Meal plans for freshmen?

Embracethemess
Thu, 10 May 2012 08:46:04 +0000

The info on the web states that with the “plus” plans, you get your 7 or 14 plus credits each week, and any you don’t use expire each Tuesday. This means that basically your child would have to purchase one (or 2) of the offered retail combos almost every day each week in order to get your money’s worth from that. It seems to me that going with just the basic plan and adding meal dollars to the Phoenix Card would allow much more flexibility - ?? I would think that even if S goes somewhere other than a Dining Hall to get food on most days, that often he wouldn’t want to purchase the prescribed retail combo for that day. Am I missing something here? I certainly don’t want to pay for the extra meals on the plan, only to have him buy a la carte items that aren’t included.

The dorm preference questionnaire asks about the meal plan. Is that where we officially make the choice?