how does the full plate thing work with the colonial cash

gwfreshmom
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:42:45 +0000

My S is a current student. He uses is GWorld card for food, laundry, bookstore and various other things. It’s primary use is food. My understanding is you pay for the full plate deal in additon to the $1700 you put on the GWorld card each semester. Which, by the way is not refunded if you don’t use it all; apparently carried over to the following year, but I don’t know that for sure. Most importantly you are “forced” to put the $1700 per a semester as a freshman. My S struggles with the fact that food is not convenient; he can’t just run downstairs for a meal. He has to “go out”, and usually several blocks or more for that meal. I asked him about perhaps getting the full-plate deal, but the additional cost, combined with the non friendly hours and the fact you still have to “go out” to get it doesn’t really help anything. He has managed to eat relatively healthy, just not enough food; that combined with the excercise of lots of walking has caused him to loose weight (which he can’t afford to do). What works best for him is using his GWorld for the few places that deliver.