<p>Since your daughter will also be exempt from the freshman meal plan requirement, I would wait until after the start of the school year to purchase a meal plan. Bama Dining has been offering some good incentives for upperclassmen and exempt freshmen to purchase meal plans the last couple of years and will probably do the same next year. As a side benefit, you will have until October to pay for her meal plan as you will have already paid her fall semester bill.</p>
<p>Depending on where she is on campus, she might eat often or very rarely on campus. For example, while the business school has a Subway and a coffee shop, it is closer to the Strip than it is to many of the other on-campus dining venues.</p>