checking the hours of a cafeteria can come into play as well.
The cafeteria closest to my kid’s dorm has what I consider to be very inconvenient hours. 7-9am for breakfast, 10:30-2 for lunch, and 5-8:30 for dinner. Those hours are very unrealistic for many people, since class times goes anywhere from 8am to 8pm. There’s another cafeteria in another dorm that is open late hours until 1:30am, but it’s a good 15-20 minute uphill hike. If you’re doing a max plan but the cafeteria open hours are when you have classes, well, it doesn’t do much good.