<p>THis is general advice, not just for Capstone: Best advice we got at orientation is to look at schedule when deciding what meal plan to buy. Meal swipes are only good for time periods mentioned by GamecockGirl, so for instance, if your child is going to get up for class at last minute and not eat before class and has class at 9:05 and 10:10, then may not use many breakfast swipes. So look to see if class times keep you away from brk or lunch (although lunch period is longer). My D lived in dorm over eating place and still almost never ate breakfast there and then participated in religious center that had a supper meeting with meal provided and then worked one night a week at her home church where supper provided. Ended up not using 16+ that we started with. Reduced meal plan second semester.</p>
<p>Remember you can always increase meal plan during semester and you can change it each semester so if you find you don’t use it as much, you can adjust.</p>