| If you have a meal plan, you can use it at all the dining halls, including Kimmel and Palladium. The all-you-can-eat swipe once works at most of the dining halls, all except Kimmel and the Food Court at Weinstein, where you can get one meal for one swipe only. There are plenty of dining halls open on the weekends, the notable closed one being Kimmel. If you're not an organized person, I would suggest getting 10 meals a week...otherwise, you'll end up with 75 meals left at the end of the semester with a 175 flex. That's just my opinion...most people say flex is the way to go, but so many end up with so many meals left. Just be sure, if you get flex, that you're using the meals per week thing so that you don't wind up wasting money at the end of the semester. Of course, the cons to 10 a week are that once you use 10 for that week, you won't have any more meals until the following week, and there's the danger that you won't use the full 10. Declining dollars comes with each meal plan (how much depends on the meal plan you get...view the "rates" section for the meal plans on the housing website. You can use your declining dollars at the Starbucks at Washington Square, the Dunkin' Donuts at U-Hall, and the convenience stores at the dining halls.
I can assure you that you won't have to bring your laptop to studio...there's no need to haha. And NYU security is very tight...to the point of annoyance sometimes. I guess a small locking cabinet would be fine, but you have a lot more to fear from people in the dorm than unauthorized people getting in.
Hope that answers your questions! |