Dining Options at Bama

mom2collegekids
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:14:16 +0000

most kids would rather sleep than get up earlier to make time for breakfast.

Exactly…to allow time to eat a full breakfast worth of a meal plan in a dining hall requires at least 30 minutes…most kids would rather sleep in…or go between classes.

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all you freshman parents - don’t worry - your kids will not starve! most likely they will have unused meals left over. *

I can’t stress this enough. Too many parents opt for the pricier meal plan thinking that their child will be swiping their cards a few times per day.

In reality, once the kids discover all the off-campus hangouts, they rarely eat more than one meal plan per day…and rarely ever eat a meal plan meal on campus during the weekend.

If Bama were some rural LAC with little off-campus choices, it would be a different story…but with so many other options, kids quickly tire of meal plans.

That said, my older son did eat dinner or lunch at Burke at least 3 times per week for all 4 years because of his tutoring job at Osband Hall…which is very close to Burke.