"Basically, if you live at Parkside, your plan is Gold, and anywhere else it is Cardinal. With both plans you get 10 weekly meals at Parkside and EVK and about $500 dining dollars each semester to be used at various campus restaurants."
An alternative is Cardinal "Fast Pass," for the same price, which started the year allowing all you can eat anytime at EVK and breakfast and lunch at Parkside. This semester they added dinner at Parkside to the plan; so it's basically an all-you-can eat plan for the two dining halls. My daughter likes it as she doesn't have to worry about how many meals she's used up or running out of dining dollars. We keep a little extra money on her USC Spirit Card for trips to other campus food options like Carls Jr. or milkshakes at Ground Zero.
