<p>mamenyu: Amen to that. Thank you. I’m passing this on to my daughter. I don’t care if they’re cheaper than the dining halls. I want my D to focus on schoolwork with no distractions like co-op and mushy unbalanced meals. No matter how ordinary the dining halls might be at least all she will have to do is show up, eat, and leave. No time spent preparing food or cleaning up. I just think this is the better strategy for a freshman. </p>
<p>After she’s been at Oberlin a year, earned decent grades, and knows her way around and which co-ops are excellent and which are crappy, she can do what she wants.</p>