Hume Freshman - Meal Plan Advice

mystifire
Thu, 21 May 2009 22:03:16 +0000

Meal plans are a notch short of highway robbery. Dont get them. and i am saying this not because its impossible to use them all… because it is very possible and i for sure did… but because the food on campus does not vary enough, the flexbucks are a rip off because they force you to buy overpriced stuff on campus, and many times you just wont EAT what the 8 dollar meal is worth in one sitting. And the food at the dining hall is not worth 8 dollars, even with declining balance. But with a meal plan you dont see that so you dont care.

Your first year in college UF milks you for money any and every way and food is one of those ways if you live on campus. Unless you are really good with going to publix like everyone else and buying stuff for your fridge and using your dorm’s kitchen you are going to be spending more money on food in your first year than you normally would living off campus… especially when you incorporate the going out to eat with your friends once/twice a week which freshmen still do.