<p>My D will be living in a sorority next semester. The house sent me a list of meals she can eat in the house and how much it will cost.</p>
<p>So, I'm wondering. Realistically, how many meals do the sisters usually "really" eat in the house and what other meal plan, if any should she have?</p>
<p>In case it matters, she will have plenty of time for breakfast at the house before her first meal and she isn't a big breakfast eater anyway. She also will have at least an hour each day at lunchtime. Well at least Fall semester.</p>
<p>She’ll probably be eating dinner at the house every night, but she should probably get one of the plans with just big red bucks and 10 meal swipes(per semester not per week) to supplement the sorority meal plan for lunch.</p>
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<p>Unless she plans on eating lunch at the house every single day(its way easier/more convenient to grab something on campus between classes imo).</p>
<p>i agree with Prism…</p>
<p>Thanks, I had pretty much come to the same conclusion. Although most days, she doesn’t have class after lunch, so she would have plenty of time to head back to the house for lunch too.</p>
<p>only do the lunch thing if she actually plans on going back to the house after classes…</p>
<p>When my daughter lived in her sorority, we paid one fee for room and board at the house. We then also gave her some red bucks so she could get some lunch on campus if she didn’t feel like going back to the house.</p>
<p>i had the exact meal plan that Prism suggested, and i still have it even though i have an apt in collegetown. brbs are so essential to have for when you are on campus</p>
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<p>What makes them so essential? Doesn’t every place that takes big red bucks also take the Cornell Card or a credit card?</p>
<p>I know the one place my D seems to visit the most on campus, the mandible cafe, doesn’t even take BRB.</p>
<p>with BRB you save on tax…</p>
<p>But is food even taxed?</p>
<p>groceries are not taxed…but IIRC prepared items (salads, sandwiches) are taxed. </p>
<p>coffee would be taxed as well.</p>
<p>usafa2011dad: when im on campus, i always head to the green dragon, trillium, statler, ivy room, etc for a quick lunch or coffee. i get coffee at the dragon all the time (blame the architect in me) and i would feel a little guilty constantly charge it (being that my parents told me they dont want to support my “habit”). sooooo the $500 brbs kind of act as my semester coffee allowance (and sadly around finals time i have to add more money 
). sometimes i also just take my ID card with me instead of carrying my wallet with me everywhere. going back home to eat at the house was unreasonable for me, since it was located a little far from campus so i just picked up food on campus</p>
<p>i just found them really useful. your daughter may think otherwise, which is fine. and if her sorority house is located close to campus, brbs (or a meal plan) may not be worth it then</p>
<p>@CUAmbassador Thanks. Makes good sense. She likes trillium too. She works at Statler this semester and eats there sometimes too before or after work. I am sure she will definately eat lunch on campus most days instead of going back to the house unless it ends up some sisters decide to meet for lunch at the house. I was mostly just curious about the BRB being essential. I know she doesn’t carry her wallet either, but figured wasn’t much difference if she used her cornell card, which is tied to her ID or BRB which is tied to same ID. For the little amounts she eats, I doubt she will ever break the bank. She is hardly spending all her BRB this year and only eating about half her meals on the plan. We foolishly stuck with the 14 meal plan second semester.</p>
<p>I am certain we will give the Debit meal plan a go first semester as it is a good value and should work out good for her.</p>
<p>^also some of my friends still lived on west last year, so it was nice to be able to use a meal to catch up and eat with them in the dining halls. and even though i live in collegetown, i still LOVE north campus brunches on sundays :)</p>