TCNJ senior taking questions

CM26
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:41 +0000

I’ll take these 3, freshman experience here…

Peachy267: Priority housing means you pick your room before everyone else, so not only do you get the very best room each year but you also get a room for all 4 years, which at TCNJ is like literally winning the (housing) lottery… haha

yoda1000: I was on the transfer housing waitlist and I got a single! Yes, I was damn lucky, but I also know that for the Spring 08’ semester there were more rooms available than transfers, so if things stay like that then you will have no problem getting housing… Off campus housing is something I am unfamiliar with, but I do know that students with available off-campus rooms post flyers all around campus… I’d go with on campus though if I were you

Maas0890: Well all freshman/sophomore plans allow unlimited access to Eickoff Hall, the main dining hall on campus… The only decision is how many dollars you attach to your card… I highly recommend you go with Plan A, because it gives you 400 dollars… If you’re more of a “eat in your room” person or you have family who flood you with home cooking than get Plan B, but for the serious college student with a bottomless pit for a stomach get Plan A… Dollars can be used for late night dinners at TW, snacks from the C-Store, coffee from Fair Grounds, pastries and sandwiches from the Library, or some great food from The Rat or The Stud… check my previous post for more info on the places to eat

The way food at TCNJ works is like this… You get unlimited swipes to Eickoff Hall all day long… Between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm you can exchange a swipe into Eickoff for Meal Equivalency. Meal Equiv. gives you $5.15 worth of food from any of the other places to eat on campus (Library, Rat, Stud) and if you spend more than $5.15 they just deduct from your extra dollars, which is another reason to get Plan A… It’s so nice not to have to worry about meals like I did at my previous school (1 swipe per meal, so if you got hungry but already swiped in for that meal you went hungry until the next meal time… At TCNJ you can swipe, get an apple, and come swipe back in 10 minutes later to pig out)

Hope that helps, and I hope you don’t mind tcnj08 that I answer the freshman questions… I hope you don’t feel like I’m trying to take over here