<p>Ha. I just wrote on another thread about food at MHC. (see quotes below – I think much of this applies to all the colleges on your list.) </p>
<p>MHC does have several dining rooms (in dorms and the main center) located around campus. The students don’t necessarly need to eat in their dorm’s dining room. The multipule dinning rooms lends to varity to routine and cuisine not found at other schools with a centralized dinning facility. Plus having B-fest /dinner right downstairs (no treking out on bitter-cold winter mornings /nights with wet hair) is a welcome treat. The other nice thing is that MHC offers one comprhensive meal plan. No worries about panicked phone calls about running out of “dinning dollars” or swipes. </p>
<p>Stacyniel, The MHC (like all schools) ups the ante for parents weekend. </p>
<p>“MHC has many dining options. While MHC food is much tastier than many other colleges my D visited, she isn’t overjoyed about the food. We’re from SoCal and she’s accustomed to an abundance of fresh fruits/veggies, ethic (mexican/asian/greek), organic, not to mention her mom’s healthy kitchen. No matter where you go to school, Institutional food and making the correct choices takes some adjustment. MCH offers “milk and cookies” each night in dorm living rooms at 9:00ish. It’s a cute tradition for the girls to gather at the end of the day for a bedtime (or pre-party) snack. YOu won’t find a scale on the MHC campus (except in the health office).The girls are encouraged to develop healthy body image not be “slaves to ideal weight”. Basically, institutional-food + milk-and-cookies + no-scales + sports-injury = an extra 30lbs for my first year daughter. My advise, is to bring your own scale, go to the gym, skip M&Cs.”</p>