 if need be (this would only be like $15 more expensive than just buying the 50 upfront I believe).</p>
<p>I just did the math, and it appears that you really should only use profiler meals to purchase dinner- they’re the only cases in which they’re cheaper. Even on the larger profiler plans, its still cheaper to buy lunches and breakfasts separately. </p>
<p>If you’re thinking about splitting it into two purchases, you might be better off just buying the 25 and using them for dinners, while paying for lunch/breakfast out of pocket.</p>
<p>I don’t really see the point of paying out of pocket for the dining hall. You could get so many better breakfasts/lunches for way cheaper (temptations, otherside on newbury/mass ave, thortons on Huntington, your kitchen). I always had profilers after freshman year, and gradually needed fewer meals as most of my friends stopped going to the dining hall. Sophomore year I did 125 or something, then down to 50, 25 once I was a junior living on mission hill, and no meal plan as a senior.</p>
<p>I don’t think 50 is enough for a sophomore, since you probably aren’t used to cooking for yourself yet. Most of my friends still went to the dining hall pretty frequently as sophomores, and it’s nice to go and not worry about using up all your meals. As middlers, more people start relying on their own cooking, and also go out a little more because they’re starting to turn 21 and want to go have food+beer some nights (Monday nights, $.15 wings at penguin…) so a 50 is more practical.</p>
<p>yeah, 50 was enough for me sophomore year (still got 4 meals left!) since I was far enough from the dining halls that it was just more convenient for me to cook in my dorm. But lots of sophomores do indeed go to the dining halls somewhat frequently.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the useful info guys!
I think I’ll go with the 50.
Breakfast will always be handled with cereal, or bagels, or toast, etc. No problem at all.
Lunch and dinner. I’ll cook some, buy some, dining-hall some.</p>
<p>Ok thanks!</p>