Looking for feedback on Meal Plans

lindseygs
Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:41:01 +0000

Breakfast is from around 8 - 11 am, Lunch is from 11 - 4 pm, Dinner is 4 - 9 pm and anything after nine is considered Late Night Meal. Those numbers may not be exact but I think they are pretty close to accurate.

If you plan on eating out a lot, get 113 flex or 10 meals a week. If you live in apartment style, and plan on using the kitchen get 5 meals/wk or a low flex. If you are dorm, though, and plan on eating in the dorm, get 175 flex or 14/wk. I used 10 meals/wk but that’s because I don’t eat breakfast (so only two meals a day worked for me). You also get declining dollars you can use if you run out of meals for the week or whatever, and you can pay that way.

If you plan on eating out, expect to pay a minimum/average of $10 for your meals. If you eat at nicer places, well, it’s New York and expect to pay. Personally, I ate “out” about 1-2 times a week, max 3 (maybe 4). First semester I had 113 flex and I ran out too soon (and had used all my declining dollars on starbucks) so the 10 meals/wk. worked for me second semester cuz I knew I always had meals every week.

You can also add declining dollars if you need to.

Don’t worry about it. Just sit down, think about how you eat (do you eat homecooked/aka dorm meals or do you want to mostly eat out, etc.) and what you expect your eating habits to be at NYU. Then choose a meal plan that is most beneficial to you. You can always change your mealpan until a month or so into the semester if you realize it’s not working for you.