<p>quaker meal plan- 325 meals and $50 Dining Dollar$ per semester.
The Red Meal Plan- 210 meals and $150 Dining Dollar$ per semester.
The Blue Meal Plan- 160 meals and $275 Dining Dollar$ per semester
The Liberty Meal Plan- 125 meals and $400 Dining Dollar$ per semester.</p>
<p>definitely recommend the liberty plan</p>
<p>thanks for the quick reply!! why pick the liberty plan?</p>
<p>You can do a search and see what people think about the meal plans.</p>
<p>Most upper classmen will tell you to do the Liberty Plan. It offers the most freedom and flexibility. While it only has 10 meals a week, those are only dining hall meals. The dining dollars lets you choose what you want to eat (rather than whatever the cafeteria is serving) when you want to eat (rather than the 2 hour windows for official meals). Many people have 15+ meals left over with the Liberty Plan at the end of each semester. There are students who use all of their meals with the Blue or Red plan, but they are not as commmon.</p>
<p>venkat: excellent point about the 2 hour window for meals. i’m starting to reconsider. i’m going to see how my schedule works out but i might not be able to be at 1920 commons for more than one meal a day.</p>
<p>but i could always take lunch out from dinner the night before… i’m probably going to rent a microfridge. are they good?</p>
<p>About fridges:
you can buy a microwave and fridge for less than you will rent one from school. the one downside is that you have to move your fridge into your dorm and you have to take it out (compared to the service who does it for you if you rent). also, sophomore year, chances are you’ll have a fridge and microwave in the highrises, radian, or frat/sorority house making the mini fridge kind of useless. The microfridges are pretty good, but might not be worth the extra cost.</p>
<p>SusieBra, you know that your meals can be used at any of the dining halls right? (Hill, Kings, and 1920)</p>
<p>Liberty every time. Seriously. 125 meals is a LOT to get through on a college student’s schedule.</p>
<p>And don’t do a microfridge. They’re expensive and stupid. As Venkat said, you can BUY a microwave and mini-fridge for less, and they’re yours to keep.</p>
<p>are the cafeterias open and do they have basic things even when it’s not part of the time slot for breakfast, lunch & dinner???
i heard that there are no trays…is that true?</p>
<p>i going with liberty but for the 125 meals, i thought i should know</p>
<p><strong>i’m</strong>*****</p>
<p>They got rid of trays last year. It kind of sucked the 3 times I went to a dining hall as a sophomore. </p>
<p>They have the basics if you go during off hours. For example, breakfast is something like 8-10 and lunch is like 11-1. If you go between 10 and 11 all they have (or had two years ago anyway) was cereal, bagles, bread, salad, etc. There is no prepared food during those hours. You’re better off spending $5 for a big box of cereal in your room and walking to ABP or Einsteins for a $2 (dining dollars) bagel than using a meal swipe valued at $12-14 to get the same thing.</p>
<p>One thing you can do with a meal swipe is go to McClelland or the express at Hill where one meal swipe gets you a sandwich and 4 sides. You can get water, chips, fruit, soda, and other stuff as your sides. Most people I knew used to get a sandwich and 4 waters. My friends with lots of meals left over would get 5 waters and no sandwich. It’s a waste of a meal if you consider how much a meal costs, but it’s better than not using your meals at all. The expresses have better hours and are more convenient to your dorms. I heard now though that they limit how much bottled water you can take.</p>
<p>thanks for all that good info, venkat. do u know if u have to pay taxes on stuff u buy w/ dining dollars?</p>
<p>good question because i’m thinking about staying with liberty too (I got assigned it randomly)</p>
<p>nope dining dollars = no taxes</p>
<p>yay!! thanks!!!</p>